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Best Cybersecurity Companies in United Kingdom
The 1078 best Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Quantexa.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
1078companies tracked
$5.6Bdisclosed funding
3unicorns
353have raised
$5.6 billion in disclosed funding across 1,078 tracked companies tells you something real about what the United Kingdom has built in Cybersecurity. This directory ranks the best of that cohort by equity raised and recent funding momentum, and the spread is striking. Quantexa leads with $371 million, Elliptic has pulled $104 million, and Ripjar sits at $60 million — three data points that together show a market producing genuine institutional-scale bets, not just seed rounds. Three unicorns have emerged from the group. The global cybersecurity market was valued at roughly $72.5 billion in 2023 and is forecast to compound at around 10.99% annually, driven by deepening internet reliance and tightening government regulation.
So what's actually moving capital right now? Threat intelligence sharing is the hot theme, and I'd note that geopolitical pressure — aerial bombardments, drone warfare, anti-satellite activity — is sharpening enterprise demand for exactly the kind of detection infrastructure Elliptic and Ripjar are built around. Investors including CyLon, Amadeus Capital, and Mercia are the most active backers in this directory. The funding isn't uniform — Quantexa's raise is roughly six times the next-largest disclosed figure — but if you're mapping where serious money is concentrating in UK Cybersecurity, the answer is data intelligence and financial crime detection.
Sources & further reading
- Building a cybersecurity strategy that survives disruption
- From awareness to action: Closing the human risk gap in cybersecurity
- Cyber fallout from the Iran war
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × UNITED KINGDOM
Our analysis of 53 Cybersecurity companies
$3.0b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
53companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2017median founding year
1.5Mcombined LinkedIn audience
73%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantexa 🦄 Developer of decision intelligence software for data analysis and management 78AI top 25%Funding top 26%Tech top 28%News top 28% All 14 signals ▾AItop 25% Fundingtop 26% Techtop 28% Newstop 28% Moattop 28% Growthtop 30% Producttop 30% Talenttop 31% Innovationtop 36% Patentstop 36% Markettop 40% Globaltop 40% Partnersbottom 35% Fin. healthbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $371M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $371M | 15 mo ago | 552 552 → 893 (+62%) · sector median +43% | 2016 | Laura Hutton Co-Founder& CCO | 5 signals ▲67% New product · Contracts · Leadership | 7 patents Graph-based AI for taxonomy induction and knowledge‑graph perspective generation | 1 partnership · 3 awards |
| 2 | Mimecast Provider of email security and human risk management software platforms 87Tech top 19%Market top 20%Partners top 25%Patents top 26% All 15 signals ▾Techtop 19% Markettop 20% Partnerstop 25% Patentstop 26% Fin. healthtop 27% Fundingtop 28% Globaltop 29% Moattop 30% Talenttop 34% Innovationtop 40% Producttop 40% Newstop 41% AItop 45% Growthtop 49% Customersbottom 49% Tech: 69 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Market: 79,693 employees (top 1% of Cybersecurity) · Revenue ~$315M rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $261M | 45 mo ago | 79,693 | 2003 | Marc Zadelhoff CEO | 8 signals ▼38% Leadership | 60 patents Email security: phishing, domain impersonation detection, threat analysis, and header data encoding | — |
| 3 | Onfido Provider of identity verification and digital security authentication software solutions 84AI top 15%Tech top 23%Patents top 23%Innovation top 27% All 14 signals ▾AItop 15% Techtop 23% Patentstop 23% Innovationtop 27% Markettop 29% Fundingtop 30% Moattop 32% Fin. healthtop 33% Producttop 40% Talenttop 41% Globaltop 42% Customerstop 47% Growthbottom 47% Newsbottom 36% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Tech: 50 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $242M | 69 mo ago | 516 | 2012 | Todd Wilkinson CEO & President | — | 66 patents Biometric identity verification and document authentication with fraud and anomaly detection | — |
| 4 | Yoti Provider of digital identity verification and automated age assurance technology 62Tech top 20%AI top 20%Customers top 25%Moat top 28% All 14 signals ▾Techtop 20% AItop 20% Customerstop 25% Moattop 28% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 40% Innovationtop 44% Newstop 44% Growthtop 45% Producttop 49% Patentstop 50% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 48% Fin. healthbottom 14% Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $210M | 29 mo ago | 318 318 → 457 (+44%) · sector median +43% | 2014 | Duncan Francis Co-Founder | — | 26 patents Secure digital identity verification and biometric liveness detection for authentication | 1 award |
| 5 | Immersive Labs Provider of cybersecurity training platforms for technical skill development exercises 67Tech top 28%Moat top 29%Funding top 32%Patents top 32% All 13 signals ▾Techtop 28% Moattop 29% Fundingtop 32% Patentstop 32% Innovationtop 35% Fin. healthtop 39% AItop 45% Producttop 45% Markettop 46% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Growthbottom 42% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 45 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 12 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $189M | 44 mo ago | 69 | 2017 | James Hadley CEO of Immersive Labs | — | 12 patents Software resource and user account management for cyber skills training platforms | 3 launchs |
| 6 | Behavox Provider of AI-driven platform for regulatory compliance and risk management 74Partners top 19%Talent top 22%Funding top 29%Fin. health top 30% All 14 signals ▾Partnerstop 19% Talenttop 22% Fundingtop 29% Fin. healthtop 30% Newstop 33% Growthtop 35% Moattop 35% Producttop 39% Markettop 40% AItop 45% Techtop 48% Innovationbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Patentsbottom 30% Partners: 6 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 6 deals Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 4 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $146M | 19 mo ago | 144 144 → 204 (+42%) · sector median +43% | 2014 | Slav Slavinski Co-Founder | 8 signals ▼38% Contracts · Announcements · Earnings | 2 patents Real-time monitoring and visualization of digital communications for compliance analytics | — |
| 7 | PortSwigger Dynamic Application Security Testing 64Product top 22%Funding top 28%Market top 36%Innovation top 39% All 7 signals ▾Producttop 22% Fundingtop 28% Markettop 36% Innovationtop 39% Growthtop 40% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 43% Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: PE Funding: Raised $112M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $112M | 23 mo ago | 109 | 2008 | — | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 8 | Featurespace Developer of risk management and fraud prevention software solutions 87Innovation top 15%AI top 18%Patents top 20%Fin. health top 26% All 12 signals ▾Innovationtop 15% AItop 18% Patentstop 20% Fin. healthtop 26% Talenttop 28% Moattop 29% Markettop 30% Fundingtop 31% Globaltop 39% Growthbottom 47% Techbottom 44% Newsbottom 24% Innovation: 102 patents (top 15% of patent-holders) · 102 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $111M | 42 mo ago | 400 | 2008 | Marianne Klein Co-Founder | — | 102 patents AI-driven transaction fraud detection and analytics for financial services | — |
| 9 | Elliptic Provider of blockchain analytics software for digital asset risk management 83Product top 21%Innovation top 23%Growth top 23%Funding top 25% All 11 signals ▾Producttop 21% Innovationtop 23% Growthtop 23% Fundingtop 25% Fin. healthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Globaltop 42% Techtop 44% Markettop 48% Newsbottom 42% Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D Innovation: 8 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $104M | 1 mo ago | 80 | 2013 | James Smith Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer | — | — | 1 launch |
| 10 | iProov Platform offering digital identity verification services 82AI top 18%Patents top 26%Moat top 28%Innovation top 30% All 13 signals ▾AItop 18% Patentstop 26% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 30% Techtop 31% Growthtop 33% Fin. healthtop 33% Fundingtop 36% Newstop 42% Producttop 44% Markettop 45% Globaltop 49% Talentbottom 49% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Patents: 76 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 37 filings since 2022 vs 27 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $78M | 30 mo ago | 53 | 2011 | Andrew Bud Founder & CEO | — | 76 patents Secure facial biometric authentication with liveness detection and real-time user guidance | — |
| 11 | Panaseer Provider of continuous controls monitoring software for cybersecurity risk management 53Product top 30%Innovation top 34%Talent top 34%Funding top 35% All 11 signals ▾Producttop 30% Innovationtop 34% Talenttop 34% Fundingtop 35% Moattop 36% Techtop 40% Fin. healthtop 50% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Growthbottom 39% Newsbottom 22% Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B Innovation: 4 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $70M | 27 mo ago | 41 41 → 87 (+112%) · sector median +43% | 2014 | Nik Whitfield Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 12 | Hack The Box Provider of cybersecurity training platforms and hands on technical simulations 57Tech top 21%Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Moat top 31% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 21% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 31% Growthbottom 48% Marketbottom 44% Newsbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Tech: 79 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $70M | 41 mo ago | 14 | 2017 | James Hooker Co-Founder & Chief Architect | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 13 | PQShield Provider of quantum computing solutions for secured communication 62Innovation top 13%Patents top 21%Moat top 29%Growth top 30% All 9 signals ▾Innovationtop 13% Patentstop 21% Moattop 29% Growthtop 30% Fundingtop 31% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 32% Innovation: 119 patents (top 12% of patent-holders) · 106 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21 Patents: 119 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 106 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $65M | 25 mo ago | 8 | 2018 | Ali Kaafarani Founder & CEO | — | 119 patents Threshold and lattice-based cryptographic signatures with fault‑resilient key verification | — |
| 14 | VoxSmart Compliance management solutions for banks 74Talent top 15%AI top 18%Moat top 26%Patents top 31% All 12 signals ▾Talenttop 15% AItop 18% Moattop 26% Patentstop 31% Innovationtop 32% Fundingtop 32% Producttop 35% Growthtop 45% Globaltop 49% Techbottom 47% Marketbottom 46% Newsbottom 27% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $62M | 38 mo ago | 70 70 → 64 (-9%) · sector median +43% | 2006 | — | — | 11 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 15 | Ripjar Provider of risk management intelligence products for screening and threat investigation 57Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Funding top 34%Product top 41% All 12 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 34% Producttop 41% Growthtop 43% Newstop 44% Fin. healthtop 44% AItop 45% Techtop 50% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 43% Innovationbottom 37% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $60M | 0 mo ago | 95 95 → 104 (+9%) · sector median +43% | 2012 | Jeremy Laycock Co-Founder | 5 signals Leadership · New product | — | 1 award |
| 16 | Napier Provider of an AI platform for anti-money laundering compliance 40Moat top 35%Talent top 37%News top 42%Fin. health top 42% All 12 signals ▾Moattop 35% Talenttop 37% Newstop 42% Fin. healthtop 42% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Fundingtop 48% Marketbottom 47% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 40% Patentsbottom 38% Innovationbottom 30% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 3 patents Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $57M | 29 mo ago | 29 | 2018 | Julian Dixon Founder | 3 signals ▲50% Leadership | 3 patents Design and manufacturing of clothing hanger and hanging system components | 1 launch · 2 awards |
| 17 | AccessPay Cloud based payment automation and cash management solutions for businesses 60Innovation top 34%Funding top 34%Tech top 37%Product top 37% All 10 signals ▾Innovationtop 34% Fundingtop 34% Techtop 37% Producttop 37% Moattop 39% Newstop 42% Fin. healthtop 46% Markettop 48% Growthtop 49% Globalbottom 37% Innovation: 8 product lines Funding: Raised $44.4M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 13 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $44M | 23 mo ago | 74 74 → 154 (+108%) · sector median +43% | 2012 | — | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 18 | Optalysys Provider of AI-powered optical processing technology for big data applications 80Innovation top 15%Growth top 15%Patents top 18%News top 24% All 10 signals ▾Innovationtop 15% Growthtop 15% Patentstop 18% Newstop 24% AItop 28% Fundingtop 32% Moattop 38% Talenttop 41% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 28% Innovation: 97 patents (top 15% of patent-holders) · 65 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $32M | 4 mo ago | 12 | 2013 | Robert Todd Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer | 5 signals ▲400% Funding · Capital raise | 97 patents Optical computing hardware for high‑precision Fourier and number‑theoretic transforms. | 1 job opening |
| 19 | Maze Provider of AI agents that identify and resolve cloud vulnerabilities 53Funding top 37%Talent top 45%Global bottom 48%Tech bottom 40% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 40% Funding: Raised $30.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $31M | 12 mo ago | — | 2024 | Adrian Jozwik Co-Founder & CPO | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 20 | Token Security Provider of machine-first identity security solutions 48Growth top 35%Funding top 38%Talent top 38%Tech top 48% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 38% Talenttop 38% Techtop 48% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 35% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $27.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $27M | 16 mo ago | — | 2018 | Itamar Apelblat Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 21 | Keyless Developer of biometric authentication platform providing passwordless multi-factor authentication solutions 48Funding top 32%Innovation top 33%Product top 33%Global top 42% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Innovationtop 33% Producttop 33% Globaltop 42% Talenttop 43% Growthtop 48% Moattop 48% Newsbottom 47% Techbottom 46% Marketbottom 29% Funding: Raised $26.0M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 8 yrs (1.0/yr) Innovation: 10 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $26M | 16 mo ago | 15 | 2018 | Lucio Costanzo Founder | 4 signals ▼33% Funding · Leadership · M&A | — | — |
| 22 | Device Authority Provider of automated identity lifecycle management for unmanaged IoT/OT devices 27Tech top 39%Moat top 41%Product top 46%Funding top 49% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 39% Moattop 41% Producttop 46% Fundingtop 49% Innovationtop 50% Patentsbottom 42% Globalbottom 40% Growthbottom 35% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 5 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $25M | 27 mo ago | 12 | 2013 | — | — | 5 patents Hardware-based device authentication and certificate/key management for secure IoT devices | 1 partnership |
| 23 | ThreatAware Platform to monitor and manage cybersecurity and compliance 40Talent top 34%Funding top 37%Patents top 44%Innovation top 47% All 8 signals ▾Talenttop 34% Fundingtop 37% Patentstop 44% Innovationtop 47% Techbottom 48% Moatbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $25.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $25M | 3 mo ago | 37 37 → 41 (+11%) · sector median +43% | 2007 | Sarah Thomson Co Founder and Director | — | 3 patents Device fingerprinting using time‑synchronization patterns for network security identification | — |
| 24 | Glasswall Platform offering deployment security software 60Growth top 28%Patents top 33%Moat top 35%Funding top 39% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Patentstop 33% Moattop 35% Fundingtop 39% Innovationtop 42% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 49% Techbottom 44% Productbottom 39% Newsbottom 27% Growth: Headcount 101 → 125 (+24%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Patents: 110 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 41 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $24M | 13 mo ago | 125 | 2010 | — | — | 110 patents File risk assessment and sanitization via content disarm and reconstruction using AI | — |
| 25 | Culture AI Cloud based human risk intelligence solution provider 45Tech top 33%Growth top 35%AI top 45%Funding top 46% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% AItop 45% Fundingtop 46% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 46% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 23% Newsbottom 15% Tech: 39 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $23M | 23 mo ago | 9 | 2015 | James Moore Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | Obscuro Platform offering security solutions for blockchain infrastructure 11Funding top 45%Global bottom 39%Market bottom 28% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 45% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 28% Funding: Raised $22.4M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) Global: Investors from 6 countries beyond United Kingdom rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $22M | 27 mo ago | 13 | 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Push Provider of browser threat detection and response security platform 45Funding top 33%Growth top 35%Moat top 37%Tech top 39% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Moattop 37% Techtop 39% Talenttop 43% Innovationtop 47% Patentsbottom 46% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 22% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $19.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $19M | 15 mo ago | 1 | 2020 | Tyrone Erasmus Co-Founder & CTO | — | 9 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 28 | Netacea Provider of bot protection and threat intelligence against automated attacks 60Patents top 32%Innovation top 35%Moat top 37%Tech top 38% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 32% Innovationtop 35% Moattop 37% Techtop 38% Fundingtop 39% Growthtop 43% Fin. healthtop 43% Markettop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 18% Patents: 13 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 Innovation: 13 patents (top 48% of patent-holders) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $17M | 18 mo ago | 115 | 2018 | Andy Still Co-Founder & CTO | — | 13 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 29 | LoopUp Provider of cloud-based voice solutions for Microsoft Teams telephony consolidation 53Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Market top 40%Funding top 41% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Markettop 40% Fundingtop 41% Globaltop 44% Techbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Growthbottom 44% Newsbottom 24% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 6/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $16M | 19 mo ago | 200 200 → 112 (-44%) · sector median +43% | 2003 | Steve Flavell Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | 1 award |
| 30 | ThreatSpike Cloud based UTM solution for SME & SMB 27Tech top 45%AI top 45%Funding top 50%Product bottom 48% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 45% AItop 45% Fundingtop 50% Productbottom 48% Talentbottom 42% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 26% Newsbottom 15% Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services AI: Product described with: machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $14M | 12 mo ago | 11 | 2011 | Adam Blake Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 31 | Refute Platform offering disinformation detection and response services 24Funding top 38%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 45%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $9.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $10M | 4 mo ago | — | 2024 | Vlad Galu Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 32 | Pimloc Provider of machine learning-based image search solution 37AI top 25%Innovation top 35%Patents top 35%News top 37% All 10 signals ▾AItop 25% Innovationtop 35% Patentstop 35% Newstop 37% Fundingtop 42% Moattop 42% Globalbottom 42% Talentbottom 42% Techbottom 29% Marketbottom 24% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 8 patents (top 59% of patent-holders) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $9M | 11 mo ago | 7 | 2016 | James Leigh Co-Founder & CTO | 3 signals Funding · Leadership | 8 patents Real-time video analytics and selective editing for object tracking and modification | 1 launch |
| 33 | DynaRisk Anti-virus solutions provider 14News top 33%Funding top 36%Moat top 39%Tech bottom 43% All 6 signals ▾Newstop 33% Fundingtop 36% Moattop 39% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 24% News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 1 types) · Top themes: Funding Funding: Raised $8.2M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 10 yrs (1.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $8M | 10 mo ago | 14 14 → 24 (+71%) · sector median +43% | 2015 | — | 4 signals Funding | — | 1 award |
| 34 | OpenOrigins Provider of content authentication and provenance solutions for digital media 35AI top 15%Patents top 36%Moat top 38%Funding top 39% All 10 signals ▾AItop 15% Patentstop 36% Moattop 38% Fundingtop 39% Innovationtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 18% Marketbottom 15% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Patents: 9 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $7M | 3 mo ago | 7 | 2018 | Mansoor Rengers Founder & CEO | — | 9 patents Data verification, live broadcast delivery, and AI-driven scene validation technologies | — |
| 35 | Approov Provider of mobile app protection and mobile API security solutions 40Talent top 15%Funding top 40%Tech top 44%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Fundingtop 40% Techtop 44% Growthtop 45% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 23% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Funding: Raised $6.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $7M | 10 mo ago | 7 | 2012 | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Sitehop Provider of network security solutions for enterprises 14Talent top 38%Funding top 39%Global bottom 37%Tech bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 33% Marketbottom 17% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $6.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $6M | 8 mo ago | 7 | 2021 | Ben Harper Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 37 | Tracebit Cloud infrastructure security solutions 53Growth top 28%Funding top 38%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 38% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Techtop 46% Newstop 50% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $5.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $5M | 3 mo ago | — | 2022 | Andy Smith Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 launch |
| 38 | InnerWorks Platform building the future of behavioral data on web3 22Talent top 28%Funding top 43%Moat top 48%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 43% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 24% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $4.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $4M | 10 mo ago | 8 | 2020 | Oscar Hayek Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 39 | Mindgard Provider of AI development services 50AI top 20%Growth top 28%Funding top 44%Innovation top 47% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 44% Innovationtop 47% Patentstop 49% Techbottom 45% Moatbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 23% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $4M | 17 mo ago | 7 | 2022 | — | — | 3 patents Neural network training methods and systems | — |
| 40 | Synthesized Developer of synthetic data generation platform for machine learning model development 64Innovation top 23%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Innovationtop 23% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Newstop 35% Producttop 36% Techtop 45% Fundingtop 46% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 25% Innovation: 9 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $3M | 13 mo ago | 12 | 2017 | Alexander Kuhnle Co-Founder | 3 signals Funding · Capital raise | — | 1 partnership |
| 41 | Melius Cyber Security Provider of penetration testing, continuous threat monitoring, and compliance support 14Talent top 38%Funding bottom 46%Tech bottom 46%Growth bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 46% Techbottom 46% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 21% Marketbottom 15% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $2.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 4 yrs (1.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $2M | 12 mo ago | 2 | 2019 | David Mcpherson Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 42 | Falkin Provider of real-time scam detection and prevention tools 37Talent top 38%Funding bottom 48%Global bottom 48% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 48% Globalbottom 48% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $2.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $2M | 7 mo ago | — | 2024 | Boaz Valkin Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 43 | RevEng.ai AI based cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solution 45Growth top 35%AI top 45%Funding top 47%Tech top 47% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% AItop 45% Fundingtop 47% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 29% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo AI: Product described with: ai based rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $1M | 0 mo ago | — | — | James Patrick-Evans Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 44 | Cybaverse Provider of cyber security platform, scanning, and incident response services 24Talent top 38%Growth bottom 48%Funding bottom 45%Product bottom 45% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Growthbottom 48% Fundingbottom 45% Productbottom 45% Techbottom 41% Newsbottom 38% Innovationbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $1M | 12 mo ago | 21 | 2018 | Gemma B. Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer | 3 signals ▼57% Funding | — | — |
| 45 | Theodosian Provider of file-level encryption and access control for enterprise security 40Talent top 38%Global top 45%Funding bottom 44% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Globaltop 45% Fundingbottom 44% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond United Kingdom rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $1M | 8 mo ago | — | 2025 | Andy J Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 46 | Vouchsafe Identity verification and KYC solutions for businesses 55Growth top 20%Talent top 38%Tech top 39%Global bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Globalbottom 45% Fundingbottom 43% Marketbottom 37% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $1M | 15 mo ago | — | 2022 | Chloe Coleman CEO | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 47 | OneID Provider of document-free identity and age verification solutions for businesses 19Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 49%Tech bottom 39% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 26% Fin. healthbottom 1% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $1M | 16 mo ago | 41 | 2018 | Robert Kotlarz Co-Founder & Director | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 48 | AssetPass Provider of a platform for secure digital asset transfer and legacy 22Talent top 38%Funding bottom 42%Product bottom 40%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 42% Productbottom 40% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 30% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $631k across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 3 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $631K | 6 mo ago | — | 2018 | Ian Crowley Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 49 | Smarter Contracts Cloud-based platform for data security 11Patents top 36%Innovation top 46%Funding bottom 43%Moat bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Patentstop 36% Innovationtop 46% Fundingbottom 43% Moatbottom 42% Globalbottom 35% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 17% Patents: 5 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 5 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Innovation: 5 patents (top 71% of patent-holders) · 5 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $499K | 4 mo ago | 2 | 2018 | — | — | 5 patents Graphical user interfaces for consent management in software applications | 1 partnership |
| 50 | FARx AI/ML technology for fused voice-face biometric recognition 19Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 41%Global bottom 36% All 3 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $337k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $337K | 8 mo ago | — | 2022 | Clive Summerfield Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom
#1
Series D · London, England · founded 2013 · 80 employees$104.3Mraised▾
Series D · London, England · founded 2013 · 80 employees
Provider of blockchain analytics software for digital asset risk management. This technology enables the screening of transactions and wallets to identify potential financial crime. It facilitates the monitoring of digital asset activity to detect illicit behavior and assess risk levels associated with stablecoin issuers and decentralized finance protocols. The software provides tools for forensic investigations, allowing for the tracing of funds across different blockchain networks. It also offers data integration capabilities to support compliance workflows and regulatory reporting requirements.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 21%Innovation
top 23%Growth
top 23%Funding
top 25%Fin. health
top 28%Talent
top 28%Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D
Innovation: 8 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain
Growth: Headcount 51 → 80 (+57%) across vintages · Revenue +62% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 49k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series D$120M
- Sep 2025Series C—
- Oct 2021Series C$60M
- Dec 2019Series B$6.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Octopus Investments, Wells Fargo, Seedcamp, Paladin Capital, Mouro Capital, KRW Schindler
Tech stack
BootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDemandbase
#2
Series B · London, England · founded 2012 · 95 employees$60Mraised▾
Series B · London, England · founded 2012 · 95 employees
Provider of risk management intelligence products for screening and threat investigation. The company offers solutions for adverse media screening and anti-money laundering name screening and monitoring. It also provides features such as a screening assistant, dynamic risk profiles, and artificial intelligence summaries. The company’s tools help organizations detect risks and uncover hidden threats.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Moat
top 31%Funding
top 34%Product
top 41%Growth
top 43%News
top 44%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated · 4 leadership moves in 12 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding: Raised $60.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 11 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers · 36 engagements/post (2.2× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series B—
- Nov 2024Series B—
- Jan 2023Series B—
- Sep 2020Series B$36.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Long Ridge, Accenture, Winton, CyLon, FinTech Innovation Lab, Dow Jones
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflare
#3
Series A · Leeds, England · founded 2013 · 12 employees$32.1Mraised▾
Series A · Leeds, England · founded 2013 · 12 employees
Provider of AI-powered optical processing technology for big data applications. It designs and develops model simulation units and big data analysis units. Model simulation units will have a specification of multiple petaFLOPs, and Big Data analysis units will have an initial specification of 1.3 petaFLOPs. It also built a scalable and lens-less optical processing prototype that can perform mathematical functions.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 15%Growth
top 15%Patents
top 18%News
top 24%AI
top 28%Funding
top 32%Innovation: 97 patents (top 15% of patent-holders) · 65 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Patents: 97 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 65 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Analogue team
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series A$30.9M
- Jul 2023Series A$27.5M
- Sep 2017Seed$4M
- Apr 2016Grant (prize money)$350K
Founders & team
Investors
Europa, DARPA, Exor, Northern Gritstone, Lingotto, Grant Thornton UK
#4
Quantexa 🦄Series F · London, England · founded 2016 · 552 employees$371.1Mraised▾
Quantexa 🦄
Series F · London, England · founded 2016 · 552 employees
Developer of decision intelligence software for data analysis and management. This platform connects fragmented data sources to reveal relationships between entities. It utilizes graph analytics and artificial intelligence to automate decision-making processes across various sectors. The software assists in financial crime prevention, risk management, and customer intelligence by unifying siloed datasets into a single foundation. It provides tools for data quality assessment, lineage tracking, and the creation of reusable data products to support analytical models. The technology enables organizations to ground automated agents in real-world context for improved operational efficiency and investigation accuracy.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%Funding
top 26%Tech
top 28%News
top 28%Moat
top 28%Growth
top 30%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Funding: Raised $371M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series F (Mar 2025)
Tech: 42 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 124k LinkedIn followers — 8.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 3 awards (incl. Databricks) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Series F$175M
- Mar 2023Series E$129M
- Jul 2021Series D$154.1M
- Jul 2020Series C$64.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Albion Capital Group, HSBC, Accenture, Warburg Pincus, Dawn Capital, AlbionVC
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBabelCloudflare
#5
Series A · London, England · founded 2007 · 37 employees$25Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2007 · 37 employees
ThreatAware is a monitoring system which provides the facility to manage and monitor cybersecurity and compliance. It provides security alerts, historical trends, and inventory data, of the security tools. It highlights threats as they arise, and enables the organizations to see the true status of their security and resolve issues immediately. The pricing model is based on the number of computers to be monitored per month.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 34%Funding
top 37%Patents
top 44%Innovation
top 47%Tech
bottom 48%Moat
bottom 48%Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $25.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
Patents: 3 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 3 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$25M
Founders & team
Investors
One Peak, LORCA
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 7 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 7 employees
Provider of content authentication and provenance solutions for digital media. It verifies the authenticity of visual media at its origin using blockchain technology. The company offers solutions for archive anchoring, secure source validation, and an AI data marketplace. It enables users to maintain control and ownership of their media while cryptographically proving its origins. The company's blockchain ensures media files can be traced back to their origin and independently verified. It connects data rights holders with AI companies looking to responsibly license data for training.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%Patents
top 36%Moat
top 38%Funding
top 39%Innovation
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Patents: 9 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 9 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$17.2M
- Nov 2024Seed$4.5M
- Dec 2021Seed$2.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Galaxy, Unbound, Unbound Group
#7
Seed · London, England · founded 2024$9.8Mraised▾
Seed · London, England · founded 2024
Platform offering disinformation detection and response services. It uses data analysis to identify and counter disinformation campaigns across multiple channels. The company models and scores threat behaviors to enable rapid, effective responses. Its founders possess extensive experience in building data analysis systems to combat various threats, including terrorism and cyberattacks. The service helps organizations mitigate reputational and financial damage from disinformation attacks.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 38%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 45%Global
bottom 36%Market
bottom 31%Funding: Raised $9.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 20 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Recaptcha
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Tavistock) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$6.8M
- Dec 2024Seed$2.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Playfair Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, Amadeus Capital, Notion, Osney Capital, Nssif
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#8
Series A · London, England · founded 2022$5Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2022
Cloud infrastructure security solutions. It is a cloud-native platform that generates and maintains custom decoy resources in cloud environments to optimize the intrusion detection capabilities. The platform creates canaries across cloud networks to identify and respond to threats.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%Funding
top 38%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%Tech
top 46%News
top 50%Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$20M
- Jul 2024Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Accel, Tapestry VC, 20SALES, FirstMark, MMC Ventures, Cyber Club London
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#9
Series B · London, England · founded 2014 · 144 employees$146.2Mraised▾
Series B · London, England · founded 2014 · 144 employees
Provider of AI-driven platform for regulatory compliance and risk management. The platform offers solutions for regulatory archiving, communications surveillance, and front office analytics. It also provides tools for alerts review, training, certification, and policy management. The platform delivers insights, streamlines workflows, and offers reporting capabilities. It transforms data into actionable insights to safeguard and enhance business operations.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Partners
top 19%Talent
top 22%Funding
top 29%Fin. health
top 30%News
top 33%Growth
top 35%Partners: 6 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 6 deals · Marquee-customer mentions: top 30% of tracked companies
Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $146M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Venture Debt (Oct 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 18k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Venture Debt$70M
- Feb 2020Series B$134.9M
- Oct 2017Series A$24.9M
- Mar 2016Series A$7.1M
Founders & team
Investors
SoftBank Vision Fund, Google, Promus Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Citi, Index Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusignGoogle Analytics
#10
Series A · London, England$1.4Mraised▾
Series A · London, England
AI based cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solution. The platform automatically analyses users endpoints including third party libraries and detects known vulnerabilities to reduce their cyber security risk. Some of platforms existing solutions contain, triage, or cyber attack migration.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%AI
top 45%Funding
top 47%Tech
top 47%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 37%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Product described with: ai based
Funding: Raised $1.4M · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Founders & team
Investors
Osney Capital, Sands Capital, In-Q-Tel, IQ Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, NIF
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailGsapHeadless UiMicrosoft 365Next.Js
#11
Series A · London, England · founded 2024$30.6Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2024
Provider of AI agents that identify and resolve cloud vulnerabilities. It offers a platform that ingests vulnerabilities from cloud vulnerability scanners. AI agents investigate each vulnerability in the context of the environment, remove false positives, and identify high-risk vulnerabilities. The platform provides mitigation and remediation actions to owners, shrinking vulnerability backlogs and helping to identify critical vulnerabilities. It uses intelligent workflows to prepare immediate mitigations for critical vulnerabilities and provides remediation options to engineering teams.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 37%Talent
top 45%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 40%Funding: Raised $30.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Jun 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Global: Investors from 2 countries beyond United Kingdom
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series A$24.9M
- Sep 2024Seed$5.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Theory Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Tapestry
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApache TomcatApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#12
Series A · London, England · founded 2015 · 14 employees$8.2Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2015 · 14 employees
Anti-virus solutions provider. The solution combines personal risk factors with external data and algorithms to determine an individual's level of risk online and recommends possible remediation steps. The other solution includes a personal cybersecurity assessment which evaluates the risk associated with fraud, identity theft, system disruption and exposure to inappropriate content. The clients include CHUBB, HISCOX, ISACA, and many more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 14how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 33%Funding
top 36%Moat
top 39%Tech
bottom 43%Global
bottom 37%Market
bottom 24%News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 1 types) · Top themes: Funding
Funding: Raised $8.2M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 10 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series A (Jul 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Series A$4.7M
- Nov 2023Seed$1.3M
- Dec 2021Seed$3.4M
- Feb 2021Seed$572.7K
Investors
Nexus Venture Partners, Insurance Capital Group, CyLon, YFM Equity Partners, Amadeus Capital, The Shoreditch Partnership
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
Funding & investor landscape
$5.6Btotal disclosed funding
307companies funded
813disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Gov12 rounds
Techstars12 rounds
Notable founders
James Smith
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer · Elliptic
Adam Joyce
Co-Founder · Elliptic
Jeremy Laycock
Co-Founder · Ripjar
Tom Griffin
Co-Founder · Ripjar
Robert Todd
Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer · Optalysys
Laura Hutton
Co-Founder& CCO · Quantexa
Jamie Hutton
Co-Founder & CTO · Quantexa
Sarah Thomson
Co Founder and Director · ThreatAware
Steve Thomson
Co-Founder · ThreatAware
Mansoor Rengers
Founder & CEO · OpenOrigins
Vlad Galu
Co-Founder & CTO · Refute
Andy Smith
Co-Founder & CEO · Tracebit
Prism market signals · United Kingdom · country-scoped Prism corpus, 257,934 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Cybersecurity coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United Kingdom
How research on Cybersecurity is moving in the United Kingdom
A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 813 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 16% → 34% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Imperial College London31
- Edinburgh Napier University29
- University of Essex26
- University of Bristol23
- University of Warwick21
leading researchers
Λέανδρος Μαγλαράς · Mohamed Amine Ferrag · Stavros Shiaeles · Nitin Naik · Jawad Ahmad · Joshua Ojo Nehinbe · Irfan Awan · Paul Jenkins
▲
Breakthroughs339 · 42%
▲ 34%→48% share
▲1.4× share momentum0 median citations64% since 2021mostly methods-led
Intrusion detection system research is surging — UK breakthrough papers nearly tenfold, from 10 to 98.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Intrusion detection system10→98
- Key (lock)2→31
- Denial-of-service attack9→32
- Anomaly detection11→32
- Internet of Things1→20
Newly emergingBenchmark (surveying) 0→12 · Testbed 0→12 · Adversarial system 0→9
Landmark Threat analysis of IoT networks using artificial neural network intrusion detection system · 421 cites
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Advancements290 · 36%
▼ 35%→34% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations53% since 2021mostly methods-led
Malware advancement research intensifying — UK papers rose fivefold from 3 to 17 since baseline.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Intrusion detection system30→58
- Internet of Things1→15
- Malware3→17
- Network security27→40
- Denial-of-service attack10→23
Newly emergingTestbed 0→12 · Benchmark (surveying) 0→10 · Key (lock) 0→9
Landmark Deep learning approach for Network Intrusion Detection in Software Defined Networking · 787 cites
▼
Concerns126 · 15%
▼ 20%→12% share
▼0.6× share momentum1 median citations44% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns field-share cooling from 20% to 12%, despite Exploit papers rising sixfold from 1 to 6.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Cryptography1→6
- Internet of Things1→6
- Intrusion detection system10→15
- Exploit1→6
- Key (lock)4→8
Newly emergingEncryption 0→6 · Artificial neural network 0→6
Landmark Network intrusion detection system: A systematic study of machine learning and deep learning approaches · 1,132 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United Kingdom
Where cybersecurity is researched across United Kingdom
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
London97 · +0.52
Edinburgh37 · +0.57
Oxford25 · +0.56
Bristol24 · +0.64
Glasgow20 · +0.65
Manchester19 · +0.40
Cambridge9 · +0.67
PATENT SIGNAL · United Kingdom
Who's filing cybersecurity patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom cybersecurity patent filing is accelerating — 14,204 filings from 6,553 assignees (2016–2025), led by Advanced RISC MACH, British Telecomm, Sophos; annual filings 893→1352.
14,204 filings6,553 assigneespeak 1850/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Advanced RISC MACH2003
- British Telecomm1478
- Sophos750
- IBM731
- IBM UK591
- NDS405
- Cirrus Logic INT Semiconductor352
- ARM IP340
Common questions
How many Cybersecurity companies are there in United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 1078 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom?
The Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $5.6B in disclosed equity funding across 307 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in United Kingdom?
Quantexa is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in United Kingdom, with $371.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom are funded?
307 of the 1078 Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in United Kingdom?
3 Cybersecurity companies in United Kingdom on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United Kingdom Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in United Kingdom Cybersecurity companies on this list include CyLon, LORCA, Amadeus Capital, Europa, Mercia.
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