We analyse the main rounds that have been closed in 2018 in Europe in the Cybersecurity sector. We also look at the capital injection of Aperio Systems, which has received €4.5M.
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About Aperio Systems
Aperio Systems is an Israeli company made up of multidisciplinary researchers, engineers, analysts and hackers, specialising in the development of cyber security solutions for industrial control systems, with the aim of making it easier for operators to detect and mitigate potential intrusions before they can cause damage.
Developed by industrial and cyber security experts, Aperio Systems' technology connects passively to an organisation's existing monitoring systems. Its solutions use state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, enabling unprecedented resilience against internal and external malicious activity. Aperio Systems looks for the unique fingerprints of data and validates its integrity and authenticity, alerting and identifying attacked equipment and falsified process data.
Aperio currently operates mainly in Israel and Europe, but is also currently working in Australia and is looking to Asia and the US for further expansion.
Aperio Systems receives $4,5M
Israeli company Aperio Systems, a developer of cyber security solutions for critical control systems, has closed a seed funding round in which it raised a total of $$4.5M.
The round includes a strategic investment of Energies of Portugalone of Europe's largest utilities, which started as a pilot client of Aperio. Data Point Capital, Jump Capital and Scopus Ventures also participated in this round.
Aperio, which currently has around a dozen employees (mostly engineers), plans to use the new funds to improve its core technology, develop more tools for its customers and expand into new markets.
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Latest Cybersecurity Investment Rounds in Europe 2018
| Company | Description | Country | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chewy | Chewy.com offers the freshest, highest quality products from over 500 brands of pet food and treats. | USA | $125M | 2017 |
| $90M | ||||
| $75M | 2016 | |||
| $75M | 2015 | |||
| Tiendanimal | Tiendanimal is the multichannel leader in the pet supplies sector in Spain and Portugal. | Spain | €60M | 2018 |
| Mondial Pet Distribution | Mondial Pet Distribution distributes hygiene and care products for animals under the Fortesan brand. | Italy | €15M | 2016 |
| Choice Pet | Choice Pet offers the best products available for the health and well-being of pets. | USA | $2,7M | 2017 |
| Wunschfutter | Wunschfutter is a pioneer in the production and marketing of tailor-made dog food in Europe for B2C and B2B. | Germany | €1,5M | 2015 |
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