We review the largest funding rounds in recent years in European companies specialising in Automated Cybersecurity. We also analyse the round of the San Sebastian-based CounterCraft, which has raised \u20ac2M.<\/p>\n
CounterCraft<\/a>\u00a0is a Spanish company specialising in counterintelligence in the field of cybersecurity. Founded in 2015 in Donostia-San Sebasti\u00e1n with the aim of revolutionising the world of cybersecurity, CounterCraft has developed a disruptive and pioneering solution in Europe that uses deception techniques and tools to detect, discover and manipulate adversaries. This tool protects major companies in the financial sector, commerce, governments and security forces from sophisticated cybersecurity incidents by anticipating the attack.<\/p>\n The short and medium term objective of the company from San Sebastian is to expand internationally in Europe, the Middle East and to start up in the USA, as well as to continue with the growth of its team. CounterCraft operates globally in more than 20 Fortune500 companies.<\/p>\n CounterCraft identifies and actively responds to real-time attacks from cybercriminals, lone hackers, ex-employees, governments and others. In this way, attacks occur in a controlled environment to learn about targets, tools and techniques.<\/p>\n It is the first platform that automates the design, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of counterintelligence campaigns across all enterprise digital assets such as servers, mobile, web applications, mobile apps and WiFi hotspots. With this automation, organisations can achieve counterintelligence cost reductions of 95% versus traditional techniques.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CounterCraft, a San Sebastian-based counterintelligence company in the field of cybersecurity, has raised \u20ac2M in an investment round aimed at boosting its internationalisation process in Europe, the Middle East and the United States.<\/p>\n With this transaction, the company has received a total of \u20ac4M to date, of which over \u20ac3M has come from leading global cybersecurity investors such as\u00a0Adara Ventures<\/a>,\u00a0Orza<\/a>, Telef\u00f3nica Open Future, a trav\u00e9s de\u00a0Wayra; adem\u00e1s de\u00a0Evolution Equity Partners<\/a>, inversor de capital de riesgo internacional especializado ciberseguridad, que ha sido el \u00faltimo en sumarse. Adem\u00e1s, CounterCraft ha recibido \u20ac1M del CDTI, a trav\u00e9s del Ministerio de Econom\u00eda y Competitividad, y del\u00a0Instrumento PYME H2020\u00a0de la Comisi\u00f3n Europea.<\/p>\n CounterCraft is the first company to have the joint backing of these investors, recognised for their proven track record and expertise in technology and cybersecurity.<\/p>\nCounterCraft closes a \u20ac2M round<\/h2>\n
Analysis of Automated Cybersecurity investment in Europe<\/h2>\n\n