European Cybersecurity Investment Platform

Since September 2020, ECSO has been working with major private investors and the European Commission to create a cybersecurity investment platform worth at least €1 billion over five years to urgently address the funding gap in the European cybersecurity sector. This platform aims to: 

• Promote investments in European cybersecurity start-ups and SMEs, as well as keeping competences and strategic solutions within Europe.
• Stimulate the emergence of new pan-European specialised cybersecurity funds to enable the launch of specialised European investment projects.
• Provide a focus on Series-A and growth stage companies to offer a level playing field for early stage companies which currently constitute the majority of investments in Europe.
• Create a more specialised investment capacity to attract large international “limited partners” on the European market.
• Leverage the Smart Specialisation Platform Cybersecurity Smart Regions to widen the deployment of an inter-regional acceleration programme and trigger large business-technology partnerships.
• Support the creation of the synergies in relevant R&D&I funding schemes across Europe.