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Cyber Investor Days Online

ECSO -Online -13-14 May 2020

Don't miss your chance to attend all-digital cybersecurity B2B meetings

UPDATE #1: Given the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the event will be held exclusively online. 

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) and the EIT Digital Accelerator have the pleasure of inviting you to the Brussels edition of the Cyber Investor Days, scheduled on 13-14 May 2020 in Brussels, Belgium.

The 7th edition of the ECSO cybersecurity business matchmaking events focuses on both the access-to-market (corporates business relations) & the access-to-finance (investments) support.

During the Cyber Investor Days in Brussels, the promising European cybersecurity startups and SMEs will have a chance to pitch their cybersecurity solutions & hold B2B meetings with the leading investors and corporates from Europe and beyond. 

For corporates & investors. Interested corporates and investors from Europe and beyond are invited to register here. 

For European startups & SMEs. To be selected and pitch their product, the European cybersecurity startups and SMEs are invited to submit an application form to wg4_secretariat@ecs-org.eu. The application form as a Word document can be downloaded via here. More information about the application process can be found in the application guidelines, available here. Make sure to apply before Monday, 23 March 2020, midnight CET.

UPDATE #2: The deadline has been extended to Monday, 6 April 2020, midnight CET.
UPDATE #3: The following list of the European cybersecurity startups and SMEs has been selected:

CYSEC (Switzerland). eXate (United Kingdom), GATACA (Spain), GREYCORTEX (Czech Republic), Keyless (United Kingdom), MIRACL (United Kingdom), Northern.tech (Norway), qbound (Germany), Red Alert Labs (France), Resado (Germany), SoSafe (Germany), Tenzir (Germany), XS MATRIX (Hungary), YAGAAN (France)

The ECSO cybersecurity business matchmaking event series demonstrate ECSO's endeavour to increase the visibility of the European startups and SMEs and provide them with funding and strategic business opportunities. The last edition of the ECSO Cyber Investor Day organised in Luxembourg in October 2019 proved to be a great success – the record number of applications were received and around 150 B2B meetings were held.

About ECSO’s cybersecurity business matchmaking events

ECSO cybersecurity business matchmaking events – also known as the ECSO Cyber Investor Days – aim to increase the market visibility of the European cybersecurity companies and thus foster the consolidation of the European cybersecurity market. The initiative has been designed to cover different investment phases – ranging from seeding to strategic investment, to M&A – and to provide market access support. 

Launched in 2017, ECSO cybersecurity business matchmaking events gathered more than 450 participants and provided a forum for more than 450 business-to-business meetings. Previous editions were organised with the most recognised players of the European cybersecurity ecosystem: Startup Estonia, Systematic Paris-Region, EIT Digital Accelerator, secunet Security Networks AG, TeleTrust - IT Security Association Germany, the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) and the SECURITYMADEIN.LU, the cybersecurity agency of the Ministry of the Economy of Luxembourg. Report on the past events is available on the ECSO website, here.