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Top Cybersecurity Startups in the UK 2026

Private cybersecurity companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, ranked by disclosed lifetime funding, with links to company profiles and funding histories.

Known total funding for 72 of 100 ranked companies: $2.4B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised · Last updated

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

1
Elliptic

Elliptic provides blockchain analytics and crypto compliance software that helps banks, exchanges...

London, United Kingdom51–200Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity
Series ETotal funding$253.0MMay 2026
2
Onfido

AI-powered identity verification platform enabling businesses to verify the real identity of thei...

London, United Kingdom501–1000Cybersecurity
Series DTotal funding$210.1MApr 2020
3
Immersive Labs

Immersive is a British cybersecurity platform that helps enterprises prove their people, security...

Bristol, United Kingdom201–500Cybersecurity, Developer Tools
Venture RoundTotal funding$189.0MOct 2022
4
SEON

SEON provides businesses with real-time fraud and AML risk decisions using first-party data signa...

London, United Kingdom201–500Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series CTotal funding$188.9MSep 2025
5
Envelop Risk

Underwriting firm specialising in cyber reinsurance, providing underwriting, structuring, and cap...

Bristol, United Kingdom11–50Cybersecurity, Insurance
Series BTotal funding$136.0MJan 2021
6
Cloudsmith

Cloudsmith is a fully managed, cloud-native platform that helps engineering teams control, secure...

Belfast, United Kingdom51–200Cybersecurity, Developer Tools
Series CTotal funding$123.7MApr 2026
7
ComplyAdvantage

ComplyAdvantage provides an AI-native financial crime platform that helps enterprises automate AM...

London, United Kingdom201–500Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Venture RoundTotal funding$110.9MSep 2024
8
inforcer

Microsoft 365 policy management platform helping MSPs standardize security across client tenants.

London, United Kingdom1–10Cybersecurity, SaaS
Series CTotal funding$104.0MJul 2026
9
Hack The Box

Hack The Box is an AI-powered cybersecurity upskilling and readiness platform trusted by 1,500+ o...

Folkestone, United Kingdom201–500Cybersecurity
Series BTotal funding$69.5MJan 2023
10
Valarian

Valarian builds digital sovereignty infrastructure, giving organisations real control over data m...

London, United Kingdom11–50Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$67.0MJul 2026
11
RedSift

Open cloud platform for real-time data processing.

London, United Kingdom51–200Cybersecurity, SaaS
Series BTotal funding$64.8MFeb 2022
12
PQShield

PQShield is a post-quantum cryptography company providing quantum-safe security solutions across ...

Oxford, United Kingdom51–200Cybersecurity
Series BTotal funding$64.0MJun 2024
13
Optalysys

Optalysys builds photonic computing hardware to accelerate Fully Homomorphic Encryption, enabling...

Leeds, United Kingdom51–200Hardware, Cybersecurity
Extension RoundTotal funding$60.0MJan 2026
14
Argent

Non-custodial Ethereum smart wallet app offering seedless recovery, DeFi access, and low-cost Lay...

London, United Kingdom51–200Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity
Series BTotal funding$56.0MApr 2022
15
Panaseer

Continuous controls monitoring for enterprise security

London, United Kingdom51–200Cybersecurity, SaaS
Series BTotal funding$42.0MMay 2021
16
Mindgard

Mindgard is an AI security company that helps enterprise to test, detect, and respond to cyber th...

Lancaster, United Kingdom11–50Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$41.8MAug 2026
17
MPCH

MPCH builds signing infrastructure, key management and governance controls for institutional digi...

London, United Kingdom51–200Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$40.0MSep 2022
18
Risk Ledger

Risk Ledger provides a collaborative platform that helps organisations identify, assess, and miti...

London, United Kingdom11–50Cybersecurity, SaaS
Series BTotal funding$37.3MJul 2026
19
Geordie

Geordie is an AI governance platform helping enterprises adopt AI agents safely through posture m...

London, United Kingdom1–10Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$36.5MMay 2026
20
CybSafe

CybSafe is an AI-powered human risk management platform that uses behavioral science to measure, ...

London, United Kingdom51–200Cybersecurity
Series BTotal funding$35.9MJun 2022
21
Callsign

Callsign helps organizations recognize users naturally and securely through intelligent authentic...

London, United Kingdom201–500Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$35.0MJul 2017
22
StirlingX

StirlingX provides secure drone intelligence and inspection services that capture actionable data...

London, United Kingdom11–50Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$31.0MJul 2026
23
Kigen

Kigen is Arm's eSIM and iSIM security division delivering IoT connectivity solutions with over 12...

Cambridge, United Kingdom51–200Cybersecurity, Developer Tools
Venture RoundTotal funding$27.0MApr 2026
24
Senseon

Senseon brings security telemetry, analysts, and AI agents together in a governed investigation p...

London, United Kingdom51–200Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$26.4MSep 2021
25
Tracebit

Tracebit detects and contains cloud security incidents using canaries that produce actionable ale...

London, United Kingdom11–50Cloud, Cybersecurity
Series ATotal funding$25.0MMar 2026