Cybersecurity funding in H2 2013

European Cybersecurity startup funding raised during H2 2013.

In H2 2013, 30 European Cybersecurity companies closed 32 funding rounds and raised €26M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 63.1% versus H2 2012. Israel led by capital raised, and Accelerace was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€26M

-63.1% vs H2 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+113.3% vs H2 2012

Companies

Top country

Israel

Rank among sectors

#17

1.0% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

85.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€1.7M	2
Aug	€0	3
Sep	€1.5M	5
Oct	€13M	10
Nov	€9.1M	7
Dec	€3.5M	5

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Cybersecurity — top countries by capital, H2 2013
Israel	€17M
Switzerland	€3.0M
Ireland	€2.6M
Norway	€2.6M
UK	€1.8M
Germany	€1.5M
Russia	€367k
Spain	€296k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Cybersecurity — stage mix, H2 2013
Series A	€11M
Seed	€8.7M
Early VC	€6.9M
Grant	€2.7M

Exits & M&A

5 Acquisition

5 exits · €145M disclosed.

F-Secure - Personal cloud assets	Acquisition	Oct 2013	€55M
CyActive	Acquisition	Oct 2013	€55M
Optenet	Acquisition	Dec 2013	€35M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Zimperium	Series A	Oct 2013	€5.9M
Checkmarx	Early VC	Nov 2013	€5.9M
Uepaa!	Series A	Oct 2013	€3.0M
Trustev	Seed	Oct 2013	€2.2M
Enertec Systems	Grant	Nov 2013	€1.9M
Zwipe	Series A	Dec 2013	€1.8M
Riskified	Seed	Jul 2013	€1.3M
Contego Fraud Solutions	Early VC	Oct 2013	€1.1M
abusix	Seed	Nov 2013	€1.0M
BioCatch	Seed	Sep 2013	€756k
Zwipe	Grant	Dec 2013	€735k
MicroSense Solutions	Seed	Sep 2013	€679k
Pronto.ly	Seed	Oct 2013	€592k
Secucloud	Seed	Dec 2013	€500k
Hybrid Security	Seed	Jul 2013	€382k

View all 32 Cybersecurity deals in H2 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2013, by deal count

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