Can Europe Finally Create a Global Cybersecurity Champion?
Europe excels at creating innovative cybersecurity companies, but too few succeed in scaling into global market leaders. As growth capital becomes a critical factor for competitiveness and strategic autonomy, how can Europe bridge its scale-up gap? This panel will explore the barriers to growth, the role of public and private investors in building the next generation of European cybersecurity champions, and how the upcoming DEF2.0 fund of funds mechanism will impact the cybersecurity and defence markets.
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Speaker: Willi Mannheims and Szubert Krzysztof
Europe has established itself as a leading hub for cybersecurity innovation, producing world-class technologies, highly skilled talent, and a vibrant ecosystem of startups and scale-ups. Yet despite this strong foundation, Europe has struggled to create cybersecurity companies capable of reaching the global scale of their counterparts in North America and Asia. While innovation is abundant, access to growth capital, late-stage financing, and scaling opportunities remains a persistent challenge.
As cybersecurity becomes increasingly critical to Europe's competitiveness, resilience, and strategic autonomy, the question is no longer whether Europe can innovate, but whether it can scale. How can promising European cybersecurity co ...
