🚨Invest4Cyber Berlin 2025 - Only 2 days to go! 🚨

We are excited to announce the Golden Sponsors of the Invest4Cyber Networking Night 2025, taking place on 4 June in Berlin!

As ECSO's flagship networking reception, Invest4Cyber will once again bring together Europe’s top LPs, GPs, cybersecurity scale-ups, and investment leaders for an evening of strategic exchange and high-level connection — all on the sidelines of SuperVenture and SuperReturn International.

💼A special thank you to our Golden Sponsors – Bochum Economic Development and Pava Partners – for their commitment to advancing European cyber innovation and investment. Their support plays a key role in making this exclusive event possible.

The evening promises high-level networking, valuable insights, and meaningful conversations with those shaping the future of digital resilience across Europe.

🎯Invest4Cyber is more than a networking night – it is a collaborative platform for building partnerships and driving impact.

🌟We also extend our thanks to our co-organisers: eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS and eurobits e.V. (registered association) - European Center of Competence for IT Security (Bochum).

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📢Counting Down to Invest4Cyber – Meet our VC Speakers📢

The countdown begins – only 2 days to go until the highly anticipated Invest4Cyber Networking Night, taking place on 4 June 2025 in Berlin!

As we gather Europe’s top LPs, GPs, and cybersecurity leaders on the sidelines of #SuperVenture and SuperReturn International, ECSO is proud to introduce the distinguished VC speakers who will be sharing their insights on the future of cybersecurity investment across the continent.

🎤Meet the 2025 Invest4Cyber VC Speakers:
🔹Linda Brunner, Founding Partner, Imagine You Know
🔹Tristan Lagarrigue, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, CYBICA - Cyber Integrity Capital
🔹Dr. Ulrich Schmitt, Partner, HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds
🔹Dirk Seewald, Managing Partner, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS
🔹Elisabetta Teresa Vesconi, Investment Manager, Planven

This exclusive evening reception is designed to foster strategic conversations, build long-term partnerships, and provide a relaxed setting for high-level networking within Europe’s fast-growing cybersecurity investment ecosystem.

👉You can find the whole agenda and more info in our Events page: https://lnkd.in/dW4jRb6U

🌟A big thank you to our co-organisers: eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS and eurobits e.V. (registered association) - European Center of Competence for IT Security (Bochum)!

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📣Meet the Jury – ECSO Cyber Investor Days London 2025📣

We are delighted to unveil the official judging panel for the upcoming ECSO Cyber Investor Days – London 2025, taking place in just three days on 5 June at Foresight Group’s office in The Shard, London.

Bringing together some of the sharpest minds in cybersecurity investment and innovation, our esteemed jury members will evaluate Europe’s most promising cyber startups and SMEs as they pitch for growth, funding, and visibility.

We introduce you the jury members:
🔹Gonçalo Borges, Principal at 33N Ventures – Head of the Judging Panel
🔹Prof. Pete Burnap, Founding Director, Wales Cyber Innovation Hub
🔹Linda Brunner, Founding Partner, Imagine You Know
🔹Jack Christopher, Early-stage Investor, Development Bank of Wales
🔹John Cordrey, Principal, Foresight Group
🔹Adrien Vanheste, Senior Analyst for Cybersecurity, TIN Capital | European Cybersecurity Investors

✨A big thank you to The Cyberhive EUROPE by ECSO, Women4Cyber Foundation, Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government, Wales Cyber Innovation Hub, 33N Ventures, Foresight Group, Cyber London, and Infosecurity Europe, for co-organising this exclusive event!

🔗Find out more information of the event to our Events page: https://lnkd.in/dwv86T4d

👉If you are a cybersecurity innovator, investor, or ecosystem builder, this is your chance to connect, collaborate, and be part of shaping Europe’s cyber future.

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🚀Two more leaders in tech investment join us as Silver Sponsors for #Invest4Cyber 2025!

We are proud to welcome aiRaiz and Planven to the growing list of visionary partners supporting the Invest4Cyber Networking Night on 4 June 2025 in Berlin.

🧠aiRaiz is fuelling the future of cybersecurity and AI with its bold approach to early-stage investing. Their deep-tech mindset and commitment to founder success make them a powerful force in Europe’s startup scene.

🌍Planven, a Swiss-based venture capital firm, is known for its sharp eye on transformative technologies. Their support for cybersecurity scale-ups across Europe is driven by a long-term vision and a global investor network.

With aiRaiz and Planven on board, Invest4Cyber 2025 is set to be more than an event—it is a meeting point for the minds shaping the future of digital security and innovation in Europe.

By sponsoring Invest4Cyber, aiRaiz and Planven reaffirm their commitment to advancing Europe’s cybersecurity innovation ecosystem and supporting the scale-up journey of ambitious tech founders.

👉See you in Berlin!

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🚨Just 8 days to go until Europe’s most promising cybersecurity start-ups take the stage at the #ECSOCyberInvestorDaysLondon!

🗓️5 June 2025
🕒14:00 - 19:30
📍The Shard, London

We are pleased to reveal the 8 companies who will pitch their innovation to a panel of top-tier investors and decision-makers:

🌟Excalibur
🌟Fortyx
🌟Gambit Cyber
🌟Gataca
🌟Pontiro
🌟Plexicus | AI & ASPM
🌟QuoIntelligence
🌟SecuraNova

These companies are not just pitching for investment—they are competing for a place in the prestigious ECSO STARtup Award Finals 2026, where the best cybersecurity innovators from across Europe will face off for continental recognition and growth opportunities.

This is your chance to discover who is shaping the future of cybersecurity—and to connect with the investors and leaders driving Europe’s digital resilience.

👉Discover all on the Event Page: https://lnkd.in/dgGbnryt

✨A big thank you to: The Cyberhive EUROPE by ECSO, Women4Cyber Foundation, Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government, Wales Cyber Innovation Hub, 33N Ventures, Foresight Group, Cyber London, and Infosecurity Europe for co-organising this event!

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