What Auriga Cyber Ventures does

Auriga Cyber Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in early-stage European cybersecurity and digital trust startups. It was established in 2021 as the cyber-focused investment vehicle of Auriga Partners (a French Société Anonyme), co-created with four founding partners who are established European cybersecurity operators: Jean-Noël de Galzain (founder of Wallix, a Euronext-listed privileged access management vendor), Edouard de Rémur (co-founder of Oodrive and Virtual Browser), Georges Lotigier (former CEO of Vade, acquired by Hornetsecurity and subsequently Proofpoint), and Thierry Rouquet (co-founder of Sentryo, acquired by Cisco). The firm's stated positioning is "cyber-native," with a curated portfolio of approximately 25 portfolio companies spanning compliance awareness, AI security, deepfake detection, blockchain security, confidential computing, embedded security, third-party risk management, and cloud security across France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Its principal differentiator is a community of over 100 cybersecurity entrepreneurs, operators, vendors, and accelerators that the firm leverages to support portfolio companies from day one, alongside relationships with industry bodies such as ANSSI, Hexatrust, and major French financial institutions.

The business model is classic early-stage venture investing: equity deployment into seed and pre-seed cybersecurity companies, with returns realized through exits, IPOs, or follow-on funding rounds. Recent demonstrated check sizes are €2–4 million per round, with the firm leading rounds (Sensity AI $2.1M Jan 2026; emproof €4.1M Mar 2026) and participating in syndicates (enclaive €4.1M seed Feb 2026, co-led by Join Capital and Amadeus APEX). The firm co-invests regularly with established European seed funds including High-Tech Gründerfonds, TIN Capital, SecFund, Join Capital, and Betaworks Ventures. Revenue accrues primarily through management fees (and eventually carried interest) on its fund vehicles; Auriga Cyber Ventures itself does not develop proprietary technology products.

The team is intentionally lean: Managing Partner Geoffroy Rosset leads investment activities, supported by Partner William Lecat, Senior Associate Sarah Isal, Senior Analyst Ornella Krief, and Operating Partner Thierry Rouquet, with the founding partners serving in venture and operating roles. The firm operates from 250 Bis Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, and is legally housed within Auriga Partners SA. As a venture capital firm, Auriga Cyber Ventures' customer base is its limited partners and portfolio founders rather than enterprise buyers of a product.

Name

Auriga Cyber Ventures

Legal name

Auriga Partners

Website

https://aurigacyberventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Auriga Cyber Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm investing exclusively in early-stage European cybersecurity and digital trust startups. Founded with four cybersecurity entrepreneur-partners under Auriga Partners, it manages a portfolio of approximately 25 companies and a 100+ actor ecosystem.

Ownership category

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Product category

Cybersecurity Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Infrastructure Funds (Data Centers, Fiber, Towers) (FSANAEAM)

Keywords

• Early-stage cybersecurity investing
• Venture capital funds
• European digital trust startups
• Cyber founder backing
• Seed stage cyber investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Auriga Cyber Ventures generates returns through equity investments in early-stage European cybersecurity startups. The firm invests in portfolio companies and realizes returns through exits, IPOs, or follow-on funding rounds.

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Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Auriga Cyber Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital fund that invests exclusively in early-stage European cybersecurity and digital trust startups. The firm deploys capital, provides strategic guidance, and grants portfolio companies access to a community of 100+ cybersecurity entrepreneurs, operators, vendors, and accelerators, currently backing approximately 25 portfolio companies across compliance awareness, AI security, deepfake detection, confidential computing, embedded security, blockchain security, and cloud security.

Product overview

Auriga Cyber Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage European cybersecurity startups, not a product company. The firm does not develop its own products or services; instead, it provides investment and support to a curated portfolio of cybersecurity companies. The portfolio includes various startups focused on compliance awareness, blockchain security, AI security, deepfake detection, third-party risk management, external attack surface management, cyber GRC, IoT security, SSO, agentic AI for testing, and cloud security. These portfolio companies represent the ecosystem ACV has built rather than ACV's own product offerings.

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Products and services

• Auriga Cyber Ventures Portfolio (early-stage European cybersecurity seed investments) Curated portfolio of high-potential early-stage European cybersecurity and digital trust startups receiving venture capital investment, operational support, and ecosystem access from Auriga Cyber Ventures. Portfolio spans companies in compliance awareness (Qomodo, Nymiz, Kamaé, Defants, Mithril, Mindflow, Qontrol, Tenacy, Cryptr, Patrowl, emproof, CryptoNext, Oversoc, Euro Info), blockchain security (Dowsers), and AI security (Filtar). The portfolio is the firm's core offering to portfolio companies, which are themselves operating businesses rather than products sold to external customers; however, the portfolio constitutes the firm's primary investment deliverable to its own limited partners.

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Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Auriga PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuriga Cyber Ventures was born out of the shared vision of Auriga Partners and four leading figures in cybersecurity. Auriga Partners is the parent entity with corporate name 'Auriga Partners', SA with board of directors, share capital of €972,439, and SIREN 419 156 351.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• YL Ventures: Israeli/US-based seed-stage venture firm investing exclusively in cybersecurity startups, with comparable cyber-native, sector-exclusive thesis and active lead-investor posture in early rounds.
• Team8: Israel-headquartered cybersecurity venture firm that builds, invests in and accelerates cyber startups; comparable as a cyber-exclusive GP leveraging operator networks to source and scale portfolio companies.
• Evolution Equity Partners: Cybersecurity-focused venture and growth fund investing across stages globally; directly comparable sector specialisation and overlapping deal types in cyber software companies.
• Forgepoint Capital: US-based, cybersecurity-specialised venture firm investing in early- and growth-stage cyber startups; matches Auriga's thesis of cyber-exclusive investing with a strong operator/LP ecosystem.
• NightDragon: Cybersecurity, safety and privacy-focused venture firm that invests in and advises early- to growth-stage cyber companies; closely comparable cyber-only mandate.
• Ten Eleven Ventures: Global cybersecurity venture firm investing across stages with deep operator network; directly comparable cyber-exclusive focus and stage overlap with Auriga's seed investments.
• Cyberstarts: Israel/US cybersecurity-focused seed fund known for its founder network and concentrated cyber exposure; analogous seed-stage, cyber-native profile to Auriga.

Regional players

• Notion Capital: London-based European tech venture firm with cybersecurity as a core thesis; comparable as a Europe-rooted VC backing cyber and B2B SaaS founders, though less cyber-exclusive than Auriga.
• Speedinvest: Vienna-based European early-stage venture firm with a dedicated cybersecurity/infra practice; comparable as a Europe-based early-stage investor overlapping on cyber software rounds.
• Balderton Capital: London-based European venture firm investing across stages in tech, including cybersecurity; comparable as a European VC that occasionally leads or co-leads cyber rounds, though not cyber-exclusive.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments27 records

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