Press Release: SoSafe secures $73 million in Series B to fuel international growth of its cyber security awareness and human risk management platform

 

• SoSafe, one of the world’s fastest-growing cyber security awareness providers, has closed a Series B funding round after having tripled its headcount to more than 250 in the past year
• The round was led by expansion-stage specialists Highland Europe with participation from current investors Acton Capital and Global Founders Capital (GFC), as well as SAP Hybris founder Carsten Thoma, La Famiglia and Adjust founder Christian Henschel
• With the funding, SoSafe will accelerate its presence in international markets and scale the development of its behavioral science-based, human-centric security solution, and aims to double the team to 500 employees

After a successful year, SoSafe – one of the world’s fastest-growing security awareness platform vendors – has raised $73 million in a Series B funding round led by expansion-stage specialists Highland Europe. [...]

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About SoSafe GmbH

SoSafe empowers organizations to build a security culture and mitigate risk with its GDPR-compliant awareness programs. Founded in Cologne, Germany, in 2018 by Dr. Niklas Hellemann, Lukas Schaefer, and Felix Schuerholz, it now serves more than 1,500 customers worldwide and is a European leader in security awareness and training. Powered by behavioral science and smart algorithms, SoSafe delivers engaging, personalized learning experiences and smart attack simulations that turn employees into active assets against online threats.

About Highland Europe

Highland Europe invests in exceptional growth-stage software and internet companies. Active in Europe since 2003 as Highland Capital Partners and formally launched in 2012, Highland Europe has raised over €1.8 billion and has invested in companies such as Adjust, AMCS, Camunda, ContentSquare, Featurespace, GetYourGuide, Huel, Jellysmack, Malwarebytes, MatchesFashion, NewVoiceMedia, Nexthink, Spot, Supermetrics, WeTransfer, Wolt and Zwift. Highland’s collective history of investments across the US, Europe and China includes 52 IPOs and 19 billion-dollar-plus companies.