Osney closes €69M UK cyber seed fund
Osney Capital closed an oversubscribed €69M debut fund focused on seed-stage UK cybersecurity startups.
The UK cybersecurity market is getting a more specialist early-stage investor.
What happened
Osney Capital closed its debut fund at an oversubscribed €69M / £60M hard cap, focused on seed-stage cybersecurity companies.
The fund is backed by the British Business Bank through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme and is accredited by the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund.
Why it matters
Cybersecurity is becoming more strategically important as companies face more complex attacks, AI-enabled fraud and rising security expectations from customers and regulators.
A specialist seed fund can help shape which early UK cyber startups get built and funded before they are obvious enough for larger generalist investors.
The bigger picture
Cyber is increasingly part of national and economic infrastructure. That is why specialist funds, public capital and strategic security priorities are starting to overlap more often.
Osney’s fund is a small but useful signal that the UK wants to strengthen its early-stage cyber company pipeline, not just buy mature security tools later.