en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dutch cybersecurity company Eye Security has raised €60 million in Series C funding, led by Sofina, with continued participation from TIN Capital, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, and Bessemer. The Dutch startup aims to build a European cybersecurity platform for mid-market organizations facing AI-assisted attacks, NIS2 regulatory pressure, and renewed concerns about non-European security providers and cyber insurance access.
The funding will be used for European expansion, increasing integration capabilities, building more AI-assisted features, and hiring in engineering, threat intelligence, and customer operations. Sofina has acquired a minority stake, while existing Dutch investor TIN Capital has increased its investment commitment.
Eye Security sells managed detection and response, incident response, threat intelligence, and cyber insurance services as a bundled platform. Many European mid-market companies face a dilemma: building an internal security operations center they cannot staff, or purchasing a set of disparate tools they lack the time to operate properly.
Regulatory pressure is increasing. NIS2 is forcing more organizations to treat cyber risk as a board-level operational risk rather than an IT hygiene issue. GDPR requirements persist, insurers are more cautious, attackers are faster, and AI has lowered the cost of phishing, reconnaissance, and social engineering.
Founded in 2020, Eye Security now serves over 1,000 enterprises across the Benelux, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), and other European markets. The company positions itself as European-designed, built by Dutch intelligence experts, and keeping customer data within the EU. This sovereignty message will resonate with regulated industries, companies linked to the public sector, and organizations concerned about where their security telemetry and log data actually flows.
Eye Security says its Cyber Guard platform combines AI-driven detection with 24/7 human threat response. The cyber insurance component is commercially important; the company combines protection with internal cyber insurance underwriting, theoretically creating a tighter feedback loop: better understanding of customer security posture, clearer underwriting, faster incident response, and potentially more realistic coverage.
Sofina's Jean-François Burguet said AI is democratizing cyber attacks, and Eye Security is providing enterprise-grade protection for the mid-market. For MSPs and resellers, the company says its open architecture and partner-first model can serve as a backbone for delivering security and insurance. Eye Security will expand through strategic integrations rather than forcing customers into a single ecosystem.
The broader industry shift is that cybersecurity is becoming more regional, more regulated, and more closely tied to resilience planning. The European market is no longer simply importing American security stacks; investors are looking for local champions that can speak the language of sovereignty, compliance, and operational responsibility.
