Meet the Finalists of the Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Competition

At Infosecurity Europe 2026, five emerging cybersecurity startups will battle it out in a live competition designed to spotlight breakthrough technologies, bold ideas, and direct connections with potential customers, partners, and investors.

New to 2026, the Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Competition will be accompanied by a dedicated Cyber Startups Zone on the show floor. The event takes place on Tuesday, 2 June, where each finalist will pitch their concept live on stage to an audience of senior industry leaders, investors, and buyers.

The judging panel is led by Shlomo Kramer, a towering figure in global cybersecurity. As a founder and investor behind pioneering companies such as Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, Imperva, Cato Networks, and Sumo Logic, Kramer is uniquely positioned to identify the next wave of innovative startups. Joining him are Mun Valiji, Group CISO at specialist banking group Close Brothers, and Kirsty Kelly, Group CISO at CFC Insurance Provider Underwriting.

The winner will receive a prize package that includes a free exhibition stand at Infosecurity Europe 2027, PR support from cybersecurity agency Origin Communications, and a future-brand workshop from Dusted brand consultancy.

Here are the five startups competing:

Cytidel – A vulnerability intelligence platform that adds a real-time intelligence layer between security tools and decision-making. It highlights which vulnerabilities matter, which threat actors are driving risk, and where to act first. The platform shifts teams from reactive vulnerability management to intelligence-led risk decisions, reducing noise and improving resource allocation. Founded in 2022, Cytidel is headquartered in Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland.

Datambit Limited – Specializing in advanced deepfake detection for audio and video, Datambit aims to restore trust in digital evidence. As synthetic media and AI deepfakes increasingly fuel fraud, impersonation, misinformation, and national security threats, the platform delivers high-confidence, explainable outputs suitable for investigative, legal, and operational use. Founded in 2023, Datambit is based in London.

Konvu – An AI-native vulnerability triage platform that automates investigation. It connects to existing enterprise scanners, runs agent-driven checks across code, configuration, and optional runtime signals, and returns evidence-backed exploitability decisions directly into workflows. With attackers weaponizing issues faster than ever, Konvu helps organizations overcome the bottleneck of investigating vulnerabilities quickly enough to keep up. Founded in 2024, Konvu is headquartered in New York, USA.

Ploy – An agentic access intelligence platform providing complete visibility and autonomous control over who has access to what, across every SaaS app, cloud environment, identity provider, and collaboration tool. With identity-related attacks responsible for 80% of breaches and 93% of organizations suffering multiple identity incidents each year, Ploy’s autonomous identity management platform directly addresses this crisis. Founded in 2023 by Jacob Prime (CEO) and Harry Lucas (CTO), Ploy is based in London.

Red Carbon – Designed to help Security Operations Centres (SOCs) manage alerts and false positives, Red Carbon introduces a workforce of six AI Analysts. These analysts handle automated low-level analysis to prevent alert fatigue, plus threat intelligence, compliance, and auditing analysis. A native AI solution for IT security, Red Carbon improves operational efficiency and optimizes professional skills. Founded in 2020, it is headquartered in Torino, Italy.

To attend the competition and see these startups pitch live, register for Infosecurity Europe 2026 here.