Revaia’s Investment in Sekoia.io: Investing in the Future of European Cybersecurity
In an era of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, governmental agencies and companies across industries struggle to defend themselves against criminal hackers and nation-state-backed adversaries.
While large corporations have the resources to build robust in-house cybersecurity teams, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain highly vulnerable due to the scarcity of skilled cybersecurity professionals. This growing cybersecurity gap represents an immense risk to European economies. However, Sekoia.io is uniquely positioned to address these threats.
Today, Revaia announced its investment in Sekoia.io, which has developed an AI SOC platform democratizing access to cutting-edge cybersecurity for SMEs. This partnership reflects Revaia’s commitment to backing companies that offer innovative, scalable, and impactful solutions in the cybersecurity space.
Revaia will leverage its expertise to help Sekoia scale and expand across Europe and beyond. Given the critical nature of the digital threats, we want to share the thinking behind our investment and the trends driving innovation and opportunities in cybersecurity.
The Rising Need for Advanced Cyber Defense
Cyber threats have evolved dramatically in recent years. No longer are individual hackers the only ones launching ransomware attacks. Today, the landscape is dominated by highly sophisticated cyber threats, including those posed by nation-state actors that target critical infrastructure and corporate networks.
Larger enterprises can afford to hire top-tier cybersecurity experts and implement advanced security stacks. However, small and mid-sized companies—many of which are crucial players in industrial supply chains—often lack the resources to protect themselves adequately.
This vulnerability has made SMEs attractive targets for cybercriminals. In response, these companies are increasingly turning to Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)—third-party firms that offer outsourced cybersecurity services to organizations that lack in-house security teams.
Traditionally, MSSPs rely on a patchwork of disconnected security tools—such as antivirus software, firewalls, and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platforms—often resulting in siloed data, alerting fatigue, and high operational complexity. This places an extra burden on Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts, the cybersecurity specialists at MSSPs, and corporates responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to threats across multiple client environments.
These analysts act as the first line of defense in cybersecurity, continuously analyzing security alerts, investigating suspicious activities, and mitigating potential cyberattacks. Because MSSPs provide outsourced security services to multiple organizations, MSSP SOC analysts play a crucial role in protecting businesses that lack in-house cybersecurity expertise.
This highlights another constraint: talent. There is a severe shortage of people with the skills needed in this domain. A 2024 report from BCG identified a global shortfall of 2.8 million cybersecurity professionals, with only 72% of cybersecurity roles being filled.
The Sekoia AI SOC Platform is built to address these talent and resource disadvantages.
Its core product is a modular and interoperable platform that fuses Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with elements of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI).
Sekoia Intelligence offers operational context to SOC analysts and strategic insights to C-level decision makers about the actual threat faced by organizations
Classic XDR focuses more narrowly on elements such as endpoints. By incorporating all of these other capabilities, Sekoia.io can correlate data from multiple security layers – including networks, cloud environments, and applications – to provide a unified, real-time view of cyber threats.
In addition, Sekoia.io allows access to an extensive ecosystem of more than 200 integrations (firewalls, EDRs, cloud security, identity, IoT, etc.). This ensures flexibility so that organizations don’t have to rip out and replace existing tools but can instead enhance them with Sekoia’s intelligence-driven detection and automation.
The Sekoia AI SOC platform provides an unified interface allowing extended detection and immediate response to cyber threats on the entire information system
Unlike traditional security tools that operate in isolation, the Sekoia AI SOC platform automates threat detection, investigation, and response, allowing security analysts to identify and mitigate attacks faster and more efficiently. Through its AI-driven playbooks, the platform enables SOC analysts to automate repetitive tasks. This not only improves efficiency but also helps address the global shortage of cybersecurity talent, a major pain point for the industry.
By leveraging Sekoia.io's tech stack, MSSPs can proactively monitor multiple clients’ environments, detect sophisticated attacks, and respond to threats at scale, delivering enterprise-grade cybersecurity to mid-sized businesses that might otherwise struggle to defend themselves.
This holistic approach significantly enhances threat detection and response times while reducing the complexity and costs associated with managing multiple security products.
Why Sekoia.io?
Cybersecurity is a vast industry that offers an enormous range of solutions, from incumbents to upstarts that take radically different approaches to addressing threats. As the nature of those threats continues to morph at alarming rates, the pace of innovation is also accelerating.
Amid this whirlwind of security disruption, Sekoia.io stood out to us for several critical reasons.
The first is Sekoia.io’s leadership team, which brings together an exceptional mix of deep cybersecurity expertise, intelligence community experience, and strategic business acumen, making them uniquely positioned to build a next-generation security platform.
Freddy Milesi, the company’s founder and CEO, has been immersed in cybersecurity since his early academic and professional years, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to the field. His deep connections within France’s national cybersecurity community and regulatory bodies have positioned Sekoia.io as a trusted partner in the industry. Georges Bossert, the CPTO, is considered one of the pioneers of cybersecurity engineering in Europe, with a history of participation in elite hacker communities. His technical expertise has been instrumental in shaping Sekoia’s AI SOC platform, ensuring it meets the highest standards of automation, threat detection, and real-time intelligence. Sekoia.io's leadership team also relies on highly recognized professionals such as François Deruty, Chief Intelligence Officer and former Head of Operations at the French cybersecurity agency (ANSSI).
With this powerhouse leadership team, Sekoia.io is not only technically superior but also strategically positioned to become the go-to security solution for European and International MSSPs.
A Transformative Investment in European Cybersecurity
Sekoia.io is entering a crucial phase of growth. While the company has a strong presence in France, it now wants to expand beyond its home market. Its priorities include expanding into new European markets like Germany and the UK, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and the US.
EU-wide cybersecurity regulations, such as NIS2, are driving demand for advanced security solutions; each country has its own compliance standards and procurement processes.
As Sekoia.io scales its operations globally, Revaia will support the company in navigating its expansion and reinforcing its position in the MSSP market. Given the growing demand for AI-driven automation in cybersecurity, we see an opportunity for Sekoia.io to further enhance its platform’s capabilities to improve SOC efficiency and address industry-wide talent shortages. Our experience in scaling B2B enterprise software and our understanding of the European market will help Sekoia.io tackle key growth challenges, from market entry strategies to operational scaling, as it continues to build a next-generation security platform.
Revaia’s investment in Sekoia.io is a strategic move to fortify Europe’s cybersecurity landscape. As cyber threats continue to escalate, the need for scalable, intelligent, and automated security solutions has never been greater. Investing in Sekoia.io is a high-conviction bet on the future of cybersecurity in Europe. With Revaia’s backing, Sekoia.io is ready to lead the charge.