Latest fund size
$111.7M
Announced
October 29, 2026
Global HQ
France
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Check size
$500K-$5M
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Stage focus
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
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Regions of investment
Europe
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Auriga Partners' dedicated cybersecurity vehicle, Auriga Cyber Ventures, is a Paris-based early-stage venture capital firm backing European cybersecurity startups from pre-seed through Series A. The firm reached an $89.4 million interim close on its second fund, targeting $111.7 million, with a focus on AI security, identity protection, and data security.
Geoffroy Rosset, Managing Partner
William Lecat, Managing Partner
Sarah Isal, Senior Associate
Bastien Menguy, Investor
Ornella Krief, VC Associate
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Auriga Partners' dedicated cybersecurity vehicle, Auriga Cyber Ventures, invests in early-stage European cybersecurity startups from pre-seed through Series A.
The firm focuses on AI security, identity protection, and data security, writing initial checks of $558,000 to $5.6 million, with roughly half of total fund capital reserved for follow-on investments.
Auriga Cyber Ventures takes mainly minority equity stakes and aims to back around 30 companies per fund.
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What the fund looks for in founders and which sectors it backs.
Auriga Cyber Ventures reached an interim closing of $89.4 million for its second fund, Auriga Cyber Ventures II, with a target size of $111.7 million and a hard cap of $134 million.
The firm plans to close two to three more deals by the end of 2026. Fund II follows a $61.4 million first fund that launched in 2022, through which Auriga Cyber Ventures backed 30 European cybersecurity startups over five years and evaluated more than 2,000 cybersecurity companies.
About 40% of the first fund's capital went to AI-related startups and roughly a third to companies with defense applications.
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Fund size, LPs and track record.
Leadership
Investment Strategy
Auriga Cyber Ventures takes mainly minority equity stakes in early-stage European cybersecurity startups, writing initial checks of $558,000 to $5.6 million and reserving roughly half of total fund capital for follow-on investments.
The firm aims to back around 30 companies per fund and plans two to three more deals by the end of 2026.
Notable Investments
Notable Exits
Vade and Nexthink together generated more than $558.5 million in distributions to investors in 2025 and 2026.
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Auriga Cyber Ventures gives portfolio companies access to a network of founders and executives from past investments including Wallix, Vade, Sentryo, and Oodrive, and helps with business development and international expansion. Over five years and two funds, the firm has evaluated more than 2,000 cybersecurity companies and backed 30 European startups, with about 40 percent of Fund I's capital going to AI-related startups and roughly a third to companies with defense applications.
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Leadership, investment strategy, notable investments and exits.
