Darktrace

Cybersecurity · Cambridge, United Kingdom · #34 globally

0.29%
Spawner rate
8
Funded founders
2,712
Alumni tracked
$109M
Capital raised by spawns

Founder DNA

Sectors spawned founders go on to build in

Over-indexed on Cybersecurity. Founders spawned from Darktrace pick it 11.5× more often than the global founder population.

Cybersecurity
11.5×
Health Tech
2.5×
AI / Machine Learning
0.8×
Enterprise Software
0.7×

← under · 1× market average · over →

The Darktrace network

Where the founders came from, when spawns were founded, and how much they have raised since

201720182019202020212022202320242025DarktraceGeordie AI$42MUppsala Security$28MSenseon$26MOPEN (OPENVC.COM)$8MAIRIA$3MModat$1MNUL$1MFounded → ( larger = more raised since )

Spawned companies

CompanyFounders from DarktraceRaised
Geordie AI
Hanah-Marie Darley(2025)Henry Comfort(2025)
$42M
Uppsala Security
Patrick Kim(2018)
$28M
Senseon
David Atkinson(2017)
$26M
OPEN (OPENVC.COM)
Will Snape(2021)
$8M
AIRIA
Edward Nass(2020)
$3M
Modat
Soufian El Yadmani(2024)
$1M
NUL
Matus Maar(2024)
$1M