{"id":5071,"date":"2020-02-27T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T10:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/v4\/2020\/10\/07\/multi-million-investment-for-cybersecurity-start-up-enginsight\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T11:27:34","slug":"multi-million-investment-for-cybersecurity-start-up-enginsight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2020-en\/multi-million-investment-for-cybersecurity-start-up-enginsight\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-million investment for Cybersecurity start-up Enginsight"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Jena start-up receives new financ\u00ading from Carsten Maschmeyer\u00b4s seed + speed, the HDI Group, Smart Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture Ven\u00adtures and exist\u00ading Investors<\/em><\/strong> The Jena IT secu\u00adrity start-up Engin\u00adsight has con\u00adcluded a seven-fig\u00adure seed financ\u00ading round. In addi\u00adtion to all exist\u00ading investors, led by bm|t, the early-stage investor seed + speed Ven\u00adtures of Carsten Maschmeyer, the HDI Group, and Smart Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture Ven\u00adtures also par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpated in the financ\u00ading round.<\/div>\n

Enginsight at a Glance<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Engin\u00adsight is an IT secu\u00adrity com\u00adpany, founded in 2017 by Mario Jan\u00addeck and Eric Range. With the cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity solu\u00adtion of the Jena-based start-up, com\u00adpa\u00adnies\u00b4 entire IT infra\u00adstruc\u00adture can be com\u00adpletely auto\u00admated, mon\u00adi\u00adtored, and ana\u00adlyzed within a very short time. Infor\u00adma\u00adtion about secu\u00adrity gaps or con\u00adfig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtion defi\u00adcien\u00adcies are shown as well as cyber attacks that are cur\u00adrently tak\u00ading place in real-time. Even chang\u00ading sides is pos\u00adsi\u00adble for the cus\u00adtomer: At the push of a but\u00adton the soft\u00adware of Engin\u00adsight can sim\u00adu\u00adlate hacker attacks and attack the own com\u00adpany. Thus, weak points are iden\u00adti\u00adfied which can be elim\u00adi\u00adnated before real dam\u00adage actu\u00adally occurs. Engin\u00adsight thus offers an effi\u00adcient and sim\u00adple solu\u00adtion for the secu\u00adrity prob\u00adlems of medium-sized busi\u00adnesses to mas\u00adter the risks posed by the increas\u00ading com\u00adplex\u00adity of net\u00adworked sys\u00adtems and the mas\u00adsive increase in cyber attacks.<\/div>\n

Capital for growth, development, and expansion<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The cur\u00adrent round of financ\u00ading brings three new investors on board: the early-stage investor seed + speed Ven\u00adtures from Berlin, the HDI Group from Han\u00adnover, and Smart Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture Ven\u00adtures from Leipzig. In addi\u00adtion, all exist\u00ading investors also invested. The cap\u00adi\u00adtal will be used to sup\u00adport the company\u00b4s next growth steps. In con\u00adcrete terms: addi\u00adtional tech\u00adni\u00adcal staff will be hired and a pro\u00adfes\u00adsional sales struc\u00adture and an exten\u00adsive part\u00adner net\u00adwork will be estab\u00adlished. Engin\u00adsight has its sights firmly set on Ger\u00adman mar\u00adket lead\u00ader\u00adship in the IT mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading cat\u00ade\u00adgory. In 2017, bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment (bm|t) and the Fam\u00adily VCs and Busi\u00adness-Angels Bran\u00adden\u00adburg Ven\u00adtures and Paysmark Ver\u00adwal\u00adtungs- und Beteili\u00adgungs\u00adge\u00adsellschaft par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpated in a pre-seed financ\u00ading round. At that time, the cap\u00adi\u00adtal was used to finance tech devel\u00adop\u00adment and ini\u00adtial mar\u00adket\u00ading steps. \u00ab<\/span>We want to make the world a bit safer. We work every day with the great\u00adest pas\u00adsion to achieve this goal. The invest\u00adment as well as the net\u00adwork and know-how of the investors will help us to develop the mar\u00adket even faster\u00bb, said Mario Jan\u00addeck, CEO and founder of Engin\u00adsight. Co-Founder Eric Range added: \u00abOur offer has been very well received in the mar\u00adket, so we are now look\u00ading for many new col\u00adleagues to work with us on a secure IT future for com\u00adpa\u00adnies\u00bb. Alexan\u00adder K\u00f6lpin, Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor of seed + speed Ven\u00adtures: \u00abWe are very pleased to accom\u00adpany Engin\u00adsight in its next steps in an excit\u00ading growth mar\u00adket. With their soft\u00adware, the team solves a highly rel\u00ade\u00advant prob\u00adlem for a large num\u00adber of com\u00adpa\u00adnies\u00bb. Mar\u00adtin Weldi, Head of Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Devel\u00adop\u00adment at the HDI Group: \u00abCyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity is an impor\u00adtant future field for our cor\u00adpo\u00adrate clients and the HDI Group is already well posi\u00adtioned in this regard. It is there\u00adfore only log\u00adi\u00adcal for us to invest in a start-up like Engin\u00adsight, which offers intel\u00adli\u00adgent cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity solu\u00adtions for companies\u00bb.<\/div>\n

About Enginsight GmbH<\/strong><\/h3>\n
After ini\u00adtial years of pro\u00adfes\u00adsional expe\u00adri\u00adence as IT man\u00adagers in larger com\u00adpa\u00adnies, Eric Range and Mario Jan\u00addeck founded Engin\u00adsight in 2017. Their idea to develop inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive IT secu\u00adrity soft\u00adware drove the first invest\u00adment by bm\u2011t together with the angel investors Bran\u00adden\u00adburg Ven\u00adtures and Paysmark. Shortly after the com\u00adpany was founded, mul\u00adti\u00adple awards fol\u00adlowed, such as the Th\u00fcringer Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adpreis and KfW-Award. After only two years, the orig\u00adi\u00adnal idea has turned into an inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive and pow\u00ader\u00adful soft\u00adware. Engin\u00adsight makes IT secu\u00adrity sim\u00adple and ensures secu\u00adrity \u00abmade in Ger\u00admany\u00bb for more and more com\u00adpa\u00adnies. www.enginsight.com<\/a><\/div>\n

About seed + speed Ventures<\/strong><\/h3>\n
eed + speed Ven\u00adtures is an early stage investor based in Berlin. The Seed-VC invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive dig\u00adi\u00adtal busi\u00adness mod\u00adels and new soft\u00adware tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies in the B2B and B2C sec\u00adtor, mainly in the Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading coun\u00adtries. Founded by Carsten Maschmeyer, seed + speed, as part of the Maschmeyer Group with offices in Munich, Berlin, Hanover and San Fran\u00adcisco, offers inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive start-ups smart cap\u00adi\u00adtal and unique sales sup\u00adport. www.seedandspeed.de<\/a><\/div>\n

About HDI Group<\/strong><\/h3>\n
HDI is one of the major Euro\u00adpean insur\u00adance groups. Under the umbrella of the Talanx Group with pre\u00admium income of EUR 39.5 bil\u00adlion (2019) and more than 21,000 employ\u00adees world\u00adwide the HDI Group is active in Ger\u00admany and abroad in indus\u00adtrial insur\u00adance as well as in pri\u00advate and com\u00admer\u00adcial insur\u00adance. The rat\u00ading agency Stan\u00addard & Poor\u2019s assesses the finan\u00adcial strength of the Talanx Pri\u00admary Insur\u00adance Group as A+\/stable (strong). Talanx AG is listed on the SDAX of the Frank\u00adfurt Stock Exchange as well as on the stock exchanges in Han\u00adnover and War\u00adsaw (ISIN: DE000TLX1005, WKN: TLX100, Pol\u00adish trad\u00ading code: TNX). www.talanx.com<\/a><\/div>\n

About Smart Infrastructure Ventures<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Smart Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture Ven\u00adtures is a ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal fund that invests in the early stages of start-ups in SmartC\u00adity, energy & eHealth and related sec\u00adtors through\u00adout Ger\u00admany. The fund was founded by ser\u00adial entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and suc\u00adcess\u00adful investors, all of whom also invested in the fund them\u00adselves. Smart Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture Ven\u00adtures is the first pri\u00advate VC fund in the new Ger\u00adman states. www.smartinfrastructure.ventures<\/a><\/div>\n

About bm|t<\/strong><\/h3>\n
bm|t is one of the first addresses for invest\u00adments in Thuringia, Ger\u00admany. bm|t invests in start-up teams and com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the Free State with a clear aim of gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading pos\u00adi\u00adtive invest\u00adment returns. This is how inno\u00adva\u00adtion and eco\u00adnomic growth in Thuringia are financed. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages eight funds with a total vol\u00adume of over 400 mil\u00adlion euros and invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in nearly all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2014 from the start-up and growth phases to buy\u00adouts and other suc\u00adces\u00adsion sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions. www.bm\u2011t.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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Press con\u00adtact<\/strong><\/div>\n
Engin\u00adsight GmbH<\/div>\n
Max Taran\u00adtik<\/div>\n
Hans-Kn\u00f6ll-Stra\u00dfe 6<\/div>\n
07745 Jena Germany<\/span><\/div>\n
max.tarantik@enginsight.com<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
+49 (0)3641 2717814<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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