Holm Security
A Stockholm-based vulnerability management platform offering unified scanning across network, cloud, web application, API, and human/phishing-simulation attack surfaces, backed by roughly €4-10M in disclosed funding.
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Holm Security, founded in 2015 by Jens Larsson, Rickard Vikström, Victor Jerlin, and Stefan Thelberg, provides a next-generation vulnerability management platform designed to give organizations unified visibility and risk-based prioritization across a wide range of asset types — network infrastructure, cloud environments, web applications, APIs, and the human attack surface via phishing simulation — rather than requiring separate tools for each.
The company has raised disclosed funding including a €4M round from Subvenio Invest, positioning it as a smaller, European alternative to larger US-based vulnerability management vendors, with particular strength in Nordic and broader European mid-market customers who value data residency and a unified scanning approach.
Innovation Matrix Assessment
Continued expansion of scan coverage (network, cloud, web, API, phishing) over nearly a decade shows steady, if not exceptionally fast, iteration.
Unifying technical and human attack-surface testing in one platform genuinely reduces tool sprawl for security teams.
Modest disclosed funding (single-digit millions of euros) suggests real but limited growth capital relative to larger vulnerability management competitors.
Combining phishing simulation with technical vulnerability scanning in one platform is a useful consolidation, though each component builds on established scanning techniques.
Nearly a decade of operation and an established Nordic/European customer base is real-world evidence, though no independent efficacy benchmarks were found.
Unified technical and human vulnerability management remains a persistent need, particularly for European mid-market organizations prioritizing data residency.
Why CISOs Should Care
CISOs looking to consolidate network, cloud, web app, API, and phishing-simulation testing under one vendor — rather than stitching together several point scanners — get a single unified platform, with the added benefit of EU-based data handling for privacy-sensitive European customers.
What Makes It Different
Holm Security explicitly unifies technical vulnerability scanning with human-attack-surface testing (phishing simulation) in one platform and prioritizes European data residency, differentiating it from larger US vendors focused primarily on technical assets.
The Matrix Verdict
48/100 — EMERGING / UNRANKED
A solid, if modestly-funded, European vulnerability management vendor with genuine breadth across technical and human attack surfaces; real operational value for its target market, though smaller scale limits momentum and disruption relative to category leaders.
Editorial Note: Claims vs. Verified Findings
Funding figures vary between sources (€4M per ArcticStartup/FinSMEs vs. ~$9.88M per Crunchbase aggregation of multiple currencies/rounds); treat the total as approximate.
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