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Innovation Tier

Emerging / Unranked

Not enough independent evidence for a confident score yet — or a scaled public incumbent (Splunk, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and similar category giants) whose innovation pace has gone stale relative to the market it once defined, however large its install base or revenue.

30 /100

Zen Cyber

A small Canadian cybersecurity compliance consultancy acquired by TSX Venture-listed TrustBIX as part of its cybersecurity and MSP…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
30 /100

Bits

A 25-year-old Kilkenny MSP acquired by fellow Irish MSP Stryve, taking the combined business past 70 employees across…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

Netz Concepte

A steadily grown regional German managed services provider absorbed into GBC Group -- a 500+ employee, 13-location group…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

Ready Support Services

An intelligence-community-focused ServiceNow and cloud migration specialist acquired by Arlington Capital-backed Tyto Athene to strengthen its enterprise service…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
30 /100

Satin Technologies

A financial-services group entering cybersecurity via a majority (up to 76.4%) stake acquisition in an IIT-incubated quantum-safe security…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
30 /100

Fivenines

A profitable, established French/Moroccan MSSP acquired by Groupe Office Automation (GOA), a digital services and equipment distributor, to…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

Talea S.r.l.

Regional Italian managed NOC/SOC services provider delivering outsourced 24/7 security operations and IT infrastructure support near Bologna.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

OneHQ

An established Auckland MSP acquired by First Focus, taking First Focus past 100 staff in New Zealand and…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

Daekyo CNS

A diversifying IT services firm entering cybersecurity via a full-company acquisition of a 1st-generation Korean security vendor (HDN);…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
30 /100

WetStone Labs

WetStone Labs makes Gargoyle Investigator and StegoHunt, specialist malware-discovery and steganography-detection tools for digital forensic examiners, now operating…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

Creative

A regional IT services group extending into offensive security via a distressed-asset acquisition; Yogosha's team and technology survive…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
30 /100

Cyberfish

A small, minority-stake investment (50% ownership for GBP190,000) by publicly-traded Trust Stamp (February/March 2026), structured as a 50/50…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
30 /100

First Focus

A regional managed-IT-services provider adding cybersecurity and compliance depth through the Optimus Systems acquisition, useful to ANZ and…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
28 /100

Soxton

A very early-stage ($2.5M pre-seed) AI legal-services startup; the Cipher acquisition (March 24, 2026) is a small, self-serving…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
28 /100

Coeo

A small but growing managed-network and communications provider recently recapitalized by Riata Capital Group to fund acquisitions; relevant…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
28 /100

Neptune Navigate

A small, established (2018-founded) K-12 digital-citizenship curriculum provider acquired by CyberNut in July 2026 to round out its…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
28 /100

Netum

A publicly listed (Nasdaq First North) Finnish digital-services company adding a small but credible strategic cybersecurity team (Cyberwatch,…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
28 /100

PCProfi Informatique

A long-established (roughly 30-year-old) Swiss regional ICT provider acquired by Sonio in July 2026 to expand Sonio's presence…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
28 /100

Active Cypher

A small Newport Beach, California vendor offering crypto-agile file encryption for cloud collaboration platforms (SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox) and…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
28 /100

GBC Group

An active German MSP consolidator; NetzConcepte acquisition is a regional tuck-in consistent with its pattern of prior deals…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
28 /100

Aldrich

An established Pacific Northwest business/technology consulting group adding dedicated cybersecurity advisory capability; Summit Security Group acquisition (Feb 10,…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
27 /100

Thales Managed Cloud Services (Australia)

Not an independent company with its own product roadmap or claims to evaluate; this profile exists purely to…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
27 /100

Intalect

A regional UK MSSP acquired by Manchester-based Novem as Novem's fifth acquisition since 2023 (backed by Independence Capital),…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
25 /100

Ikigai Ventures

A UK-listed acquisition vehicle (not an operating cybersecurity vendor); the GBP 55.7M all-share deal for Dotlines Group was…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance