Link11 Closes €26.5 Million in Funding

Link11, a Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based IT security provider, has closed €26.5 million in a financing round.

The investment was from Dutch investor Pride Capital Partners, who acquired a minority stake in the company and provided additional mezzanine financing.

Founded in 2014, Pride Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm provides buyouts, growth, mezzanine loans, management buyouts, and acquisition financing to software and information and communications technology companies.

The company will use the funds to support its planned product developments and international go-to-market strategy.

Founded in 2005, Link11 specializes in IT security solutions for performance, network, and web protection. The company offers a global security cloud platform that automatically detects and defends against DDoS attacks. The scalable solutions are offered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Link11 headquarters in Germany and global locations. The company is recognized by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) as a qualified provider of DDoS protection for critical infrastructures and meets the highest data security standards with ISO 27001 certification.

Funding Details

Company: Link11 GmbH

Raised: €26.5M

Round: Unknown

Funding Month: December 2023

Lead Investors: Pride Capital Partners

Additional Investors:

Company Website: https://www.link11.com/

Software Category: IT Security