Aikido Security

Cybersecurity · Ghent, BE

Unified security platform for code, cloud, and runtime with AI pen-testing, used by over 100,000 teams.

Founders

Willem Delbare (Belgium · ♂) — A serial Belgian tech entrepreneur and CTO who, after building Teamleader, grew frustrated with the noisy, complex security tooling developers faced and launched Aikido to give them a no-nonsense code and cloud security platform.
Roeland Delrue (Belgium · ♂) — A commercial operator from the Belgian SaaS scene who teamed with Delbare to handle go-to-market and operations as co-founder and COO of Aikido.
Felix Garriau (Belgium · ♂) — A marketing specialist from the Belgian tech ecosystem who joined as co-founder and CMO to build Aikido's developer-focused brand and growth engine.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Jan 2026	Funding round Belgium's Aikido Security raised $60 million led by DST Global at a $1 billion valuation, becoming Europe's fastest-growing cybersecurity unicorn.	$60M
May 2024	Series A Ghent-based Aikido Security raised a $17M Series A led by Singular for its developer/SME security platform.	$17M
Nov 2023	Seed Belgian startup Aikido Security raised a EUR5M seed co-led by Notion Capital and Connect Ventures.	$5.4M

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