With 80% of cyber incidents now identity-based, Saporo raises €7 million to address the gaps attackers exploit

Lausanne-based cybersecurity startup Saporo has secured €7 million in Series A funding to bolster its graph-native identity security platform. This investment, led by TIN Capital, underscores the growing importance of identity-centric security in the face of evolving cyber threats. Saporo's technology aims to provide organizations with an attacker's perspective, enabling proactive elimination of risky access routes. Saporo's platform analyzes millions to billions of potential attack paths across hybrid identity systems, encompassing on-premise Active Directory, cloud directories, and non-human identities. The company, founded in 2021, will use the funds to expand its one-click and assisted remediation workflows. The funding will also help extend hybrid identity coverage beyond Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID, and AWS to include Google Workspace/Cloud and GitHub, while strengthening its presence across several European markets and selectively expanding into the US. This investment highlights the increasing focus on securing identities, with 80% of cyber incidents now being identity-based. Saporo's approach allows customers to remove approximately eighty percent of those paths within the first year, leading to faster risk reduction. The investment reflects growing investor confidence in the identity-centric security, offering the company greater capacity for European expansion and a strategic push into the US market. The funding round will also support Saporo's expansion of its R&D, sales, and marketing teams throughout 2026. The company is already experiencing significant growth, with a 100% year-over-year increase since its previous funding round. Internal AI adoption has reportedly increased output by 30-40%, highlighting the role of automation in the company's growth strategy.