Be a part of the NCSC For Startups community
The National Cyber Security Strategy’s first pillar is to strengthen the UK ecosystem, through partnerships, networks, skills and growth. In alignment with this, our programme graduates become part of the NCSC For Startups alumni community – our network of individuals working towards the same goal.
This powerful alumni network has seen peers address comparable challenges or experience similar scenarios, while scheduled meetups have allowed the founders to cover everything from raising capital and scaling internationally through to achieving a successful exit.
Alumni highlights
To date, our programme has helped more than 70 tech companies and this strong alumni community has collectively raised over £526m in investment and created over 1,700 new jobs.
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“I really valued the access to cybersecurity expertise from NCSC and GCHQ and business mentoring and guidance from Plexal and Deloitte.”
- Orbisky
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“The programme that was curated really followed the growth of our company and the NCSC and Plexal really supported us with it.”
- Kuro
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“We’ve really enjoyed the collaborative and innovative spirit of the programme. Meeting a lot of industry experts has been extremely helpful to tailor our products and business.”
- Cynalytica
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“The community is very much a highlight of the programme. Meeting our peers on our cohort, we saw how we were complementary and working together enabled us to meet community needs.”
- iothic
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“The NCSC For Startups collaboration days, at which point external stakeholders were brought in to have candid conversations with us about pain points, technology and market interactions, really stood out for us.”
- Salt
Upcoming events
Events will be added here as they are arranged.
An ecosystem-based approach to cyber security
Andrew Roughan, CEO of the NCSC’s innovation partner Plexal, explains why a whole-of-society approach is vital for cyber security innovation.
How CyberFish's founder got hooked on Cheltenham
Berta Pappenheim, CEO and co-founder of CyberFish, explains how the NCSC For Startups programme has transformed her professional and personal life.
Leveraging NCSC’s national insight to strengthen the fight against mobile threats
Traced Mobile Security co-founder Benedict Jones describes how 'NCSC for Startups' helped evolve his business.
Tackling the 'human factor' to transform cyber security behaviours
ThinkCyber's CEO Tim Ward reflects on the challenges that startups face when developing innovative products.
NCSC for Startups: the case for collaboration
Saj Huq of Plexal explains why collaboration with the NCSC brings opportunities to the cyber security sector.
NCSC For Startups diaries: PORGiESOFT
We caught up with George Brown, founder of PORGiESOFT, about his first few weeks in NCSC For Startups...