What the business is
AI-native cybersecurity platform that runs on its own data centre and GPUs, sold to critical-infrastructure operators and mid-to-large enterprises.
The bet
European organisations will pay for AI-native cybersecurity where the data, the infrastructure and the critical security decisions stay under European control.
Starting capital
EUR 535,000 (DKK 4 million) from the Danish Export and Investment Fund (EIFO), September 2026.
How it started
Soren Laustrup, who previously founded LogPoint, started Sovera Security in Denmark as European organisations began questioning where sensitive data is processed and who ultimately controls AI-driven security decisions.
What happened
Sovera operates its own data centre, running the GPUs behind its AI-native platform, and combines AI and automation with human expertise while keeping critical security decisions under human control. In September 2026 the Danish Export and Investment Fund put in EUR 535,000 (DKK 4 million) to develop the AI capabilities and infrastructure.
What has to be true
European organisations were rethinking where sensitive data is processed and who controls AI-driven security decisions as geopolitics and AI adoption reshaped cybersecurity.
Europe's continued dependence on non-European providers for strategic digital technologies turned sovereignty from a compliance topic into a purchase criterion.
Running its own data centre and GPUs lets Sovera promise that data and critical security decisions stay under human and European control.
EIFO's backing signals state funds will pay to build domestic alternatives in strategic digital infrastructure.
What can be applied
When geopolitics turns a supplier pool into a liability, where the data sits becomes a product feature - sovereignty can be the wedge even against far richer global rivals.
Aftermath
As of the 2026-09-29 announcement, Sovera was using the EIFO money to develop its AI capabilities and infrastructure, expand the organisation and strengthen go-to-market across Denmark, the Nordics and the wider European market. EIFO's Lars Horsholt Jensen called Sovera 'a compelling example of a company with both the ambition and capability to compete internationally.'
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