SQUR won the ECSO STARtup Award qualifier hosted in Bochum in April 2026 and is qualified for the European final in 2027.

Award recipients of the ECSO STARtup Award qualifier on stage in Bochum, with ECSO, Bochum Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Women4Cyber Germany and CyberHive banners
Award ceremony at the Cyber Investor Days in Bochum: SQUR founder Adam Lundqvist (center, in the SQUR hoodie) among the award recipients.

The award

The STARtup Award is organized by ECSO, the European Cyber Security Organisation, and has been given annually since 2020 to the most promising European cybersecurity startups. Startups are selected and compared during ECSO's Cyber Investor Days, which makes it a direct head-to-head against peer cybersecurity companies from across Europe. Winning the Bochum qualifier pre-qualifies SQUR for the European final in 2027.

For a company built on the promise of European data residency and EU-hosted autonomous pentesting, recognition from the leading European cybersecurity organization is the kind of external validation we care about most.

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