Scafell
Scafell (Scafell.ai) is a cybersecurity platform founded by ex-GCHQ practitioners that provides a real-time "resilience twin" for organizations.
- Cohort
- Spring 2026
- Sector
- Public Sector · Space Aerospace & Defense · Power & Energy
What they do
Primarily targeting critical national infrastructure (CNI) such as energy, water, nuclear, and defence, the company shifts organizations away from static, snapshot compliance toward continuous, automated cyber resilience.
Product & technology
The Scafell platform acts as a digital resilience twin, continuously ingesting data from security monitoring, audit reports, vendor assessments, and restoration plans to provide real-time situational awareness. It automates cyber assurance, replacing manual, spreadsheet-based audits with dynamic tracking across frameworks like CAF and ISO 27001. This allows organizations to move beyond mere compliance to effectively direct their security investments and orchestrate rapid incident response.
Why we invested
- →Directly addresses the £11.5B European cyber resilience market, which is being heavily driven by massive new regulations like NIS2.
- →Within a month of its May 2026 launch, they secured their first customers, joined government frameworks
- →The founding team comprises former government mathematicians and GCHQ directors with experience in UK national security.
- →Moving far beyond standard compliance tools (e.g., Vanta or Drata), Scafell provides an automated, real-time resilience twin
