Security News > 2021 > March > Cyan Forensics Raises $6.9 Million to Combat Pedophiles and Terrorists
Edinburgh, Scotland-based start-up Cyan Forensics has secured £5 million in a Series A funding round led by Par Equity.
Cyan Forensics offers products designed to rapidly identify and block illegal content such as child pornography and terrorist material.
Cyan Forensics already has a contract with the UK's Home Office to provide its tools to police forces across the UK as part of the Child Abuse Image Database.
The new funding will be used by Cyan Forensics to increase its team and expand its services in mainland Europe and North America.
Paul Munn, Managing Partner of Par Equity, added, "The funding will help Cyan scale up, strengthen their position in global markets and build out further applications for the Contraband Filter technology in social media, cloud and other online use cases."
Cyan Forensics was founded in 2016 by Ian Stevenson and Bruce Ramsay.