When was Ekco founded?

Ekco was founded in 2015 and raised its 1st funding round 4 years after it was founded.

Where is Ekco located?

Ekco is headquartered in Malahide, Ireland. It is registered at 2ND FLOOR,41 MOORGATE,LONDON,ENGLAND,EC2R 6PP.

Who is the current CEO of Ekco?

Eoin Blacklock of Ekco. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Ekco have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Ekco is 852.

Is Ekco a funded company?

Ekco is a funded company, having raised a total of $9.44M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Dec 2019.

When was the latest funding round of Ekco?

Ekco's latest funding was a $***** Conventional Debt round on Feb 06, 2020, with participation from 1 investor.

What is the annual revenue of Ekco?

Annual revenue of Ekco is less than £1M as on Dec 31, 2023

Where does Ekco rank among its competitors?

Ekco ranks 10th amongst 1177 active competitors, of which 47 are funded. It stands 5th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was SpecterOps, which secured $30M in Nov, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Ekco?

Ekco's top competitors include eSentire, Interface Security Systems and Blackpoint. Among them, SpecterOps secured the most recent funding round in November, 2025.

Ekco - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Website: www.ek.co/
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Registered Address: 2ND FLOOR,41 MOORGATE,LONDON,ENGLAND,EC2R 6PP

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2015

Location

Malahide, Ireland

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$9.44M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Conventional Debt, Feb 06, 2020, $*****

Investors

Act Venture Capital & 2 more

Ranked

10^th among 1177 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£0 - £1M as on Dec 31, 2023

Employee Count

852 as on Sep 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Datalogix & 9 more

Similar Companies

Ethyca & 309 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Corten Capital (Oct 09, 2022)

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Ekco is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
EKCO NOTTINGHAM LIMITED CIN: 7066255 , United Kingdom, Active	Nov 03, 2009	£0 - £1M (As on Dec 31, 2023)	2 (As on Dec 31, 2024)
EKCO CLOUD LIMITED CIN: 569141 , Ireland, Active	Feb 09, 2015	-	-	-

Ekco got acquired by Corten Capital on Oct 09, 2022.

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Ekco has raised a total funding of $9.44M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 2019. Its latest funding round was a Conventional Debt round on Feb 06, 2020 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Ekco has 2 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ekco:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Feb 06, 2020	1524926	Conventional Debt	9457260	5031593	3889008	2434810
Dec 2019	8927130	Series A	9895320	2848167	Act Venture Capital	Lochlann Quinn

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The founders of Ekco are Jonathan Crowe and Eoin Blacklock. Eoin Blacklock is the CEO of Ekco.

Here are the details of Ekco's key team members:

Jonathan Crowe: Co-Founder of Ekco.
Eoin Blacklock: Co-Founder & CEO of Ekco.

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Ekco's employee count trend

Ekco has 852 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Ekco's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Ekco include eSentire, Interface Security Systems and Blackpoint. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ekco, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	eSentire 2001, Waterloo (Canada), Acquired	Provider of managed IT security services	$453M	Georgian, Edison Partners & 9 others	67/100
2nd	Interface Security Systems 1995, Plano (United States), Series C	Managed network security over cloud based managed broadband connection	$204M	SunTx Capital Partners, Prudential & 5 others	62/100
3rd	Blackpoint 2007, Ellicott City (United States), Series C	Threat detection & mitigation solution for enterprise network	$214M	Bain Capital, Telcom Ventures & 7 others	57/100
4th	SpecterOps 2017, Alexandria (United States), Series B	Provider of IT security services	$139M	Insight Partners, Decibel & 7 others	57/100
5th	Quorum Cyber 2015, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Series A	Cybersecurity services & consulting firm	$3.4M	Livingbridge, Maven Capital Partners & 4 others	55/100
6th	Soliton Systems 1979, Tokyo (Japan), Unfunded	Providers of managed security services	-	-	55/100
7th	Ensign InfoSecurity 2018, Singapore (Singapore), Unfunded	Provider of managed cybersecurity services and advanced threat detection solutions	-	-	53/100
8th	Sectra 1978, Linkoping (Sweden), Public	Developer of imaging solutions for radiology, digital pathology, and orthopedics	-	-	51/100
9th	VirnetX 2005, Zephyr Cove (United States), Public	Provider of application and other cyber security services	-	MDB Capital, Crown Predator Holdings	51/100
10th	Ekco 2015, Malahide (Ireland), Acquired	Provider of data security services	$9.44M	Ulster Bank, Act Venture Capital & 1 others	50/100

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Ekco has made 1 investments in companies including Id-Pal. Ekco has also acquired 9 companies including Datalogix and Solsoft.

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Feb 23, 2026	Acquisition	Datalogix	2005	Cork (Ireland)
Oct 03, 2025	Acquisition	Solsoft	2000	Bristol (United Kingdom)
Jul 04, 2025	Acquisition	Adapt It	2004	Ireland