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§ Private Profile · Vilnius, Lithuania
AI compliance platform for cybersecurity, risk management & GRC. Automates SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001 for tech & fintech businesses.
Based in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, CyberUpgrade operates an artificial intelligence-driven compliance platform that automates cybersecurity, risk management, and governance workflows for technology companies and financial enterprises. The organization, which officially rebranded to Copla in 2025 to reflect its expanded focus, provides a subscription-based software model combined with fractional chief information security officer services. Its core platform streamlines vendor risk assessments, incident tracking, and audit adherence for major regulatory frameworks including SOC 2, NIST, DORA, and ISO 27001. CyberUpgrade has scaled its workforce to over 100 employees to support its growing client base. The business secured a $650,000 seed round in early 2025, followed by an additional €2.5 million financing round later that same year. The enterprise was founded in 2023 by Nojus Antanas Bendoraitis, Algirdas Stasiunaitis, and chief technology officer Aurimas, who previously founded the acquired firm Paysolut.
CyberUpgrade has raised $10.8M across 3 funding rounds.
CyberUpgrade has raised $10.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
CyberUpgrade has raised $10.8M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $7.1M Copla - Series A in February 2026.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | $7.1M Series A | Viktoras Jucikas | FirstPick, Loggerhead Partners, NGL Ventures, Operator Stack, Specialist VC, Superhero Capital | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $3M Seed | — | Y Combinator, Chris Murphy | Announced |
| Feb 12, 2024 | $700K Pre Seed | — | — | Announced |
CyberUpgrade has raised $10.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
CyberUpgrade's investors include Viktoras Jucikas, Firstpick, Loggerhead Partners, NGL Ventures, Operator Stack, Specialist VC, Superhero Capital, Y Combinator, Chris Murphy.
CyberUpgrade is a Lithuanian cybersecurity startup offering a proactive ICT security and cyber compliance automation platform that converts theoretical "paper security" into practical business resilience.[1][3][4] It automates up to 95% of security and compliance tasks, including vendor management, risk assessment, auditing, and personnel management, using proprietary tools like CoreGuardian and AI-powered CoPilot, while supporting frameworks such as DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR.[1][4][5] The platform serves SMBs, midmarket teams, MSPs, financial institutions, fintechs, healthcare providers, and scale-ups, solving the problem of manual compliance burdens and cyber risks through features like vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, employee training, and integrations with over 80 services (e.g., Google Workspace, AWS, Salesforce).[1][2][5] With ~€3.15M in funding and rapid growth to 45,000 paid customers by 2024, CyberUpgrade demonstrates strong momentum, though it rebranded to Copla in 2025 to emphasize its AI-native approach.[2][5][6]
Founded in 2018 (per some records) or 2023 (per others) in Vilnius, Lithuania (with an address in Elektrėnai), CyberUpgrade emerged from the need to simplify cybersecurity for organizations lacking in-house expertise.[1][2][5] CEO Aurimas Bakas, a seasoned figure in the space, leads the company, which started as a digital security plugin suite and patch management API before pivoting to a full-stack security-as-a-service SaaS platform in 2021.[2][6] Key milestones include seed funding and a threat-detection beta in 2019, AWS partnerships and international expansion in 2020, AI assistant "UpLink" launch in 2023, €650k pre-seed in February 2024, and €2.5M seed in 2025 from investors like Superhero Capital, Specialist VC, NGL Ventures, and angels including Pipedrive's former CEO.[2][4][5][6] Early traction focused on automating audits via Slack/Teams-integrated "copilot" tools, humanizing the mission to deliver Fortune 500-level protection without large teams.[6] The 2025 rebrand to Copla marked a strategic shift toward fully autonomous, AI-driven compliance.[5]
CyberUpgrade rides the wave of escalating cyber threats, regulatory pressures (e.g., NIS2, DORA), and AI-driven digital transformation, where SMBs and scale-ups face audit overload without CISO teams.[1][5][6] Timing is ideal amid 2025's emphasis on trustable automation and decentralized SaaS, as EU data sovereignty and global compliance demands intensify—positioning it favorably in defense, finance, health, and industrial sectors.[1][2] Market forces like rising attacks and AI adoption favor its pivot to autonomous tools, influencing the ecosystem by democratizing enterprise-grade security, enabling MSPs to scale services, and fostering AI-native compliance standards that reduce human error across Europe and beyond.[5][6]
CyberUpgrade (now Copla) is poised for expansion as an AI compliance leader, targeting full autonomy in governance and broader compliance management while scaling globally via partnerships and its €3.15M war chest.[5][6] Trends like AI orchestration, real-time threat detection, and EU regs will propel growth, potentially evolving its influence toward a comprehensive deep-tech platform for regulated industries. This builds on its origins, transforming "paper security" into a scalable shield against tomorrow's threats.[1][6]