DIGITALEUROPE, of which Digital Turkey Platform is a member, announced the finalists for the 2025 Unicorn of the Future Award, which showcases Europe's most promising technology companies every year. Digital Turkey Platform's candidate Picus Security was selected as one of the four finalists. The other finalists were Matteco (Spain), Pactum AI (Estonia) and Turbine Simulated Cell Technologies (Hungary). The finalists will compete for the Future Unicorn category, which evaluates Europe's growth potential to become the next technology unicorn.

The finalists for the Future Unicorn Award 2025 have been announced by the Digital Turkey Platform, which has been a member of Digital Europe since 2011 and was established by TÜBİSAD and TESİD under the coordination of the Informatics Foundation of Turkey. The four finalists for the 2025 awards come from four different European countries and are working on technologies such as energy technology, artificial intelligence, cyber security, drones and space technology.

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General of DIGITALEUROPE: “Today, only 14 percent of the world's unicorns come from Europe. This is far from enough, especially at a time when Europe is trying to increase its economic and security resilience in an increasingly tense geopolitical context. Europe's competitiveness lies in its capacity to support and strengthen innovation. Our 2025 Future Unicorn Award finalists strengthen Europe's potential to reclaim its global leadership and win the technology race. From digital health and cybersecurity solutions to energy technology and defense technology, our finalists stand out with the solutions needed to solve the biggest challenges facing Europe: healthcare shortages, climate change, growing cyber threats, modern warfare and much more.

Europe's greatest asset is its innovators. But to keep them on the continent, they need the right business conditions. Our three-step game plan: cut, simplify, incentivize, offers concrete ideas on how to get there.”

A world first from Picus Security

2025 Unicorn of the Future Award finalist, Turkish company Picus Security developed the world's first Cyber Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) software and became a pioneer in its field. Finally, Picus developed the Picus Security Verification Platform, the first and only software that combines Automated Penetration Testing, Cyber Breach and Attack Simulation and Intrusion Detection Rule Verification capabilities on a single platform, helping organizations reduce their cyber security risks and maximize their defense capabilities. Picus, which has achieved many innovations since its establishment and assumed the leadership in the field of offensive security verification, strengthens the cyber security levels of more than 500 customers worldwide and strengthens its position in the international arena day by day.

About the “Future Unicorn” Award:

“Future Unicorn” is a collaboration between 41 national trade associations affiliated to DIGITALEUROPE. Participants must be nominated by these associations and be European technology companies in the scale-up phase, with growth of more than 20 percent per year for at least three years. The winner will be announced by Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, at DIGITALEUROPE's flagship annual “Masters of Digital” conference in Brussels on February 19-20.

About Digital Europe:

DIGITALEUROPE is the leading trade association representing digitally transforming industries in Europe. It pursues policies in favor of a regulatory environment that enables European businesses and citizens to benefit from digital technologies. It aims for Europe to grow, attract and sustain the world's best digital talent and technology companies.

Together with its members, it shapes sector policy positions on all relevant regulatory issues and contributes to the development and implementation of relevant EU policies. Its members represent more than 45,000 businesses operating and investing in Europe. It includes 109 companies that are global leaders in their fields of activity, as well as 41 national trade associations across Europe.

About Picus Security:

Founded in Turkey and a global pioneer in the field of cyber security, Picus Security provides organizations with a clear view of their cyber risks. It helps organizations focus on the most critical cybersecurity challenges by consolidating and prioritizing threat data from different sources. Security teams using Picus can stop many more threats with existing security products by making one-click improvements.

Picus, known for its pioneering work in the field of Breach and Attack Simulation, offers effective solutions to protect the valuable cyber assets of organizations with its innovative and award-winning “threat-oriented” technology. Picus, which has proven its success by reaching 95% recommendation rate in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice evaluation with its globally recognized technology developed by Turkish engineers, proudly represents the name of our country on the global cyber security scene.