“Can a lean, developer-first cybersecurity platform automate its way to unicorn scale without a large finance or operations team?”
Aikido Security BV, headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, built Aikido as a developer-focused cybersecurity platform enabling software teams to scan code and cloud repositories for vulnerabilities. The company scaled to approximately $25M ARR and 230 employees before achieving unicorn status, adopting a lean finance model enabled by automated payment infrastructure via Mollie. The company has focused on keeping its operational overhead minimal while growing globally.