SoSafe focuses on growth and becomes a Societas Europaea (SE)

Cologne, 16. January 2025 – SoSafe, Europe’s leading provider of security awareness and human risk management, announced today it has successfully completed its transformation from a GmbH to a Societas Europaea (SE) on January 02, 2025.  

SoSafe was founded in 2018. It quickly became the world’s fastest scale-up in security awareness and human risk management. Today, SoSafe supports over 5,000 companies in 37 countries, helping them strengthen the security awareness of thousands of employees and build sustainable security cultures.  

The new legal form creates a scalable structure that matches SoSafe’s ambitions and simplifies adaptation to European governance standards. It reflects the company’s dynamic development and underlines its Pan-European identity and ambitious growth targets. With this change, SoSafe is now on course for further international growth.   

Foundation for further growth and innovation

Niklas Hellemann, co-founder and CEO of SoSafe, underlines the importance of this step: “This is a milestone in our company’s history. It emphasises our European identity and sets a clear signal that we want to continue to grow. We are now able to respond even faster and more efficiently to the needs of our international customers.”  

The structure strategically positions SoSafe to drive international growth and develop new market opportunities in a targeted manner. “By converting to an SE, SoSafe is equipped for the future by facilitating capital measures such as a potential IPO,” explains Hellemann.  

European identity with a global vision

SoSafe remains committed to its mission of making companies and organisations in Europe and beyond safer through innovative security awareness solutions. Now the company is more competitive and agile – and better positioned to meet its goal of becoming one of the leading providers of security awareness and human risk management worldwide. 

With over 500 employees from more than 55 nations, working from 15 different countries, SoSafe is already an international company. The offices in Cologne (headquarters), Amsterdam, Berlin, Chemnitz, Dublin, London, Paris, Lisbon and Munich reflect this global orientation. International expansion will continue when an Australian office opens in March.  

About SoSafe

SoSafe, founded by a team of behavioural scientists and technology experts, is the largest provider of security awareness and human risk management in Europe. SoSafe enables more than 5,000 customers worldwide to effectively minimize cyber risks. With a behavioural psychology approach that focuses on people, SoSafe ensures that safe behaviour becomes innate.   

The company’s aim is to strengthen digital self-defence and sustainably reduce human security risks. To achieve this, they focus on building robust safety cultures and actively involve employees in reducing human safety risks. Based on behaviour-based data and driven by innovative technologies and AI, SoSafe enables security managers to identify, prioritise and effectively reduce human safety risks. The SoSafe team now consists of more than 500 employees in nine locations: Cologne (headquarters), Amsterdam, Berlin, Chemnitz, Dublin, London, Paris, Lisbon and Munich.   

Website: www.sosafe-awareness.com