Sunderland-based cybersecurity company OneClickComply has secured £1 million in investment to support its ongoing expansion.

The funding round was backed by the North East Accelerate Fund, managed by Mercia Ventures, alongside the Venture Sunderland Fund and the Northstar EIS Growth Fund, both managed by Northstar Ventures.

The business provides software that automates up to 90 per cent of the operational work required to meet security frameworks including Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, and SOC 2. Its system monitors IT infrastructure, automates penetration testing and vulnerability assessments, generates policy documentation, and compiles auditor records. The platform also configures security settings across software suites such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and AWS.

Founded in 2024 by Connor Greig, the firm employs 12 staff and works with clients ranging from sole traders to national brands. The business reports doubling its monthly recurring revenue over the past six months. The latest funding round brings total capital raised by the company to over £2.4 million and will fund software updates, sales team growth, customer support, and the creation of four positions.

Co-founder and CEO Greig said: “Every business now gets asked to prove its systems are secure, usually by a customer who’s about to sign. The answer shouldn’t be three months and a consultant. We automate 90% of the work, fix the issues we find instead of just reporting them, and keep everything in place afterwards, which is the part everyone forgets about. That’s why we’ve doubled revenue in six months – because this problem isn’t going anywhere.”

Owen Conquest from Mercia Ventures added: “OneClickComply offers a unique value proposition through its ability to automatically detect and remediate data compliance issues without the need for specialist intervention. This investment will support the company’s continued growth, enabling it to capitalise on the increasing demand for automated compliance solutions driven by strong regulatory and market tailwinds.”

In August 2025, OneClickComply secured a £580,000 funding round comprising follow-on equity from Northstar Ventures’ Venture Sunderland Fund, backing from angel investors, and a grant from Innovate UK. That earlier capital injection funded initial engineering hires in Sunderland to build out the core automation platform, laying the technical foundation for the software features now being scaled through this latest £1 million investment.

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