# Cyber Company Profiles: NetBird

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## At a Glance

- Website: [netbird.io](https://netbird.io)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/netbird
- Type: Network Security, Identity Access
- Also known as: Wiretrustee UG, NetBird GmbH
- Market readiness: Established (27/40)
- Defensibility: Contested (13/21)
- Founded: 2021
- Funding: $14.291M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-31

## Executive Summary

NetBird sells an open-source VPN replacement against established SSL VPN vendors, competing on being European and open source under a permissive BSD-3 license. That license is both its engine and its weakness. The open code drives the adoption NetBird leans on, a GitHub star count past 27,000 and a homelab-first motion the company calls Proof of Concept Starts at Home, where engineers run it free before bringing it to work. The same terms let any customer self-host the code at no license cost. NetBird names customers such as Sport Alliance and Signicat and says it is migrating buyers off Sophos, SonicWall, and Fortinet. It fits European buyers who want security infrastructure built inside the bloc, and stays exposed where a richer rival forks the code and bundles the same overlay.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | NetBird is a Berlin-based open-source zero-trust networking company whose WireGuard-based overlay replaces traditional VPNs with identity-based remote access, SSO and MFA enforcement, and granular access control. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2021 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Berlin, Germany | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $14.291M total | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Series A (8.5M euros), January 2026 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| NetBird | Open-source platform that builds a peer-to-peer WireGuard overlay with SSO, MFA, posture checks, and access policies, as managed NetBird Cloud or self-hosted under a BSD-3 license. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [Cyber Defense Matrix](https://cyberdefensematrix.com) [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networks |  | ✓ |  |  |  |
| Users |  | ✓ |  |  |  |

NetBird secures conventional network connectivity and remote access, defending networks and identities through an identity-based encrypted overlay, and its beta Agent Network line (July 2026) extends that access control to AI agents reaching LLM APIs and private resources.

## Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

**Established (27/40)**

Analyzed 2026-06-26. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 | NetBird names the IT and engineering buyer and the legacy-VPN pain, but the migration claim against Sophos, SonicWall, and Fortinet comes from the CTO via press, so the pain stays qualitative without independent quantification. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Capability Depth | 4/5 | NetBird ships as open-source code with 336 tagged releases that anyone can inspect, plus full public docs describing the WireGuard overlay, SSO and MFA, and posture checks. CISPA independently describes the WireGuard-based platform, and the open codebase is the external validation rather than a marketing claim. \[[s2](#profile-analysis-sources), [s3](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Market Timing | 4/5 | Buyers are actively replacing legacy SSL VPNs, and the CTO reports NetBird winning those deals today against Sophos, SonicWall, and Fortinet. The enabler is WireGuard reaching production maturity in the Linux kernel after 2020, paired with EU demand for a European alternative to U.S. vendors. \[[s5](#profile-analysis-sources), [s2](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Team Credibility | 3/5 | Two named founders, Mikhail Bragin and Maycon Santos, built NetBird inside the CISPA Helmholtz security-research incubator, a verifiable affiliation. The public record shows no prior security exit, so the team reads as capable rather than a proven franchise. \[[s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| GTM Proof | 4/5 | NetBird names paying customers including Sport Alliance, netgo, Signicat, and VIEW Group across enterprise and public sector, carries 21,000 GitHub stars, and reports winning migration deals, which is traction from several sources rather than design partners alone. \[[s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources), [s3](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 | NetBird raised roughly 14 million dollars across seed and a January 2026 Series A and ships 336 releases with a small team, but revenue stays undisclosed, so the raise reads as proportional to stage with visible shipping rather than confirmed output per dollar. \[[s5](#profile-analysis-sources), [s6](#profile-analysis-sources), [s3](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Category Clarity | 4/5 | NetBird fits the established zero-trust network access and VPN-replacement category buyers place without coaching, and positions explicitly as a European open-source alternative to the named SSL VPN incumbents. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 2/5 | The overlay-access capability is a plausible feature release for platform vendors already adjacent to the buyer such as Cloudflare and Zscaler, and the BSD-3 license lets any rival fork the code, so the core value is absorbable, the same exposure Twingate carries at 2. \[[s2](#profile-analysis-sources), [s1](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |

### Business Risks

- A better-funded rival or platform vendor could fork the BSD-3 codebase or bundle equivalent WireGuard-based access, which could erode NetBird's differentiation.
- Free self-hosting under the permissive license could cap paid conversion if community adopters run NetBird in production without buying NetBird Cloud.
- Cloudflare and Zscaler could fold the same access into broader security suites buyers already run, pressuring NetBird on bundling and price.
- The paying-customer roster is short relative to 21,000 GitHub stars, so enterprise revenue could lag the community-adoption signal.
- The European-sovereignty positioning could narrow the buyer pool if procurement teams outside the EU weight it less than price or incumbent consolidation.

### Problem & Market

NetBird sells identity-based network access to teams replacing legacy VPNs. The company frames the pain concretely, port-forwarded VPN gateways and firewall rules that engineers must open and maintain, and replaces them with a peer-to-peer WireGuard overlay that needs no inbound ports.

The buyer is actively shopping for an answer. NetBird's CTO reports winning deals that migrate customers off Sophos, SonicWall, and Fortinet, which shows demand for VPN replacement that exists independent of NetBird's own pitch.

NetBird positions itself as a European alternative to U.S. providers. That sovereignty angle targets EU buyers who prefer security infrastructure built in Europe, a segment the named SSL VPN incumbents do not serve from inside the bloc. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Product Capabilities

NetBird builds a peer-to-peer WireGuard overlay rather than routing traffic through a central gateway. The documentation describes machines connecting directly over encrypted tunnels with near-zero configuration, which removes the open ports and gateway appliance a legacy VPN requires.

The access model layers identity and policy on top of the tunnel. NetBird enforces SSO and MFA through the customer's identity provider, applies posture checks on connecting devices, and grants access by policy rather than network-wide reach.

The whole platform ships as open-source code under a permissive BSD-3 license. Customers can read the source, run it on their own servers, or use NetBird Cloud, and 336 tagged releases show a steady shipping cadence anyone can verify on GitHub. \[[s2](#profile-analysis-sources), [s3](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Competitive Positioning

NetBird competes from a squeeze between two kinds of rival. Platform vendors such as Cloudflare and Zscaler sell zero-trust access as one module of a broader suite the buyer may already license, which pressures a standalone access product on price and consolidation.

The closest same-architecture peers solve the identical problem. Tailscale and Twingate both replace the VPN with the same kind of identity-based overlay, and Twingate names NetBird as a competitor, so NetBird fights for the same adoption motion the others pursue.

NetBird's stated edge is open source and European origin. The BSD-3 license lets engineers run the product free in homelabs before production, and the company markets a European alternative to U.S. vendors, two angles the named incumbents cannot match at once. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources), [s2](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Go-to-Market & Traction

NetBird shows paying customers across enterprise and public sector. The Series A coverage names Sport Alliance, netgo, Signicat, and VIEW Group relying on NetBird for secure network access, on-record references rather than unnamed logos.

Community adoption is the louder signal. NetBird carries 21,000 GitHub stars and runs a homelab-first motion the CEO calls Proof of Concept Starts at Home, where engineers try the product free before bringing it to work.

The capital story backs the motion. NetBird raised a 4 million euro seed in 2024 and an 8.5 million euro Series A in January 2026 led by Pace Capital, with a 2023 German federal research grant of nearly 800,000 euros alongside. \[[s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources), [s6](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Team & Credibility

NetBird's two founders built the company inside a security-research incubator. CISPA records that Mikhail Bragin and Maycon Santos founded NetBird in 2021 with support from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, a verifiable affiliation rather than a LinkedIn title.

That research-adjacent origin fits the product's open-source posture. The founders ship the code publicly and lean on community review, which matches a team comfortable building in the open rather than behind a sales gate.

The background stops short of the strongest signals. The cited record does not establish a prior security exit or a sustained publication presence, so the team reads as a capable build rather than a proven security franchise. \[[s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Trust Readiness

NetBird presents the trust signals an access vendor needs for enterprise procurement. Its trust center lists an ISO 27001:2022 certificate available on request, plus GDPR and Digital Operational Resilience Act compliance pages and a documented control set.

The certification edges past the commercial baseline its peers show. Where the closest rivals lead with a SOC 2 report, NetBird carries an audited ISO 27001:2022 certificate, which eases security reviews for cautious European buyers.

The attestation set stops at commercial certifications. The verified record shows no federal authorization such as a FedRAMP ATO, so the trust posture eases procurement without locking out a determined replacement. \[[s8](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Competitors

| Company | Relationship | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Twingate | competes with | Sells the same VPN-replacement zero-trust access to the same IT and security buyer, and names NetBird as a competitor. |
| Tailscale | competes with | Builds the same WireGuard-based connectivity overlay for VPN replacement, the closest same-architecture peer. |
| Cloudflare | adjacent | Sells zero-trust network access inside a broader Security Service Edge suite, positioning it to bundle what NetBird sells standalone. |
| Zscaler | adjacent | Carries enterprise traffic through a Zero Trust Exchange that includes network access as one module of a larger platform. |
| Netmaker | competes with | Open-source WireGuard-based virtual networking vendor competing for the same self-hosting buyer. |

## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Contested (13/21)**

Band guidance: reinforce or reposition. Analyzed 2026-07-15. Scope: whole company.

Almost everything that sets NetBird apart, a funded rival can obtain: the same ISO 27001 certificate and a fork of the BSD-3 code that draws NetBird's 27,000-plus GitHub stars. The one cost a rival cannot hand a customer for free is leaving, because routing access through NetBird means re-plumbing how every machine connects. That re-plumbing is the real switching friction. Beyond it, the public record shows no network effects, no proprietary data, and no federal authorization a replacement could not clear. Even that friction is moderate, because a rival forking the open code can offer the identical overlay.

| Dimension | Score | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 | Customers buy software capabilities through self-serve signup or self-hosting, deploy the overlay themselves, and run their own access policies. Enterprise-plan consultation assists rollout, but no operated service or accountability layer is part of the offer. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s6](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Switching Cost | 2/3 | Once teams route access through NetBird, leaving means re-plumbing how every machine connects, which is meaningful effort, but the product brings no network effects and the cited pages describe no regulatory residency requirement, and the open license eases substitution. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s1](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 | An audited ISO 27001:2022 certificate plus GDPR and DORA compliance pages ease enterprise procurement, but these are commercial, table-stakes assurances, and the cited record shows no federal authorization or mandate, so the same bars are open to any vendor that pursues them. \[[s7](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Problem Complexity | 3/3 | Building a peer-to-peer WireGuard overlay that traverses network boundaries, keeps no inbound ports open, and enforces identity-based access is security-critical distributed-systems engineering spanning NAT traversal, relays, and policy enforcement. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s3](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 | The Series A coverage names accounts such as Signicat and VIEW Group and separately claims enterprise and public-sector adoption, where procurement slows replacement, but the free self-hosted build and homelab motion also court individual engineers, which blends the buyer profile. \[[s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Layer | 3/3 | NetBird is connectivity infrastructure that users and machines authenticate through to reach every resource rather than around, so applications depend on it once deployed. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s1](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 | No proprietary dataset, threat-intelligence corpus, or cross-customer telemetry asset appears in the public record, and the codebase is permissively licensed so a rival can fork it. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s3](#deep-dive-sources)\] |

### Strategic Market Segmentation

NetBird sells to IT, engineering, and security teams replacing legacy VPNs. The homepage frames the product as identity-based access that connects remote users, hybrid cloud, and edge in minutes, and the pain it names is the VPN gateway, its open ports, and its complex firewall rules.

The base spans two segments through one motion. Engineers adopt the free open-source build in homelabs first, then organizations such as Sport Alliance, Signicat, and VIEW Group show up as named customers, which lets the company land bottom-up and expand into larger accounts.

The European angle narrows the segment deliberately. NetBird positions itself as a European alternative to U.S. vendors and separately says it is migrating customers off legacy SSL VPN products like Sophos, SonicWall, and Fortinet, a sovereignty pitch for buyers who prefer security infrastructure built inside the bloc. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Product Capabilities & AI Advantages

NetBird builds a peer-to-peer WireGuard overlay instead of routing traffic through a central gateway. The documentation describes machines connecting directly over encrypted tunnels with near-zero configuration, which removes the open ports and gateway appliance a legacy VPN requires.

The access model layers identity and policy on top of the tunnel. NetBird enforces SSO and MFA through the customer's identity provider, applies posture checks on connecting devices, and grants access by policy rather than network-wide reach.

The reviewed product descriptions disclose no AI mechanism in the core overlay, and the product's subject is expanding toward AI workloads. The GitHub repository now advertises NetBird Agent Network, in beta as of July 2026, identity-aware access control for AI agents with keyless access to LLM APIs and private resources over the NetBird tunnel, so the overlay is reaching for agent traffic while the shipped core remains conventional connectivity and identity. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s3](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Sales Engagement & Go-to-Market

NetBird shows named customers. The Series A coverage names Sport Alliance, netgo, Signicat, and VIEW Group relying on NetBird for secure network access, on-record references rather than unnamed logos, and separately claims adoption among enterprises and public-sector organizations, though it does not state payment terms or deployment mode.

Community adoption is the louder signal. NetBird carried 21,000 GitHub stars at its January 2026 Series A, a count past 27,000 by July 2026, and runs a homelab-first motion the CEO calls Proof of Concept Starts at Home, where engineers try the product free before bringing it into production.

The capital backs the motion. NetBird raised a 4 million euro seed in 2024 and an 8.5 million euro Series A in January 2026 led by Pace Capital, sized to a land-by-adoption sale rather than a top-down enterprise push. \[[s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources), [s8](#deep-dive-sources), [s3](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Pricing Model

NetBird charges per active user on a usage-based subscription. The pricing page lists a Team plan at 6 euros per user each month and a Business plan at 12 euros per user each month, billing only for users and machines that connected during the period.

A free self-hosted path anchors the bottom of the ladder. Customers can deploy the BSD-3 code on their own infrastructure at no license cost, which lowers the trial barrier and feeds the homelab adoption the company depends on.

The per-user unit matches how buyers measure access. Granting a person access is a per-seat decision, so charging per active user would sit naturally alongside identity and access tooling budgets, though the cited pages do not document how buyers budget for this category. \[[s6](#deep-dive-sources), [s2](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Product Delivery & Operations

NetBird delivers as software the customer runs. Buyers either self-host the open-source code on their own servers or sign up for NetBird Cloud, then connect machines and define their own access policies, so the offer is capabilities the customer operates.

The deployment is light by design. The documentation emphasizes near-zero configuration and connection in minutes, and a single overlay carries both connectivity and access control, which keeps operational overhead low for the customer's IT team.

The human layer stops at rollout help. The Enterprise plan lists Solutions Engineer consultation and implementation assistance, onboarding support rather than an operated service, and the customer's own staff run the product day to day, which keeps the offer in the self-serve software model. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s6](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Earning Customers' Trust

NetBird presents the trust signals an access vendor needs for enterprise procurement. Its trust center lists an ISO 27001:2022 certificate available on request, plus GDPR and Digital Operational Resilience Act compliance pages and a documented control set with named subprocessors.

The attestations include an audited ISO 27001:2022 certificate, which eases security reviews for cautious European buyers alongside the GDPR and DORA compliance pages.

The attestation set stops at commercial certifications. The verified record shows no federal authorization such as a FedRAMP ATO, so the trust posture eases procurement without creating a barrier a determined replacement could not clear. \[[s7](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Platform Strategy & Ecosystem Positioning

NetBird positions as an access layer that integrates with the identity stack rather than replacing it. The product enrolls users through existing identity providers for SSO and MFA, so buyers wire it into a stack they already run rather than recutting their network.

The open-source codebase is the ecosystem lever. A BSD-3 license invites engineers to read, run, and extend the code, which builds the community advocacy the company credits for shaping the product more than traditional marketing.

The ecosystem does not yet create independent reach. NetBird sells mostly through its own self-serve and community motion, and while it markets a partner path and an MSP offering, the cited record does not establish how much reach that channel adds. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources), [s2](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Team & Execution Capability

NetBird's two founders built the company with backing from a security-research incubator. CISPA records that Mikhail Bragin and Maycon Santos founded NetBird in 2021 with support from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, a checkable affiliation rather than a LinkedIn title.

That research-adjacent origin fits the open-source posture. The founders ship the code publicly and lean on community review, which matches a team comfortable building in the open rather than behind a sales gate.

The background stops short of the strongest signals. The cited record does not establish a prior security exit or a sustained publication presence, so the team reads as a capable build rather than a proven security franchise. \[[s4](#deep-dive-sources)\]

## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [https://netbird.io](https://netbird.io) | official | 2026-06-21 |
| f2 | [CISPA: CISPA Incubator Records Second Series A Success (founding year conflicts with LinkedIn 2022; the CISPA incubator that hosted NetBird states 2021)](https://cispa.de/en/netbird-series-a) | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f3 | [EU-Startups: Berlin's NetBird raises 8.5 million euros (4M euros Seed in 2024 plus 8.5M euros Series A in 2026)](https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/01/berlins-netbird-raises-e8-5-million-europe-open-source-ssl-vpn-giants/) | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f4 | [https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird) | official | 2026-07-15 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

Cited from the Market Readiness section.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [NetBird homepage](https://netbird.io) “IT and Engineering teams securely connect remote users, hybrid-cloud, and edge in minutes with NetBird, replacing traditional VPNs with one identity-based ZTNA platform.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s2 | [NetBird documentation introduction](https://docs.netbird.io/) “It creates a high-performance point-to-point WireGuard overlay network that connects machines running anywhere in just a few clicks. ... distributed under a permissive BSD-3 license and can be self-hosted.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s3 | [GitHub: netbirdio/netbird](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird) “Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. ... Releases 336 ... v0.73.1 Latest Jun 19, 2026” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s4 | [CISPA: CISPA Incubator Records Second Series A Success: 8.5 Million euros for NetBird](https://cispa.de/en/netbird-series-a) “Founded in 2021 by Mikhail Bragin and Maycon Santos ... Customers such as Sport Alliance, netgo, Signicat, and VIEW Group now rely on NetBird ... NetBird's 21,000 stars on GitHub ... nearly 800,000 euros in public funding in 2023.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s5 | [EU-Startups: Berlin's NetBird raises 8.5 million euros, a European open-source alternative to SSL VPN giants](https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/01/berlins-netbird-raises-e8-5-million-europe-open-source-ssl-vpn-giants/) “We're already winning deals and migrating customers away from traditional SSL VPN products like Sophos, SonicWall or Fortinet. ... the code name for our GTM strategy is Proof of Concept Starts at Home.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s6 | [Nauta Capital: NetBird raises 4M euros to democratize Zero Trust network security through open-source](https://www.nautacapital.com/news-insights/netbird-raises-4m-seed-funding) “NetBird, a Berlin-based company that develops an open-source network security solution, has raised 4M euros in Seed funding.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s7 | [NetBird pricing](https://netbird.io/pricing) “pay per active user in the cloud, or deploy within your own infrastructure for full control and flexibility. Team Plan $6 user / month. Business Plan $12 user / month.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s8 | [NetBird Trust Center](https://trust.netbird.io) “Compliance: GDPR, Digital Operational Resilience Act, ISO 27001:2022 ... ISO 27001:2022 Certificate ... Subprocessors: Amazon Web Services, Auth0.” | official | 2026-06-21 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

Cited from the Strategy Deep Dive section.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [NetBird homepage](https://netbird.io) “IT and Engineering teams securely connect remote users, hybrid-cloud, and edge in minutes with NetBird, replacing traditional VPNs with one identity-based ZTNA platform.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s2 | [NetBird documentation introduction](https://docs.netbird.io/) “It creates a high-performance point-to-point WireGuard overlay network that connects machines running anywhere in just a few clicks. ... distributed under a permissive BSD-3 license and can be self-hosted.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s3 | [GitHub: netbirdio/netbird](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird) “Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. ... 27.3k stars ... NetBird Agent Network (Beta): Identity-aware access control for AI agents — keyless access to LLM APIs and private resources over the encrypted NetBird tunnel.” | official | 2026-07-15 |
| s4 | [CISPA: CISPA Incubator Records Second Series A Success: 8.5 Million euros for NetBird](https://cispa.de/en/netbird-series-a) “The funding round is led by Pace Capital ... Founded in 2021 by Mikhail Bragin and Maycon Santos ... Customers such as Sport Alliance, netgo, Signicat, and VIEW Group now rely on NetBird ... NetBird's 21,000 stars on GitHub.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s5 | [EU-Startups: Berlin's NetBird raises 8.5 million euros, a European open-source alternative to SSL VPN giants](https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/01/berlins-netbird-raises-e8-5-million-europe-open-source-ssl-vpn-giants/) “We're already winning deals and migrating customers away from traditional SSL VPN products like Sophos, SonicWall or Fortinet. ... the code name for our GTM strategy is Proof of Concept Starts at Home, meaning that users can try the product for free.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s6 | [NetBird pricing](https://netbird.io/pricing) “We charge only for active users and machines that connected or logged in at least once during the billing period. Team Plan € 6 user / month Business Plan € 12 user / month” | official | 2026-07-31 |
| s7 | [NetBird Trust Center](https://trust.netbird.io) “Compliance: GDPR, Digital Operational Resilience Act, ISO 27001:2022 ... ISO 27001:2022 Certificate ... Subprocessors: Amazon Web Services, Auth0.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s8 | [Nauta Capital: NetBird raises 4M euros to democratize Zero Trust network security through open-source](https://www.nautacapital.com/news-insights/netbird-raises-4m-seed-funding) “NetBird, a Berlin-based company that develops an open-source network security solution, has raised 4M euros in Seed funding.” | press | 2026-06-21 |

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