OneClickComply, a Sunderland, UK-based platform that automates cybersecurity certification, has closed a £1m investment, lifting its total funding beyond £2.4m.
The North East Accelerate Fund, overseen by Mercia Ventures, backed the round. The Venture Sunderland Fund and the Northstar EIS Growth Fund also took part, and both are run by Northstar Ventures.
The company will use the capital to develop its platform further, so that more compliance tasks can be completed without manual input. It will also expand its sales and customer success teams to support its growing customer base, and it expects to hire four new staff in the North East.
OneClickComply was founded in 2024 and now has 12 employees. Its clients range from major fast food brands as well as sole traders. The firm says it has doubled its monthly recurring revenue over the past six months and aims to double it again over the next six.
The platform handles up to 90% of the effort needed to achieve Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification. It tracks a business’s IT systems on an ongoing basis, performs penetration testing and vulnerability management, drafts policy documents and collects the evidence auditors require.
Unlike tools that only flag weaknesses in a report, OneClickComply can apply the correct security configurations across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and AWS in one click. After certification, it continues to monitor systems, so if settings change it can detect and correct the problem and keep the business compliant beyond the audit.
The North East Accelerate Fund invests up to £1m in early-stage businesses across the region. It was established by The North East Fund with backing from the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority, which is led by Mayor Kim McGuinness.
OneClickComply co-founder and CEO Connor 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.”
Mercia Ventures’ Owen Conquest said, “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.”
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