French cybersecurity software vendor Evertrust has closed a €10 million Series A round from the fund Elephant, which will support the company’s growth strategy, including team expansion, product development, and international scaling.
Founded in 2017 by Kamel Ferchouche (CEO), Jean-Julien Alvado (CTO) and Étienne Laviolette (COO), Evertrust has evolved from a digital trust consulting firm into a provider of an in-house software suite covering both PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) for issuing and managing digital certificates, and CLM (Certificate Lifecycle Management) for automating their lifecycle.
By offering an integrated solution, Evertrust has positioned itself as an important player in the management and governance of digital certificates, which are essential cryptographic components used for authentication, encryption, signing, and securing digital communications.
Evertrust’s flagship software, Horizon, enables organisations to maintain control over their digital identities by automating certificate management across servers, mobile devices, connected objects, on-premises infrastructures, and SaaS environments. Its Stream solution complements this by providing a complete PKI infrastructure, supporting security and trust across clients’ digital systems.
By combining both PKI and CLM in a single platform, while most other vendors focus on just one of these areas, Evertrust is well-positioned to meet the needs of large organisations seeking to secure their digital infrastructures amid the rapid growth of digital certificates and the significant reduction in their validity periods.
As part of its development, Evertrust recently obtained CSPN certification from the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) for its PKI platform. This certification confirms the robustness of Evertrust’s technology and strengthens its credibility, particularly with public and semi-public organisations for which certification is a mandatory selection criterion.
The company is also aligned with digital sovereignty objectives, offering solutions designed and hosted in Europe, outside the reach of extraterritorial jurisdictions, and compliant with international standards such as eIDAS and NIST.
Commenting on the funding round, Kamel Ferchouche, CEO of Evertrust, said that the company welcomes Elephant’s vote of confidence, noting that this backing will be key to reinforcing Evertrust’s position as a global player in the fast-changing digital trust market, where demand for independent, sovereign solutions is growing under mounting commercial and regulatory pressure.
The new investment will enable Evertrust to strengthen its position as a European player and accelerate its expansion into new markets. The company plans to use these funds to grow its sales and technical teams, with headcount expected to triple within five years.
Evertrust also aims to accelerate the development of its network of reseller-integrator partners for managed security services (MSSPs), moving from a primarily direct sales model in France to an indirect distribution model in major European and international markets.
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