OneClickComply, a Sunderland cyber-compliance start-up, has closed a £1m round from the North East Accelerate Fund, managed by Mercia Ventures, with follow-on money from two Northstar Ventures vehicles. The round takes its total funding past £2.4m, and the company says monthly recurring revenue has doubled in six months.
OneClickComply was founded in 2024 by chief executive Connor Greig, who previously worked with businesses inside Octopus Group. Its platform automates most of the work needed to pass Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audits. It monitors a company's IT estate continuously, runs penetration testing and vulnerability management, drafts policies and collects the evidence auditors ask for.
It also applies fixes directly, not only reporting them. It can push the correct security settings across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and AWS in one click. After certification, it keeps monitoring and corrects any settings that drift.
The deal
- Amount: £1m
- Lead: North East Accelerate Fund, managed by Mercia Ventures
- Participants: Venture Sunderland Fund and Northstar EIS Growth Fund, both managed by Northstar Ventures
- Total raised to date: more than £2.4m
- Valuation: terms were not disclosed
Northstar was already an investor, so this round is partly a follow-on from an existing backer. Mercia's North East Accelerate Fund is a new name on the cap table. That fund writes cheques of up to £1m into early-stage companies in the region. It was set up by The North East Fund with backing from the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority, led by Mayor Kim McGuinness.
The round is a typical example of how early-stage North East companies are funded. Public-backed regional funds and EIS money fill the gap left by a thin local base of institutional seed investors. Because one of the vehicles is an EIS fund, its underlying investors can claim tax relief on their stakes.
Numbers and use of funds
The company has 12 employees. Its customers range from a large fast-food brand to sole traders. It says it handles up to 90% of the effort needed to reach certification, and that it doubled monthly recurring revenue over the past six months. It is aiming to double it again over the next six.
The new money will fund more product automation and a larger sales and customer success team. Four roles will be created in the North East.
What's next
Demand for compliance is growing as suppliers are asked to prove their security posture before contracts are signed. That puts OneClickComply up against well-funded US platforms such as Vanta and Drata in the SOC 2 market. Its pitch is the lower end of the market: companies that cannot justify a consultant or a months-long certification process.
If it doubles revenue again by the spring, the company will be in a position to raise a larger seed or Series A. The main question for that round is whether it stays with regional and EIS capital or brings in a national or US-focused lead.
Original source: FinTech Global — https://fintech.global/2026/09/25/oneclickcomply-bags-1m-to-automate-cyber-compliance/
