Deutsche Beteiligungs AG invests in Bug Bounty Switzerland and strengthens cybersecurity testing platform

EQS-News: Deutsche Beteiligungs AG / Key word(s): Private Equity Deutsche Beteiligungs AG invests in Bug Bounty Switzerland and strengthens cybersecurity testing platform 29.04.2026 / 09:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.  Deutsche Beteiligungs AG invests in Bug Bounty Switzerland and strengthens cybersecurity testing platform

• DBAG is using funds from its own balance sheet to invest in a Swiss pioneer in AI-driven cybersecurity testing
• AI is structurally expanding attack surfaces, fuelling the growing demand for scalable cybersecurity solutions
• Human + machine: Bug Bounty Switzerland combines 16,000 experts with AI technology, providing organisations and companies with reliable protection against potential cybersecurity risks
• Seventh DBAG Long-Term Investment

Frankfurt/Main, 29 April 2026. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has acquired a minority stake in Big Bounty Switzerland (BBS) in the form of a Long-Term Investment, drawing exclusively on funds from its own balance sheet. Based in Lucerne, BSS is the Swiss pioneer for ethical hacking, intelligent security testing and software-as-a-service. Its Cyber Resilience Shield security platform enables customers to run continuous, scalable and comprehensive exposure assessments without the need for any additional in-house specialists or fragmented tools. Together with lead investor and European growth equity investor Direttissima Growth Partners, DBAG is investing within the scope of a capital increase designed solely to facilitate further growth. Direttissima is based in Zurich and Munich and has extensive operational scale-up experience in the B2B technology market.

 

Strategic investment in a high-growth cybersecurity provider

With the investment in BBS, DBAG is expanding its portfolio to include a profitable, highly scalable provider in the structurally growing cybersecurity market. BBS was established in Lucerne in 2020 by Sandro Nafzger, Florian Badertscher and Lukas Heppler, who built up the company without any external financing. It has successfully completed the transition from a project-based service model to the Cyber Resilience Shield subscription platform with a high share of recurring revenue. BBS’s 52 customers include the Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and leading companies from the financial services, defence and critical infrastructure sectors. The founding team continues to hold a majority of the shares and is instrumental in shaping the company’s strategic focus.

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