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Startup · United Kingdom

Goldilock

HQ London, United Kingdom11-50 employeesUpdated

Goldilock is a revolutionary cybersecurity solution that enables users to physically connect and disconnect their digital assets, devices, networks, and critical infrastructure from the internet without using the internet itself.

Website

Funding1 round

Equity raised
Undisclosed
Debt, secondaries & grants
~$309K
Latest
~$309KGrant · Oct 31, 2025
  • Grant
    Speculative
    ~$309K
    Oct 31, 2025

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems2

  • ConnextPhysical card kit for planning network security architecture.
  • FireBreakHardware appliance for physically connecting and disconnecting network segments.

Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Cybersecurity product that physically air-gaps devices, networks and critical infrastructure; it states no defense or government customer.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People
PersonRole
Stephen Kinesco-founder

Sources9

Profile4

  1. 1

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 14)”
  2. 2

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "f291d29c-66f6-4a3a-bbf2-75f52512ec96"}”
  3. 3

    Goldilock · Supports Organization · description, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “Goldilock is a revolutionary cybersecurity solution that enables users to physically connect and disconnect their digital assets, devices, networks, and critical infrastructure from the internet without using the internet itself.”
  4. 4

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · ownership

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”

Systems2

  1. 5
    CompanyConnext

    Goldilock · Supports System

    “## **Connext card kit** A physical set of cards representing real systems, zones and controls.”
  2. 6

    Goldilock · Supports System

    “FireBreak™ is a physical Layer 1 network isolation appliance. Unlike software-based security tools — firewalls, EDR, and SIEM — it does not detect, analyze, or block threats. It physically disconnects network segments at the cable level, making assets invisible and unreachable.”

Funding2

  1. 7

    Enterprise Singapore · Oct 31, 2025 · Supports Funding round

    “Goldilock Secure was crowned the grand winner of SLINGSHOT 2025”
  2. 8

    Caplight · Oct 31, 2025 · Supports Funding round

    “Last Round Grant Oct 31,2025”

People1

  1. 9

    hansard.parliament.uk · Supports Role

    “Stephen Kines, the co-founder of Goldilock, an award-winning cyber-hardware company, called for the Government to buy UK products and said,”

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