Paris-based Evertrust raises €10 million to accelerate its expansion in the European digital trust market

Evertrust, a Parisian cybersecurity software vendor specialising in digital trust, has raised €10 million in Series A funding from the US venture capital firm Elephant. The company plans to use the investment to strengthen and scale its sovereign Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) software suite, while accelerating its expansion across key European and international markets.

Founded in 2017 by Kamel Ferchouche, Jean-Julien Alvado and Étienne Laviolette, Evertrust began as a digital trust consulting firm before developing an integrated software platform covering both PKI and CLM. PKI enables the issuance and management of digital certificates, while CLM automates their renewal and administration. By bringing both capabilities together in a single in-house suite, the company has established itself as a notable European player in certificate governance, a foundational element of authentication, encryption and secure digital communication.

Evertrust has been profitable since its creation and continues to generate more than 80% of its business in France, serving major enterprise customers, including more than a quarter of CAC 40 companies. The company employs 40 people and was recently recognised as a laureate of the 2025 French Tech 2030 programme.

Evertrust’s Horizon software supports organisations in managing their digital identities by automating certificate lifecycles across servers, mobile devices, connected objects, on-premises infrastructures and SaaS environments. Its Stream platform provides a complete PKI infrastructure designed to secure and reinforce trust across digital systems.

The company is one of only four software vendors worldwide offering a unified PKI and CLM platform, and the only one based in Europe. Most competitors in the region specialise in only one of the two segments, which limits their scope and creates barriers to entry for complex enterprise and public-sector tenders.

Evertrust’s positioning comes at a time when digital certificate use is increasing rapidly. Validity periods for public certificates are set to shorten from the current 398 days to 200 days in 2026, 100 days in 2027 and 47 days in 2029, making automated renewal essential. The emergence of quantum computing adds further urgency, as new quantum-safe certificates will be required to counter future risks to current cryptographic algorithms.

The company has recently obtained CSPN certification from ANSSI for its PKI platform, reinforcing the robustness of its technology and its credibility among public and semi-public organisations where certification is a mandatory requirement. Evertrust emphasises digital sovereignty, with solutions designed and hosted entirely in Europe and compliant with standards such as eIDAS and NIST.

The Series A funding will enable Evertrust to strengthen its leadership position and accelerate international expansion. They plan to use these new financial resources to strengthen their sales and technical teams, which are expected to triple within five years. Evertrust also intends to accelerate the development of its network of reseller integrator partners for managed security solutions (MSSPs), shifting from a predominantly direct sales model in France to an indirect distribution model across major European and international markets.

“We have been impressed by the quality and ease of integration of Evertrust’s solutions — unique in Europe — as well as by the strength and execution of its growth strategy. We are proud to support this talented team in accelerating their expansion in Europe,” said Christopher De Souza, General Partner at Elephant.

“We are very pleased with the confidence shown by Elephant. Their support will be invaluable in strengthening our positioning as a global player in the rapidly evolving digital trust market, which increasingly calls for independent and sovereign solutions amid rising commercial and regulatory pressures,” said Kamel Ferchouche, CEO of Evertrust.

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