Lloyd Davies developed his passion for cyber security at Edinburgh Napier University
An Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) cyber security graduate, who founded a fraud prevention tech firm after completing his studies, is marking a major step forward on his journey within the sector.
Lloyd Davies’ company, Infrawatch, has raised a $3 million pre-seed round of funding to build the Internet Infrastructure Intelligence Layer, a new category of cyber security platform.
Infrawatch gives security, fraud, and investigations teams real-time visibility into the infrastructure powering cyber-attacks, scams, phishing and online abuse.
It combines intelligence collection with real-time classification, processing tens of billions of events per day, to help organisations pre-emptively defend their system.
This latest round of funding was co-led by venture capital outfits Outward VC and Triple Point Ventures, with participation from Portfolio Ventures and leading fintech and cyber angel investors.
For Lloyd, it is the latest recognition of his work in the sector, which started at ENU. Back in March he and Infrawatch were honoured, alongside current ENU student Aimie Grant, at the Scottish Cyber Awards – with Infrawatch winning Cyber Start-up of the Year 2026.
During his studies, Lloyd was also an instrumental member of ENUSEC, the Edinburgh Napier University Security Society. He was a keen participant in their Capture the Flag (CTF) team, taking part in many competitions and running sessions for students on topics such as reverse engineering.
Lloyd and fellow students at Edinburgh Napier, particularly through ENUSEC, regularly worked on ad-hoc security projects while competing in CTFs, helping to foster ENU’s culture of innovation and practical experimentation.
Lloyd Davies, Founder and CEO of Infrawatch, said: “I know from first-hand experience how broken infrastructure intelligence is today: fragmented data, noisy feeds, and taped-together workflows, where ‘real-time’ detection often means static daily updates in practice.
“Enterprises cannot keep up by patching together narrow intelligence feeds while the internet changes beneath them.
“That is why we built Infrawatch from the ground up: to turn one of the most underutilised aspects of cyber security into a practical defence layer that empowers defenders to act earlier and stop threats before they reach their customers, users or systems.”
Rich Macfarlane, Associate Professor in Cyber Security and ACE-CSE Director at Edinburgh Napier University, said: “The success of Lloyd and Infrawatch is not a surprise, as he was always working on cyber security pet projects, and coming up with ideas for security software.
“We at Edinburgh Napier are so proud of our amazing graduates, and our track record in helping nurture cyber security talent such as Lloyd.”
The success of Infrawatch adds to Edinburgh Napier’s outstanding track record in cyber security.
It is among an elite group of UK institutions to be Gold Award credited as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
ENU also hosts Scotland’s Digital Trust Centre of Excellence, and was the birthplace of several major cyber security spin-out companies, such as Cyacomb and LastingAsset.
You can follow in the footsteps of previous students by exploring the range of cyber security degree programmes on offer at Edinburgh Napier University, and find out more about cyber security at ENU here.