A new year is fast approaching . 2024 has been a difficult one for businesses with geopolitical tensions , rising prices and many changes to contend with in the workplace . Businesses have still managed to grow , even with these challenges . Intelligent CXO spoke to three companies about their 2025 growth plans .

Richard Orange , Vice President of Sales , EMEA , Abnormal Security

Richard Orange , Vice President of Sales , EMEA , Abnormal Security :

2024 has been the year of growth for Abnormal Security as we continue on our journey to becoming a generational company . Abnormal recently secured US $ 250 million in Series D funding , raising our valuation to US $ 5.1 billion . The new investment follows years of exponential growth as the company continues to see 100 %+ year-over-year increases in annual recurring revenue ( ARR ), recently exceeding US $ 200 million in ARR .

As Abnormal continues its growth trajectory , we are increasingly focused on international expansion , including pushing further into the EMEA region , primarily in the Nordics , Benelux , Germany and France . Abnormal currently has over 200 customers in Europe , nine of which are part of the FTSE 100 . As of June this year , we ’ ve seen a 100 % growth in revenue in the region . We expect this number to keep rising in 2025 .

The company is additionally focused on broadening our suite of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions , which enable us to autonomously protect against more types of threats ( including AI-generated attacks ) across the ever-expanding surface area of enterprise applications .

This will include continued investment in the research and development of Abnormal ’ s core behavioural and autonomous AI decisioning systems , as well as expanding current products beyond email to provide comprehensive

28 www . intelligentcxo . com