France's Hackuity Just Raised $19M to Fight AI's Vulnerability Tsunami

Jan de Vries · 2026-09-16

Hackuity, a Lyon-based AI-powered Vulnerability Operations Center (VOC), just announced a €16 million ($19 million) funding round. The goal? Accelerate product innovation, boost AI capabilities, and expand across Europe and Asia. The round was led by Forgepoint Capital International, with existing investors Bright Pixel, Bpifrance, and Seventure Partners chipping in. That brings total funding to €32 million ($38 million). Patrick Ragaru, CEO and co-founder of Hackuity, put it bluntly: "Hackuity was founded on a simple conviction: the volume of vulnerabilities would outpace any human's capacity to respond. Mythos simply validates that thesis, by making the scale of the tsunami impossible to ignore." He added: "What we built before the wave arrived is exactly what enterprises need now that it's here: an agentic platform that automates prioritisation and drives remediation at machine speed." ### Why This Funding Matters Right Now Hackuity's raise comes amid a surge of investment in European cybersecurity and AI-enabled security infrastructure in 2026. Just look at the numbers: - €25.8 million for Paris-based Qevlar AI, an agentic Security Operations Centre platform - €15.4 million for Paris-founded Escape, which focuses on vulnerability discovery and remediation - €12.9 million for French credential-security startup MokN - €2.1 million for Milan-based Bynario, whose platform also identifies, prioritises and remediates software vulnerabilities And that's not all. NeuralTrust pulled in €17.2 million in Seed funding for enterprise AI-agent security. Cloudsmith raised €61.5 million in Series C for software supply-chain security. Rome-based Exein landed a whopping €234 million for Physical AI cybersecurity. Before Hackuity's announcement, EU-Startups calculated roughly €395.4 million across European cybersecurity and AI-security rounds reported in 2026. Add Hackuity's €16 million, and that total jumps to around €411 million. Clearly, investors see a massive opportunity here. ### The French Connection France is having a moment in this space. Qevlar AI, Escape, and MokN all raised funding in 2026. And Forgepoint Capital International, which led Hackuity's round, also invested in Qevlar AI. So there's a tight network of French cybersecurity startups attracting serious capital. Damien Henault, Managing Director and Partner at Forgepoint Capital International, explained the thesis: "Cybersecurity has entered a new era where AI is accelerating both attack and defense. Organisations can no longer rely on traditional vulnerability management approaches to keep pace with the speed and scale of modern threats. Hackuity is building the operational platform enterprises need to transform overwhelming amounts of security data into clear, actionable decisions." He continued: "Patrick and the team have combined deep cybersecurity expertise with a bold product vision, making Hackuity exactly the kind of category-defining company we look to support." ### What Hackuity Actually Does Founded in 2018, Hackuity is an AI-powered VOC platform. It helps organisations translate fragmented cyber exposure data into prioritised, actionable remediation. Think of it as a central nervous system for security teams drowning in alerts. As of 2026, Hackuity powers vulnerability operations for more than 6,000 users, protecting over 2 million assets and managing 1 billion findings. The platform brings together security findings and asset data from more than 130 security tools. Customers include ENGIE and BPCE. According to the company, today's funding comes as cybersecurity reaches a turning point. AI-powered discovery is fueling a "vulnerability tsunami." For example, Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview alone identified over 10,000 high or critical severity flaws in under two months — and 99% of them are still unpatched. Despite heavy investment in detection tools, Hackuity maintains that security teams remain overwhelmed by fragmented data, disconnected workflows, and a growing volume of findings. There are now 350,000 known Common Vulnerabilities and counting. So what's the takeaway? The bad guys are using AI to find holes faster than humans can patch them. Hackuity's bet is that AI can also be the answer — automating prioritisation and remediation at machine speed. With this fresh $19 million, they're doubling down on that vision. And if the investor frenzy is any indication, they're not the only ones who think this wave is just getting started.