• Morocco- and France-based cybersecurity startup Nucleon Security has raised $3.5 million, led by NewFund Capital and joined by 212Founders, LoftyInc, Orange Ventures, and Axian Group.
• Founded in 2019 by Anas Chanaa, Nucleon offers businesses an AI-powered endpoint detection and response solution that can adapt to different business contexts and layers. 
• Expansion will focus on Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Madagascar, with the broader goal of fostering an African cybersecurity ecosystem and exporting local solutions to global markets.

Press release:

Nucleon Security, a cybersecurity company, has raised $3.5 million in funding to support its geographic expansion and the industrialisation of its advanced technologies.

The round was led by a consortium of international and African investors, including Axian Group, reflecting the growing interest of regional investors in supporting homegrown cybersecurity solutions.

Nucleon Security will use the new capital to scale its Zero Trust and agentic AI-powered platforms, which deliver continuous, proactive, and automated threat analysis and response. These solutions are already deployed with more than 100 clients worldwide.

The company aims to strengthen its presence in Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Madagascar, while also building an African cybersecurity ecosystem to share best practices and develop local solutions that can be exported globally.