Beelzebub Raises $3.4 Million for Hacker-Trapping Platform
Italian AI-native cybersecurity company Beelzebub today announced raising €3 million (~$3.4 million) in a seed funding round led by VC United Ventures, bringing the total raised by the company to $3.8 million.
Founded in 2025, Milan-based Beelzebub has built a platform that combines red- and blue-teaming capabilities to level the odds in the fight against AI-powered cyber threats.
The startup’s platform assumes that attackers have already breached the network and are waiting for the right moment to act. When the attackers make their move, the platform ensnares them in a closed loop that combines simulation, detection, and threat intelligence.
It relies on continuous adversary emulation to uncover attack paths before they are exploited, and on runtime deception technology that uses LLM-powered traps to identify intrusions and contain them instantly.
In addition to isolating affected systems and initializing incident response, Beelzebub relies on autonomous threat intelligence to transform intercepted attacks into...
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