# 33N Ventures

> 33N Ventures is a VC fund in Oporto backing Cyber Security and Information Technology. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oporto, Portugal
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/33nventures
- Website: https://www.33n.vc/

33N Ventures is a specialized venture capital company. Its first fund invests across Europe, Israel and the US in early growth-stage companies developing and commercialising emerging technology solutions in cybersecurity and infrastructure software. 33N has an active approach in supporting companies to expand globally, with an experienced andestablished international team and an extensive global network of leading entrepreneurs, experts, and cybersecurity decision-makers across industries.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $12M–$12M |
| Series B | $16M–$34M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cyber Security | 5 | 63% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 13% |
| France | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Equixly | Equixely aims to help developers and organizations create more secure applications, increase their security posture, and spread knowledge of new vulnerabilities.Equixely makes available a SAAS platform that allows integrating the API security testing within the software development lifecycle (SLDC) to detect flaws, reduce bug-fixing costs andexponentially scale penetration testing upon every new functionality released.The platform can automatically perform several API attacks leveraging a novel machine learning (ML) algorithm trained over thousands of security tests. Then, Equixely returns near-real-time results and a predictive remediation plan that developers may use to fix their application issues autonomously.The Equixely advanced platform and its innovative security testing approach take an organization's API security maturity to the next level. | $11.6M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Equixly | Equixely aims to help developers and organizations create more secure applications, increase their security posture, and spread knowledge of new vulnerabilities.Equixely makes available a SAAS platform that allows integrating the API security testing within the software development lifecycle (SLDC) to detect flaws, reduce bug-fixing costs andexponentially scale penetration testing upon every new functionality released.The platform can automatically perform several API attacks leveraging a novel machine learning (ML) algorithm trained over thousands of security tests. Then, Equixely returns near-real-time results and a predictive remediation plan that developers may use to fix their application issues autonomously.The Equixely advanced platform and its innovative security testing approach take an organization's API security maturity to the next level. | $11.6M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Apono | Apono helps companies become secure and compliant while maintaining their productivity and agility. The company aims to simplify how teams manage access to critical systems by automating the provisioning and deprovisioning of permissions based on real-time needs, ensuring only the right people have access at the right time. | $34M | Series B | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| AcoruAI | AcoruAI is a cybersecurity company that develops an AI-driven platform that focuses on proactive fraud and scam prevention. Its technology continuously analyzes and classifies user accounts to detect risk signals before any transaction occurs. The platform identifies behavioral patterns associated with money mule activity and other fraudulentbehaviors, enabling institutions to intervene early and prevent financial crimes. Acoru also offers a consortium management feature, allowing organizations to share intelligence while maintaining data privacy. | $11.6M | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Exein | Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. | $81.4M | Series C | Jul 16, 2025 |  |
| Exein | Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. | $16.4M | Series B | Jul 12, 2024 |  |
| DATAGALAXY | DataGalaxy is an innovative startup, specialized in collaborative data governance. DataGalaxy offers the first agile data mapping platform, which allows teams to share a common knowledge of company data to stay focused on the essentials: creating value with data. | $7.5M |  | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| StrikeReady | StrikeReady empowers defenders of all levels to solve the technology exhaustion, skilled-talent shortage and limited collaboration problems. The StrikeReady platform consolidates key stand alone technologies, and integrates seamlessly into the tech stack, streamlining workflows, automation and collaboration. This operationally efficient platformdelivers better ROI from your security investment, more effective and dynamic automation that works out-of-the-box, and a team that can finally lean forward into proactive security and risk management. | $12M | Series A | Apr 09, 2024 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does 33N Ventures invest in?

33N Ventures invests primarily in Cyber Security, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 33N Ventures's check size?

33N Ventures typically joins rounds of $12M–$12M at Series A and $16M–$34M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 33N Ventures participates in.

### When did 33N Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 33N Ventures closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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