Nucleon Security designs and deploys automated, intelligent cybersecurity solutions based on agentic AI, with a platform that spans the full defense cycle. Its product suite includes a Zero Trust endpoint detection and response (EDR) system, a sovereign managed detection and response (MDR) service, Malprob AI for advanced malware analysis, and ScorX for alert prioritization. The company already supports over 100 clients across Africa, including organizations in Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Madagascar. Founded in 2019 in Morocco, Nucleon aims to industrialise its agentic AI Zero Trust platform and make proactive cybersecurity accessible across the continent. The firm plans to use new capital to accelerate international expansion and deepen R&D on its Zero Trust solutions. The company positions its automation as a response to a chronic shortage of cybersecurity professionals and rising global cybercrime costs cited in the article.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2025