Paris-based cybersecurity company MokN has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from Datadog, Moonfire and OVNI Capital, as Vestbee was informed.
- Founded in 2024 by Gautier Bugeon and Antoine Coudoux, MokN focuses on protecting organisations against credential theft, a common entry point for cyberattacks.
- Its platform uses a “phish-back” approach that redirects attackers using stolen credentials into realistic decoy environments such as fake VPN or webmail portals that mirror corporate systems. When attackers interact with these decoys, the system captures the credentials and triggers automated recovery workflows, allowing security teams to neutralise compromised access before it is exploited.
- The company positions this as a shift from reactive detection to proactive identity recovery. Its first product, Baits, deploys these decoy environments and integrates with enterprise security systems to enable automated response and containment.
- MokN currently protects over 1 million users across more than 35 enterprise and mid-market customers, including Fortune Global 500 organisations. It has 17 employees and is expanding its platform beyond VPN and webmail decoys into other identity vectors such as cookies and active sessions, which are increasingly targeted in modern attacks.
Details of the deal
- The new funding will be used to expand R&D, develop additional products under its identity recovery platform, strengthen growth in France and the United States, and begin expansion into the United Kingdom with new office openings.
- MokN also plans to grow its team across engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success, with a target of reaching around 30 additional hires by the end of 2027 as it scales internationally.
"We invested in MokN because of Gautier’s founder-market fit as a former SOC manager and our deep conviction in the team’s ability to address a critical gap in the cybersecurity market," said Luna Schmid, Partner at GV.
