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Top Story: Novee, Raises $51.5m, Bets on AI to Transform Offensive Cybersecurity
Novee, an Israeli cybersecurity startup building artificial intelligence-driven offensive security tools, has emerged from stealth mode with $51.5 million in Series A funding, just four months after its founding, one of the fastest fundraising trajectories seen in the offensive security sector.
The round was led by YL Ventures, with participation from Canaan Partners and Zeev Ventures, underscoring growing investor confidence in companies tackling the rapid escalation of automated cyberattacks against enterprises.
Founded in May 2025, Novee says demand for its platform has been driven by a sharp increase in the sophistication, speed and scale of cyber threats, particularly those powered by AI and automation.
“Attackers don’t wait for your annual pentest, and neither should your defense,” said Novee co-founder and CEO Ido Geffen. “Novee has already helped organizations uncover hundreds of these novel vulnerabilities and fix them continuously, closing gaps before attackers exploit them.”
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On Startup Spotlight:
Singapore Startup, Zeya Health, Raises $575,000 to Build AI Infrastructure for Clinics Across Asia-Pacific
Zeya Health, a Singapore-based healthcare technology startup building artificial intelligence (AI)-native infrastructure for clinical providers, has raised US$575,000 in pre-seed funding from global early-stage investor Antler and a group of strategic angel investors.
The company said the funding will be used to accelerate product development and scale deployments across private healthcare providers in Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region, as demand rises for tools that help clinics manage growing patient volumes without expanding already stretched administrative teams.
Founded by former digital health operators Agastya Samat and Pasindu Wijesena, Zeya Health positions itself as a foundational AI layer for healthcare organisations, automating operational workflows while integrating directly into existing electronic medical record (EMR) systems and patient communication channels such as WhatsApp.
“We’ve both seen firsthand how care teams end up spending more time fighting systems than caring for patients. Whether it was deploying digital health systems at scale or watching clinics struggle with growing patient loads, the same issue kept coming up. We started Zeya to remove that bottleneck, so providers can grow without burning out their teams,” said Agastya Samat, Zeya Health’s Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
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NALA Partners Noah to Launch Instant Stablecoin Settlement Network for Emerging Markets Across Continents. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
