MokN
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Founders
About
MokN is a French cybersecurity startup founded in 2024 by CEO Gautier Bugeon along with Antoine Coudoux, Alexis Georges, and Adrien Casteleiro, building a novel “phish-back” technology that traps attackers and recovers compromised credentials before they are used or exposed on the dark web 123. The company reports protecting more than 1 million users across large corporations and mid-size companies, including Fortune Global 500 customers 1. The €12.9M (~$15M) Series A announced May 28, 2026 was led by GV (Google Ventures) — its first investment in a French startup — with participation from Datadog and existing European backers Moonfire and OVNI Capital plus angels; the round follows MokN’s €2.6M pre-seed of October 2025 and brings total funding to approximately $17.6M 123.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | Series A | $15M (€12.9M) | GV (Google Ventures) | Datadog, Moonfire, OVNI Capital 123 |
| 2025-10-03 | Pre-Seed | €2.6M | — | Moonfire, OVNI Capital 4 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“The rapid adoption by major companies and the results achieved with our first solution have confirmed one thing: this approach must go further. Today, we are laying the groundwork for Active Identity Recovery by extending proactive recovery to all forms of identity, with the ambition of making it a new global standard for identity protection.” — Gautier Bugeon, CEO and co-founder, MokN, May 2026 3
Sources
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EU-Startups, “MokN raises €12.9 million to combat credential theft as GV makes its first investment in a French startup,” May 29, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/05/mokn-raises-e12-9-million-to-combat-credential-theft-as-gv-makes-its-first-investment-in-a-french-startup/↩↩↩↩
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BeBeez International, “MokN raises €12.9 million to combat credential theft as GV makes its first investment in a French startup,” May 29, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://bebeez.eu/2026/05/29/mokn-raises-e12-9-million-to-combat-credential-theft-as-gv-makes-its-first-investment-in-a-french-startup/↩↩↩
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FinSMEs, “MokN Raises $15M in Series A Funding,” May 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.finsmes.com/2026/05/mokn-raises-15m-in-series-a-funding.html↩↩↩↩
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Tech.eu, “French cybersecurity startup MokN raises €2.6 million to combat credential theft,” October 3, 2025. Accessed May 2026. https://tech.eu/2025/10/03/french-cybersecurity-startup-mokn-raises-2-6-million-to-combat-credential-theft/↩