Defants, SAS

Based in France and founded in 2021 by its CEO, Francois Khourbiga, COO, Thomas Raffineau Marshal, and CTO, David Fountain, Defants, SAS, operates as a cyber-security software company, that offers collaborative and automated solutions used to automate the forensic data sorting and analysis processes. In March 2023, Defants raised EUR 2 million in venture funding led by Cyber Impact Ventures, with the participation of investor Breizh Up. As of 2023, the company has a client base that includes companies like Cyber Booster, Oracle, Microsoft, and many more. The company offers various cyber security solutions that include digital investigation tools used to inspect complex attack paths in the form of knowledge graphs.

The company provides a SaaS (software as a service) platform, Defants vSIRT, that automates and optimizes the analysis, scoring, and sorting of forensic data and helps in generating reports and attack timelines. The company plans to use the March 2023 funding to accelerate the commercial development of the platform and strengthen the team so it can continue to innovate and offer even more effective cybersecurity solutions to customers.