Osavul Raises €8.5M for Hybrid Threat AI

Hybrid risk intelligence company Osavul has raised $10 million (€8.5 million) in a Series A funding round led by 33N Ventures, according to the company. Balnord, G+D Ventures, and 42CAP also participated in the round, which brings the Luxembourg-based company's total funding to approximately €12 million.

The company said its AI platform analyzes open and privileged data to identify hostile intent across the cyber, physical, and information domains before attacks materialize. Osavul's assessments identify who is targeting a customer and map that intent against the customer's people, facilities, and supply chains.

What Osavul's AI Platform Actually Does

Osavul describes its platform as a system that ingests open and privileged data to surface hostile intent before it turns into an attack. The company said its assessments are evidence-traced and reviewed by analysts, and can run on-premises within sovereign infrastructure, so sensitive data does not leave customer systems.

That on-premises deployment option is notable for the government and defense customers the company serves. The platform maps adversarial intent against a customer's people, facilities, and supply chains.

The Founders Behind Osavul

Osavul was founded by Dmytro Plieshakov and Dmytro Bilash, who previously sold their company Captain Growth to Perion. Plieshakov serves as co-founder and CEO of Osavul.

Origins in Ukraine's Defense

Osavul was initially developed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to the source. It now serves government, defense, and security institutions in more than 10 countries and is one of the tech companies delivering NATO's Information Environment Assessment Capability.

Funding to Expand Beyond Government

Osavul said it will use the new funding to enhance its AI capabilities, expand into enterprises and critical infrastructure operators, and deepen its government and defense work.

The expansion into enterprises and critical infrastructure operators follows the company's stated view that hybrid activity from adversarial states and their proxies is intensifying, combining cyberattacks, sabotage, espionage, and information manipulation.

Osavul points to more than 150 state-linked incidents recorded across Europe since 2022, a figure the company cited in its announcement.

The CEO on Who Faces Hybrid Attacks

"Hybrid attacks are no longer a government problem alone. The companies running energy, airports, ports, transport and finance now face the same adversaries, usually without the means to see them coming."

— Dmytro Plieshakov, Osavul's co-founder and CEO

The Investor Group

The round was led by 33N Ventures, with participation from Balnord, G+D Ventures, and 42CAP. The Series A brings Osavul's total funding to approximately €12 million, according to the company.

Key Figures From the Announcement

• $10 million (€8.5 million) raised in the Series A round
• Approximately €12 million in total funding to date
• Government, defense, and security institutions in more than 10 countries served
• More than 150 state-linked incidents recorded across Europe since 2022, per Osavul

What the Funding Signals

Osavul's raise and its stated expansion plans suggest the company is betting that critical infrastructure operators outside government will need tools to identify hostile intent before attacks occur. The company's platform, which it says runs on-premises within sovereign infrastructure, is positioned for customers that handle sensitive data and cannot let it leave their systems.

The company's origin during Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its role in delivering NATO's Information Environment Assessment Capability give it a track record in government and defense work. Its stated intention to move into enterprises and critical infrastructure operators indicates it sees a broader market for hybrid threat intelligence.

For businesses in energy, airports, ports, transport, and finance, Osavul's pitch is that they now face the same adversaries as governments. Whether they adopt such platforms may depend on cost, integration, and trust in the assessments.

The single-source nature of this announcement means the figures and claims about Osavul's capabilities and customer base come from the company itself or the outlet's reporting, and have not been independently verified.