Cybersecurity Startup Mave Raises $34 Million to Counter AI-Powered Attacks
Israeli cybersecurity startup Mave has raised $34 million in Mave cybersecurity funding to develop AI agents that help companies investigate security alerts, filter false positives and respond to threats across their existing security systems. The funding includes a $28 million Series A round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Lumir Growth Partners, and an earlier $6 million seed round.
Founded in 2025 by Raziel Oren and Guy Eshel, Mave is targeting a growing challenge for corporate security teams: investigating increasingly large volumes of alerts while attackers use automation and AI to accelerate their operations.
Mave Cybersecurity Funding Targets Automated Threat Investigations
Mave’s platform connects with the security tools organisations already use, gathering information across systems to help analysts determine whether an alert signals a genuine threat. The company says its AI agents investigate alerts, identify false positives and assemble evidence without requiring businesses to move all their security data into a central repository.
The platform can also carry out approved response actions under rules established by security teams. These may include isolating affected systems, disabling compromised identities or blocking malicious activity. Mave says it records queries, decisions and actions so that human operators can review how investigations were conducted.
Why Security Teams Are Turning to AI Agents
Security operations teams often work across multiple products, including tools for threat detection, identity management and monitoring. Relevant evidence may be scattered across these systems, forcing analysts to switch between dashboards and manually reconstruct incidents.
That process can delay responses, particularly when genuine attacks generate multiple alerts or develop faster than teams can investigate them. AI agents offer a way to automate repetitive investigative tasks and connect evidence across different systems, potentially allowing analysts to focus on incidents that require human judgment.
However, automation also creates risks. Security teams need to understand why a system has flagged an incident and what evidence supports its conclusions. Giving an AI agent permission to take action without appropriate safeguards could introduce additional operational risks.
Mave says its platform is designed to make its work traceable and keep response actions within controls set by each organisation. The effectiveness of these safeguards will depend on how the technology performs in real-world deployments.
Investors Back Mave’s Expansion Plans
Red Dot Capital Partners led the $28 million Series A round. Lumir Growth Partners also participated, while existing seed investors Dell Technologies Capital and Emerge Ventures invested again. The earlier seed round raised $6 million, bringing the company’s total funding to $34 million.
Mave plans to use the capital to expand AI research, strengthen its enterprise products and increase its international presence. The company also plans to grow its workforce, with hiring focused on AI research and go-to-market operations.
The company operates in a competitive market as cybersecurity providers develop AI-assisted investigations and automated incident response. Mave will need to demonstrate that its agents can deliver reliable results across complex enterprise environments while maintaining appropriate human oversight.
The funding gives Mave additional resources to pursue that goal, but it does not by itself establish how effectively the platform will perform across different organisations or attack scenarios.
