Lisbon (Portugal) – October 09, 2025 – Critical Ventures is excited to announce our investment in Hackurity, a company that’s transforming the way organisations approach cybersecurity. This investment builds on our commitment to support innovative solutions that make digital environments safer for everyone.
Hackurity stands out for its “Managed Autonomous Pentesting” technology, the always-on, autonomous cybersecurity platform that reduces risk and complexity by protecting organisations continuously, from vulnerability discovery and exploitation to full remediation. By making penetration testing fast and accessible, Hackurity give a turn-key solution for IT teams to have constant early warnings on vulnerabilities and potential breaches allowing infrastructure adjustments and timely protections. Their platform brings together risk insights in one place, helping organisations stay ahead of threats and streamline their security operations.
Hackurity’s comprehensive cybersecurity suite includes automated penetration testing, dark web monitoring, and OSINT scanning. It combines continuous, real-time security assessments with proactive threat detection, ensuring only genuine vulnerabilities are reported and treated. This solution is particularly suited to enable enterprise-grade security without the complexity or high costs of traditional methods while providing efficient, scalable, and cost-effective cybersecurity tailored to modern digital businesses, both in terms of their application suits but also on critical infrastructure and embedded systems managed by organizations.
“The Cybersecurity world is going through deep transformation and new more proactive approaches are needed for critical systems and Hackurity’s technology is a great example of how automation and smart design can make an impactful difference for organisations of all sizes. At Critical Ventures, we believe that real progress in cybersecurity comes from supporting bold ideas and practical solutions and Hackurity’s team has been able to combine state-of-art technology with practical and impactful for their clients Our investment in Hackurity is very consistent to our thesis to back deep-tech builders who are tackling today’s most urgent and critical challenges in fundamental value chains. We’re proud to help bring new energy and fresh thinking to the cybersecurity space with this investment” said Heitor Benfeito, Managing Director of Critical Ventures that leads the Cybersecurity practice and that is also now joining the Board of Directors of Hackurity.
“This investment from Critical Ventures is a strong validation of our mission to make enterprise-grade security accessible and continuous for all organisations. Cyber threats don’t wait for annual tests orquarterly reviews, they evolve every day. We feel the partnership with Heitor and Critical Ventures, which goes beyond the investment. It provides us with a great collaborative base that will help accelerate our growth,” said Felix Nagy, CEO and Co-founder of Hackurity.
About Critical Ventures
Founded in 2011, Critical Ventures was launched as the investment arm of Critical Software, born from the company’s deep-rooted, hardcore engineering culture and a desire to back transformative technologies emerging from within its ecosystem. Initially focused on supporting internal spinouts and founder-led innovation, Critical Ventures grew into an independent investment firm with an international footprint and managing capital of multi-national investors. Critical Ventures was built in the believe that entrepreneurs are the ultimate agents of positive change in the world, in our society and economy.
Today, Critical Ventures invests in early stage deep-tech companies and founders with disruptive solutions for critical value chains in advance computation, automation, cybersecurity, mobility, finance, energy, defence, and healthcare. Anchored by the broader Critical Ecosystem, the firm leverages unparalleled technical insight to drive both financial returns and meaningful global impact.
The firm takes a hands-on approach, leveraging its unique multilayer Critical Ecosystem started by Critical Software since 1998 that enables startups to scale rapidly and founders to succeed.