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Dawnguard Raises $6.3M Led by BNVT Capital as AI-Code Vulnerabilities Jump 13x in a Quarter
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- Jul 3, 2026
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/dawnguard-raises-$63m-led-by-bnvt-capital-as-ai-code-vulnerabilities-jump-13x-in-a-quarter . Dawnguard took its security architecture automation platform live on July 1, 2026, with $3.3 million in new pre-seed capital from BNVT Capital, Curiosity VC and Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity . You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity , #venture-capital , #cloud-security , #ai , #good-company , #enterprise-saas , #technology , #dawnguard , and more. This story was written by: @ishanpandey . Learn more about this writer by checking @ishanpandey's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Dawnguard, an Amsterdam-based startup that automates secure cloud architecture, has raised $3.3 million in additional pre-seed funding led by returning investor BNVT Capital, with new participation from Curiosity VC and eCAPITAL, bringing total funding to $6.3 million. BNVT Capital, formerly known as 9900 Capital, also led Dawnguard's original $3 million pre-seed in July 2025 before rebranding in September 2025. Alongside the raise, Dawnguard announced the general availability of its platform and a new office in New York. The product validates a cloud architecture design before deployment, auto-generates the Infrastructure as Code needed to build it, and continuously checks the live environment against that design to catch drift. The raise lands inside a category that has moved fast: Prime Security ($26M, led by Foundation Capital then Scale Venture Partners) and Clover Security ($36M, led by Team8 then Notable Capital) are chasing a near-identical thesis, and Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz closed the same month Dawng…