ANNOUNCEMENT
FuzzingLabs joins the Cyber Booster 2026-2027 cohort
FuzzingLabs has been selected for the Cyber Booster 2026-2027 cohort, one of ten cybersecurity startups in this year’s promotion. Cyber Booster is a 12-month acceleration programme run by CyGO Entrepreneurs with Le Poool, and backed by France 2030. Over the next year, Patrick Ventuzelo, Tanguy Duhamel and Nabih Benazzouz will put our strategic choices to the test against the market, with the programme’s team, mentors and partners.
Thank you to the Cyber Booster team for the selection.
Programme
Cyber Booster acceleration programme, “From early-stage to early growth”
Cohort
2026-2027, ten startups
Duration
12 months, starting November 2026
Operated by
CyGO Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Le Poool
Backed by
France 2030
Where
Campus Cyber, La Défense
Founders
Patrick Ventuzelo (CEO), Tanguy Duhamel (CTO), Nabih Benazzouz (COO)
What is Cyber Booster?
Cyber Booster is a French programme that supports cybersecurity and digital trust startups. The French State launched it as part of the national cyber strategy, with France 2030 funding. CyGO Entrepreneurs operates it today, in partnership with Le Poool.
Its acceleration programme, in a few facts:
- About ten startups per cohort. The size is kept small on purpose, so each team gets close follow-up.
- 12 months of support: bootcamps, a dedicated startup manager, mentoring, meetings with customers and investors, and access to the cyber ecosystem.
- A clear entry bar: an operational product and first market validation.
- Key sessions at the Campus Cyber, in La Défense.
- 51 startups supported since 2022, according to Cyber Booster.
The programme focuses on the decisions that shape a company. Which market. Which first customer. Which positioning, which sales strategy, which international plan. Cyber Booster states it plainly: it doesn’t make those choices for the founders, it helps them make them faster.
What happens over the next 12 months?
The year runs in two phases.
Build
November to March
Five intensive bootcamps on the questions that matter: first customer, value proposition, positioning, sales strategy, international plan.
Run
April to October
Execution, with mentoring, one-to-one meetings, partner meetings, exchanges with other European ecosystems and sector events.
Between bootcamps, each startup works through its roadmap with its startup manager.
What does FuzzForge do?
FuzzForge, our offensive security platform, helps security teams and CERTs continuously validate the security and compliance of their products, by orchestrating a fleet of specialized AI agents that runs on-premises.
It focuses on the software classic tools struggle with: firmware, binaries and embedded systems, often shipped without source code.
- Add your target. A firmware image, a binary or source code.
- Let the agents attack. Fuzzing, emulation and reverse engineering, orchestrated at scale.
- Review findings you can verify. Each candidate is challenged before it is reported. Your experts make the call.
FuzzForge runs inside your perimeter. An air-gapped option, with local models only, is available.
See how FuzzForge works.
Why did we apply?
“We built FuzzForge out of years of offensive research. Building a company around it is a different job. Our customers in defense and industry need testing that never leaves their perimeter, on every release. Cyber Booster puts us in front of buyers, mentors and founders who will challenge every assumption we have. That’s exactly what we came for.”
What else has FuzzingLabs been recognised for?
Cyber Booster joins a list of awards and programmes built over the past two years.
Awards and competitions
- Pwn2Own: 4 wins (AI 2025, IoT 2025, Automotive 2026, Ireland 2026)
- Winner, Innovation Awards, Cyber Show Paris 2026
- Finalist, Innovation Prize, Les Assises 2026
- Coup de Cœur, Nuit de la Sécurité Globale 2026
- Laureate, Cyber Defense Factory (DGA)
Programmes and networks
- GICAN, SeaStart programme
- GIFAS, Club StartAir
- Tech4Trust
- France Cyber Maritime
- NVIDIA Inception
- OVHcloud Startup Program
Behind them sits the research work: 1,500+ vulnerabilities found, 20+ CVEs published (see our trophies page), and 5,000+ engineers trained through our trainings.
FAQ
What is Cyber Booster?
A 12-month acceleration programme for French and European cybersecurity and digital trust startups. CyGO Entrepreneurs operates it with Le Poool, and France 2030 backs it.
How many startups are in the Cyber Booster 2026-2027 cohort?
Ten, including FuzzingLabs.
How long does the programme last?
Twelve months. A Build phase runs from November to March, then a Run phase from April to October.
Who leads FuzzingLabs?
Its founders: Patrick Ventuzelo (CEO), Tanguy Duhamel (CTO) and Nabih Benazzouz (COO). FuzzingLabs was founded in 2021 and is based in Île-de-France.
What is FuzzForge?
An offensive security platform that continuously validates the security and compliance of connected and embedded products. It runs on-premises and works on firmware and binaries, even without source code.
Prune Nespola, Marketing Lead at FuzzingLabs
About Us
FuzzingLabs was founded in 2021 by Patrick Ventuzelo, a vulnerability researcher who spent more than ten years finding the flaws hidden in firmware and binaries. He built FuzzingLabs to turn that passion into a company, and to teach it.
Today, FuzzingLabs is a French team of researchers and engineers. They compete at Pwn2Own, present at Black Hat and OffensiveCon, and pour that same passion into FuzzForge, the platform at the heart of the company.
