Terra Industries leads $1m round in Aeon to build Africa’s cyber defence layer

Aeon, a Nigerian cybersecurity startup building a platform to help high-trust organisations protect critical digital infrastructure, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by defence-tech startup Terra Industries. Resilience 17, the venture fund founded by Flutterwave co-founder and chief executive officer Olugbenga Agboola, Kaleo, DFS Labs, Ajim Capital, and Seedstars also participated in the funding round. Aeon will use the funding to develop its cybersecurity products, expand business