Cybersecurity is evolving, so are we.

We're a multinational team spread across Europe, with our home base at Vienna Airport.

The founders

Raphael Fiedler

Raphael Fiedler

Co-Founder & CEO

Raphael is Co-Founder and CEO of Nexufend. He focuses on product direction, go-to-market, and turning “intentional trust” into a practical network security approach. Before Nexufend, he co-founded Safing (Portmaster) and brings a strong security background including CISSP.

Daniel Hovie

Daniel Hovie

Co-Founder & CTO

Daniel is Co-Founder and CTO of Nexufend and leads engineering and architecture, with a focus on nano-segmentation and secure connectivity without hardware-heavy setups. He previously co-founded Safing as CTO and worked as a Security Research Engineer at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology.

Our history

We've grown through partnership, experimentation, and a belief in long-term thinking.

  1. 2017Raphael and Daniel founded Safing.io
  2. 2021Safing was recommended by Michael Bazzell
  3. 20224th fastest growing startup on GitHub
  4. 2022Multiple c't Magazin recommendations
  5. 2024Safing exit to IVPN
  6. January 2025Nexufend is born
  7. November 2025Pre-seed funding

Shaping cybersecurity in Europe 🇪🇺

We build network security that runs on every device, without a firewall box in the middle. Built in Europe, for Europe.

Stars on the Portmaster repository
11k+
Pre-seed funding
1.0m+

Secured by Nexufend

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Where to find us

Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Nexufend is headquartered in Vienna, building cybersecurity for Europe, from the heart of Europe.

Address
Office Park 21300 Schwechat, Vienna Airport
Vineyards near Stuttgart

Stuttgart, Germany

Nexufend also has a second office in Stuttgart.

Address
Lautenschlagerstr. 1670173 Stuttgart

Experience Nexufend in action

See every connection on a real device, with the program behind it, and the rules that keep it in its lane.

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