CA-based PrivacyHawk, a leader in consumer data protection has officially passed 1 million users just 2 years after launching and also raised another $3 million in capital with participation from strategic investor US News & World Report along with K Street Capital, ffVC, Cadron Capital, Alliance Catalyst Fund, Array, Liebenthal Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Duro, and Gaingels.
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The PrivacyHawk intends to spend the money on enhancing its flagship product and spreading awareness among the general public, who all require personal data protection to lower their risk of being targeted by spammers, con artists, and identity thieves.
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“K Street Capital is excited to have invested in PrivacyHawk’s recent funding round,” said fund Managing Director and Founder Paige Soya. “We love that this is a mission driven product solving a huge problem. And this is the right team to be the ones to lead this explosive new category.”
PrivacyHawk has two patents, (and two more pending), including its proprietary “Privacy Score,” the first personal data exposure risk score that works like a credit score. Users can install the app for free, do a free privacy scan, get a privacy score, and find out how many personal data exposures they have. Premium subscribers can then get access to a full suite of personal data protection services to help reduce their digital footprint and protect their personal data.
“We’re on a mission to help everyone reduce their digital footprint, personal data exposure, and protect their privacy using cutting edge automation, AI, and comprehensive personal data protection algorithms,” said Justin Wright, CTO and Co-Founder of PrivacyHawk. “There is a lot of talk about the need for personal data protection, but there were no solutions that were really solving the problem. That is why we started PrivacyHawk.”
“We’re excited to announce the extraordinary milestones we have reached in the size of our user base and the addition of new investors that believe in us and our mission,” said CEO and Co-Founder, Aaron Mendes. “This growth is a testament to the depth and breadth of the problem we are solving. Everyone knows that privacy and personal data are an integral part of who we are and must be protected. We’re proud to be building the first all-in-one solution to help protect everyone’s personal data from falling into the wrong hands.”
About PrivacyHawk
Founded in 2021 by seasoned privacy, consumer data, and engineering experts, PrivacyHawk is an all-in-one personal data protection service for consumers. PrivacyHawk reduces individuals’ risk of their personal data falling into the hands of scammers, spammers, hackers, and identity thieves. What’s unique about PrivacyHawk is that the product not only helps get consumers personal data out of data broker databases and off the surface web, it also helps reduce consumers’ risk of being in a data breach by 90% or more by automated removal from tens of thousands of corporate databases holding much more sensitive information. PrivacyHawk also offers a full suite of identity monitoring, protection, restoration and insurance.
