Swedish digital privateness startup Dold Adress has raised €1.8 million in what it calls an “unusually massive angel spherical,” because it appears to broaden its suite of instruments designed to assist people and staff take away private data from the online.
The newest funding comes completely from personal angels quite than institutional enterprise capital. Notable backers embody John Daniels, former head of safety for the Swedish Armed Forces, serial entrepreneur and billionaire Magnus Emilson, and board member Anders Holm.
Within the phrases of Founder Filip Landgren, “We’re extraordinarily proud to have raised 20 million [Swedish Krona] in such unsure occasions, with out having to usher in VC or problem choice shares. The curiosity from heavyweight angels demonstrates the energy of our imaginative and prescient and product.”
Based in 2023 by Filip Landgren and Anthon Wansland, Dold Adress (which interprets to “Hidden Handle”) appears to turn into a novel participant within the digital privateness house. Their platform permits Swedish customers to delist their private information from generally used data directories reminiscent of Mrkoll.se, Ratsit.se, Merinfo.se, and Hitta.se.
It additionally provides darkish internet monitoring and deletion companies for many who are particularly involved about id theft or harassment.
Dold Adress addresses a rising societal want, the place over 500k Swedish residents are reportedly subjected to harassment yearly and greater than 3 million face tried id hijacking or fraud.
Working underneath dad or mum firm Alpha Securities, the Stockholm-based firm is sharpening its give attention to giving customers management over their digital footprint.
At present serving over 1,200 places throughout Sweden, the platform claims to have helped take away greater than 1 million hyperlinks containing personal data from serps reminiscent of Google. It has additionally uncovered greater than 100k situations of uncovered person information on the darkish internet.
Whereas the corporate has opted to stay exterior the normal VC pipeline for now, Landgren urged that future rounds might nonetheless be open to enterprise corporations underneath the fitting circumstances.
“We thought we would go away the door open for VC traders as latecomers, however because of our angels, we’re already in a robust place. Now we’re absolutely centered on shifting ahead,” Landgren stated.
For customers looking for a level of digital invisibility – whether or not for security, privateness, or peace of thoughts – the corporate provides an accessible, GDPR-aligned pathway to reclaiming private management over on-line information.
