Optery (Founding)

Founding Year: 2021
Company Description: Optery is automated opt out software, and we serve individuals, families and businesses. With Optery, you can remove yourself from hundreds of data brokers that are posting and selling your home address, phone number, email and other private information on the internet. Optery was awarded"Editors' Choice" by PCMag.com as the most outstanding product in its category in 2022 and 2023, and was a winner in Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech for Security and Privacy in 2023. Optery prevents phishing and social engineering, identity theft and fraud, online stalking and harassment, doxxing, and prevents people's private information from showing up in Google search results. Anyone can create a free account to receive a personalized Exposure Report with live screenshots summarizing where your information is being posted and sold online. Optery then provides free tools for self-service removals, or you can upgrade to a paid plan, and Optery will remove the profiles for you. Optery for Business serves enterprises removing personal information from the internet for their employees and executives, and offers an API enabling application developers to embed data broker scanning and removal technology into their applications.
Market: B2B
Location: Walnut Creek, CA, USA; Remote
Coinvestors: YCombinator