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SafeGuard Privacy
Pound Ridge, US · Founded 2022 · 24 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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SafeGuard Privacy provides a software platform for legal privacy compliance, offering standardized law-based assessments, vendor due diligence, and a defensible compliance record. It also includes a Vendor Compliance Hub and integrates with the IAB Diligence Platform to speed up vendor diligence for companies managing privacy obligations.
Founders & leadership
SafeGuard Privacy was founded in 2022 by Richy Glassberg and Wayne Matus.
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Richy GlassbergCo-Founder / CEO at SafeGuard✓PrivacyHe brings over 25 years of digital media experience, including founding and leading multiple startups, serving as CEO/COO at Medialets (which he sold to WPP), and holding executive roles at companies including CNN.com, MTVN, Turner Broadcasting, News Corp, and WPP.
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Wayne MatusCo-Founder - Board Advisor and General Counsel EmeritusWayne Matus is an attorney with extensive experience in privacy law, data protection, and information governance, having held roles at major law firms and a leading global financial institution where he managed litigation, privacy, and compliance teams.
Investors · 3
Dynamism Capitallisted by Dynamism CapitalBrooklyn
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TechOperators Venture Capitallisted by TechOperators Venture CapitalAtlanta · $1M
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Sidekick Partnersreported
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$9.5M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2022–2023
▶$2.3MraisedApr 2024 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$2.3MraisedApr 2024 · 3 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Richard SheldonExecutive Officer
- Richard GlassbergExecutive Officer, Director
- Dave GouldDirector
- Mark BarberDirector
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $2.3M
- First sale
- Nov 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$7.3MraisedAug 2022 · 31 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$7.3MraisedAug 2022 · 31 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Richy GlassbergExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $7.3M
- Amount sold
- $7.3M
- First sale
- Aug 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does SafeGuard Privacy do?
- SafeGuard Privacy provides a software platform for legal privacy compliance, offering standardized law-based assessments, vendor due diligence, and a defensible compliance record. It also includes a Vendor Compliance Hub and integrates with the IAB Diligence Platform to speed up vendor diligence for companies managing privacy obligations.
- Who founded SafeGuard Privacy?
- SafeGuard Privacy was founded by Richy Glassberg, Wayne Matus in 2022.
- Who are SafeGuard Privacy's investors?
- SafeGuard Privacy's investors include Dynamism Capital, TechOperators Venture Capital, Sidekick Partners.
- How much funding has SafeGuard Privacy raised?
- SafeGuard Privacy has disclosed $9.5M raised across 2 rounds.
- Where is SafeGuard Privacy headquartered?
- SafeGuard Privacy is headquartered in Pound Ridge, US.