# Speek: Telecommunications, Cologne, Germany

> Speek: Speek is a decentralized, privacy-focused messaging platform designed for secure communication. Based in Cologne, Germany. Founded 2012.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/speek (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Speek

Speek is a decentralized, privacy-focused messaging platform designed for secure communication.

Funding reported Last round: Venture (Round not Specified)

Telecommunications Cologne, Germany

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2012 14 years old
- **Team:** 15 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** 17.1M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Venture (Round not Specified) Sept 2017

How sure we are

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- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

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## About Speek

Speek is a decentralized, privacy-focused messaging platform designed for secure communication.

It offers a chat application that prioritizes anonymity through end-to-end encryption and a serverless architecture that does not store user metadata. Users can communicate without needing a phone number or personal ID, with identities represented by public keys. The Speek messenger operates by creating a Tor hidden service on the user's device, routing messages through the Tor onion network. This ensures a high level of privacy and censorship resistance. The platform is cross-platform and emphasizes anonymous communication, making it suitable for general and privacy-conscious users.

## What company datasets say Speek raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **17.1M** in the source's currency

Last round **Venture (Round not Specified)**

Last round size **3.3M**

Last round date **Sept 2017**

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

voip simple protocol security tor hidden service self-hosted messaging enterprises file transfer p2p file sharing it services & computer repair resistance to censorship decentralized information technology & services no server dependency encrypted messages enterprise software information technology

Built with from their website

Google Tag Manager Google Play CloudFlare CDN Mobile Friendly Bootstrap Cloudflare DNS Outlook

- **Sector:** Telecommunications
- **Industry code:** NAICS 54151, 513210, SIC 7375, 7372
- **Region:** North Rhine-Westphalia

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