The “PrivSec” vertical is a megatrend

Network and search:

• VPN industry: Yearly revenue growth of 20% to $54b 2023
• Tor network: Usage gre 200% to 2M DAU 2019 - 2023
• Duckduckgo: Usage grew 260% from 2019 - 2023

Messaging and utilities:

• Brave browser: DAU grew 300% (to 15.5 million) from 2020 to 2023
• Protonmail: User growth 500% to 100m 2020 - 2023
• Telegram MAU grew 350% to 700m (2018 - 2023)

Alternative

An alternative to telegram that has better privacy and security is the app: Signal which grew 200% to 80m active users in (2021 - 2023)

Privacy investments

Notable VC funded projects in the B2C Decentralized PrivSec space:

• element.io - Private slack
• anytype.io — The everything app
• proton.me — Privacy by default - email
• skiff.com - Private, encrypted, secure email
• obsidian.md - Obsidian is the private and flexible note‐taking app