Also known as: Optery, Inc.
Opt out software that removes your private info from the internet
Company is active
Event Year: 2021
Company is active
Event Year: 2021
Optery provides automated data removal services for individuals, families, and businesses, effectively removing personal information from numerous data brokers. These brokers often expose sensitive data like home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses online. Optery's platform allows users to reclaim their privacy and control their digital footprint.
Recognized as an industry leader, Optery has received multiple accolades, including PCMag's “Editors’ Choice” award for personal data removal in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. They also won Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Attack Surface Management, Digital Footprint Management, and Employee Privacy Protection in 2024 and 2025, Cyber Defense Magazine’s Top InfoSec Innovator and Best Attack Surface Management awards in 2024 and 2025, the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech award for security and privacy in 2023. Business Insider listed Optery as a promising early-stage startup with unicorn potential in 2025.
Optery actively mitigates risks associated with phishing, social engineering, identity theft, online harassment, and doxxing. It also prevents the unwanted appearance of personal data in search engine results.
Users can start with a free account to generate a personalized Exposure Report, which includes live screenshots illustrating where their data is exposed online. Optery offers free self-service removal tools, and paid plans are available for users who prefer Optery to handle the removal process.
Optery for Business caters to enterprises, enabling them to protect the privacy of their employees and executives. Furthermore, Optery offers an API, allowing developers to integrate data broker scanning and removal capabilities into their own applications.
Optery provides automated data removal services for individuals, families, and businesses, effectively removing personal information from numerous data brokers. These brokers often expose sensitive data like home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses online. Optery's platform allows users to reclaim their privacy and control their digital footprint.
Recognized as an industry leader, Optery has received multiple accolades, including PCMag's “Editors’ Choice” award for personal data removal in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. They also won Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Attack Surface Management, Digital Footprint Management, and Employee Privacy Protection in 2024 and 2025, Cyber Defense Magazine’s Top InfoSec Innovator and Best Attack Surface Management awards in 2024 and 2025, the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech award for security and privacy in 2023. Business Insider listed Optery as a promising early-stage startup with unicorn potential in 2025.
Optery actively mitigates risks associated with phishing, social engineering, identity theft, online harassment, and doxxing. It also prevents the unwanted appearance of personal data in search engine results.
Users can start with a free account to generate a personalized Exposure Report, which includes live screenshots illustrating where their data is exposed online. Optery offers free self-service removal tools, and paid plans are available for users who prefer Optery to handle the removal process.
Optery for Business caters to enterprises, enabling them to protect the privacy of their employees and executives. Furthermore, Optery offers an API, allowing developers to integrate data broker scanning and removal capabilities into their own applications.
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Winter 2022
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Winter 2022
B2B
B2B
B2B -> Security
B2B -> Security
Team size: 55
Hiring: Yes
Team size: 55
Hiring: Yes
