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by elliotec 2362 days ago
They have a grand total of $4.8MM in funding, and €2MM came from an EU grant. Hardly even a modest sum considering the tech funding climate these days.

The EU is one of the most privacy-conscious government entities on Earth right now, and it needs to be noted that ProtonMail is located entirely within Switzerland, an even more privacy-conscious state that is not a member of the EU.