The Proton AG media kit
Proton AG in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Proton AG.
Media kit
Proton Mail is made by Proton AG, a Swiss company whose primary shareholder is the non-profit Proton Foundation, and which also makes Proton VPN, Drive, Pass and other apps. It earns money from paid subscriptions sold alongside free plans.
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Proton AG’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Proton AG. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2014
The year Proton AG was founded, in Geneva
In a sentence
Proton Mail is made by Proton AG, a Swiss company whose primary shareholder is the non-profit Proton Foundation, and which also makes Proton VPN, Drive, Pass and other apps. It earns money from paid subscriptions sold alongside free plans.
In a paragraph
Proton AG was founded in 2014 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in Zurich, Paris, London, Barcelona, Skopje, Vilnius, Prague and Taipei. Andy Yen is its founder & CEO; Jason Stockman is a co-founder. More than 600 employees representing over 50 nationalities, according to its team page.
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Jason Stockman
Co-founder
Bart Butler
CTO
Raphael Auphan
COO
57 open jobs across the whole company, in engineering, sales, growth and marketing, product and customer support among other areas.
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Part 02 · Funding
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
Self-funded
By its own account: no outside investors
Started with a crowdfunding campaign in July 2014 that raised more than $550,000 from over 10,000 supporters, then announced $2 million in March 2015 in a round led by Charles River Ventures and FONGIT. Its About page now says it has no venture capital investors.
Filled: led at least one round. As each announcement names them.
Proton Mail, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
End-to-end encrypted email service based in Switzerland
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Part 04 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
57
Open roles on Proton AG's careers page
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