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Surfshark B.V

Surfshark VPN is offered by Surfshark B.V., a Netherlands-registered company that was founded in Lithuania in 2018. It earns money from VPN and security subscriptions sold on monthly and multi-year terms, and since February 2022 it has been part of a group formed with Nord Security.

surfshark.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.

Surfshark at a glance

Chief executive
Dovydas Godelis
Founded
2018
Based in
Registered in the Netherlands, with a distributed team working from Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands and more
Last valuation
$3B
Reported Sep 28, 2023
Latest round
Growth investment, $100M
Sep 28, 2023
Team
500 people
Ownership
Part of a larger company

Surfshark's CEO and founders

The people Surfshark B.V names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.

Surfshark funding

Raised as the joint Surfshark and Nord Security group. Its own blog announced $100M from Novator Ventures, Burda Principal Investments and General Catalyst in April 2022 at a $1.6 billion valuation, then $100M from Warburg Pincus in September 2023 at $3 billion. surfshark.comsurfshark.comtechcrunch.com

WhenRoundAmountInvestors
Sep 28, 2023Growth investment$100MLed by Warburg Pincus. surfshark.com
Apr 7, 2022Growth investment$100MLed by Novator Ventures. With Burda Principal Investments, General Catalyst, Ilkka Paananen, Miki Kuusi, Matt Mullenweg. surfshark.com

Every investor named

  • Novator Ventures · led a round
  • Warburg Pincus · led a round
  • Burda Principal Investments
  • General Catalyst
  • Ilkka Paananen
  • Matt Mullenweg
  • Miki Kuusi

Surfshark valuation

$3B

Sep 28, 2023

Surfshark announced the figure itself on its blog on 28 September 2023, as the joint valuation of Surfshark and Nord Security after the Warburg Pincus investment. surfshark.com

A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.

Company details

Ownership
Part of a larger company. Part of the group formed with Nord Security in February 2022. Its own announcement says the two came together to form a group while continuing to operate as autonomous companies with separate infrastructure and product plans. surfshark.com
Founded
2018 surfshark.com
Based in
Registered in the Netherlands, with a distributed team working from Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands and more surfshark.com
Team
More than 500 employees, as its About page states; its 2023 blog post put the joint Nord Security and Surfshark team at over 2,000 people surfshark.com
Hiring
27 open roles on its job board, read Oct 18, 2026 jobs.ashbyhq.com
Affiliate program
Affiliate program paying a 40% revenue share on new sales, with one payout rate for all countries, a 30-day cookie and a real-time tracking dashboard. surfshark.com

Jobs at Surfshark

Surfshark has 27 open roles, most in Surfshark (16), Incogni (10) and HeyPolo (1). Pick one to read it and apply on Surfshark’s own site.

See all 27 jobs at SurfsharkCareers page

Read from Surfshark’s job board on Ashby on Oct 18, 2026 and checked every day. Applications go to Surfshark, not to us.

Surfshark on social media and the web

Only accounts Surfshark B.V links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.

How to contact Surfshark B.V

The ways Surfshark B.V publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.

Surfshark news and launches

Media kit

The Surfshark B.V media kit

Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Surfshark B.V.

Download the media kitRead it here

Questions about Surfshark the company

Who is the CEO of Surfshark?

Dovydas Godelis is Surfshark B.V's CEO, according to surfshark.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

When was Surfshark founded?

Surfshark B.V was founded in 2018, according to surfshark.com.

How much funding has Surfshark raised?

Raised as the joint Surfshark and Nord Security group. Its own blog announced $100M from Novator Ventures, Burda Principal Investments and General Catalyst in April 2022 at a $1.6 billion valuation, then $100M from Warburg Pincus in September 2023 at $3 billion.

Who are Surfshark's investors?

The announcements name Novator Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Burda Principal Investments, General Catalyst, Ilkka Paananen, Matt Mullenweg and Miki Kuusi. Novator Ventures and Warburg Pincus led rounds.

When did Surfshark last raise money?

The most recent round announced was in Sep 28, 2023: Growth investment, $100M, led by Warburg Pincus.

What is Surfshark's valuation?

$3B, as of Sep 28, 2023. Surfshark announced the figure itself on its blog on 28 September 2023, as the joint valuation of Surfshark and Nord Security after the Warburg Pincus investment.

Who owns Surfshark?

Part of the group formed with Nord Security in February 2022. Its own announcement says the two came together to form a group while continuing to operate as autonomous companies with separate infrastructure and product plans.

Where is Surfshark based?

Surfshark B.V gives its base as Registered in the Netherlands, with a distributed team working from Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands and more.

How many people work at Surfshark?

More than 500 employees, as its About page states; its 2023 blog post put the joint Nord Security and Surfshark team at over 2,000 people.

Is Surfshark hiring?

Yes. Surfshark’s job board listed 27 open roles on Oct 18, 2026, most in Surfshark (16), Incogni (10) and HeyPolo (1). You apply on its own site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/surfshark

Is Surfshark on social media?

Surfshark B.V links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads and Reddit. The links are on this page, taken from Surfshark B.V's own site.

Does Surfshark have an affiliate program?

Affiliate program paying a 40% revenue share on new sales, with one payout rate for all countries, a 30-day cookie and a real-time tracking dashboard.

Where this comes from

Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Surfshark B.V’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.

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