startups · privacy · updated Aug 6, 2026
trending privacy startups, ranked by investor follow signal
frontrun tracks 156 privacy companies and watches which ones the follow graphs of 2,000+ venture investors converge on. these are the privacy companies with the most new tracked follows in the last 90 days - most of them before any announced round. counts are public; which investors are behind them is in the product.
| # | company | what they do | followers | first flagged | tracked follows (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EthSystems @eth_systems | Building confidential systems for institutional Ethereum | 7,615 | Jul 14, 2026 | +30 |
| 2 | The Solana Privacy Protocol @heliusprivacy | Encryption at the speed of Solana. | 2,728 | May 26, 2026 | +20 |
| 3 | octra @octra | universal encrypted compute with hypergraph FHE. install and build: https://t.co/hWmJYDlmK3 learn: https://t.co/h81e58sTiU explore: @octrascan | 27,840 | Feb 26, 2026 | +9 |
| 4 | The Interfold @theinterfold | We let competing companies or complete strangers compute together on sensitive data: private inputs, verifiable outputs, no trusted hardware. | 2,914 | May 28, 2026 | +8 |
| 5 | talon. @talonprotocol | Launch and trade tokens without being seen. $TALON - june 15, 2026 4 PM UTC. https://t.co/VTn1TZQK6M - june 16 2 PM UTC. Privacy is for everyone. | 1,347 | Jun 1, 2026 | +7 |
| 6 | Umbra Privacy @umbraprivacy | Incognito Mode for your Money. | 40,596 | Dec 27, 2025 | +7 |
| 7 | nyx. @nyxmoney | Incognito mode for Ethereum. Make and move money privately. | 425 | May 13, 2026 | +5 |
| 8 | Protocol 15 @15protocol | Auditable privacy protocol on @solana | 26 | Jun 9, 2026 | +4 |
| 9 | zBase @zbase__ | Privacy is for all, including your agents | @base Batches 003 Finalist | Janitor @goheesheng | 1,057 | May 26, 2026 | +4 |
| 10 | Unlink @unlink_xyz | The privacy infrastructure for moving money onchain. Testnet live on Ethereum, Base, and more. Backed by @ev3ventures, @crediblyneutral, @cmt_digital & others. | 1,108 | Feb 21, 2026 | +4 |
every privacy company we track a page for
32 companies, alphabetical.
anon0mesh · Arcium · Armada · Deveillance · Encrypt · EthSystems · Fhenix · hisoka · Hyve · inconetwork · Keet · Ligero Inc. · Miden · Midnight · Nillion · nyx. · octra · Palliora · Privacy Cash · Privacy Pools · Protocol 15 · Seismic · Succinct · TACEO · talon. · The Interfold · The Solana Privacy Protocol · Umbra Privacy · Unlink · Veil.Cash · zBase · zERC20
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