Cybersecurity

Anti-piracy start-up Ceartas DMCA to raise up to $6m

The company’s services include removal of so-called ‘revenge porn’ images from the internet

Dan Purcell, founder and chief executive, Ceartas DMCA: ‘We’re growing at about 176 per cent year-on-year and have been pretty much profitable since day one.’ Picture: Bryan Meade

Ceartas DMCA, an Irish company that has developed an anti-piracy and protection service for content creators which includes the removal of so-called “revenge porn” images from the internet, has been valued at $3 million after securing $500,000 in seed investment.

Speaking to the Business Post, Dan Purcell, founder and chief executive, said investors included M&A advisers John Lacy and John Hannon. A number of angel investors also participated in the recent seed stage, among them ...