Germ Network

We're so proud to share that we’ve raised pre-seed funding. Come celebrate with us at TechCrunch Disrupt and at our SF Happy Hour tonight. Then it’s back to work building the future of communication. We're thrilled to work with our investors: K5 Global and the untaggable, unstoppable Daniel Marcotte; Mohamed, Adam and Saayeli at Mozilla Ventures; and Paul and team at Gaingels; as well as angels Nick Sullivan, Jessica M. of Copper Wire Ventures, Adam Sah, and many more. With continued gratitude to our board of advisors and our community for supporting us to this point. We’re just getting started. Read the full announcement on our blog. https://lnkd.in/gzR4EEsj

Learn about our technology and celebrate with us! Today on our blog, cofounder and CTO Mark Xue shares two new posts describing Germ's unique user-defined identities and how they interact with Messaging Layer Security. Start with the first post, below. And join us Monday in SF for our Happy Hour! https://lnkd.in/gs_HjqjA https://lu.ma/za7r6wag #sanfrancisco #techcrunchdisrupt #security #e2ee #messaging #MLS #ietf

TechCrunch Disrupt starts one week from today! Here's all the ways to find our team: - in Booth O22 all 3 days, in the Security, Privacy + Social Networking section - at our Happy Hour on Monday night in SF - RSVP below! https://lu.ma/za7r6wag - pitching on Tuesday morning between 9:30-11:30 in the 2nd floor Exhibit Hall Will we see you there? Let us know :) #techcrunchdisrupt #privacy #messaging #e2ee #startups

🍻 Beers on us! Join us at our SF happy hour on Monday Oct 28 to celebrate our inclusion in TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield. 🔋 If you care about privacy, social media, or the future of communication we’d love to chat with you. 🦜 And if we already know you, come hang out! Deets and RSVP below >>>  https://lu.ma/za7r6wag #privacy #e2ee #sf #sanfrancisco #messaging #socialmedia #startupbattlefield

We’re delighted to share that Germ DM is now end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security! Germ is the first standalone consumer service on MLS. Building with MLS positions us to innovate on identity with continued access to best-in-class cryptography, including for post-quantum crypto. Special thanks to our technical advisors Richard Barnes and Nick Sullivan, whose guidance was essential, and to the mls-rs community. Read co-founder and CTO Mark Xue’s full announcement on our blog below. (Oh yeah, and we have a fancy new website 😉) Germ DM is available for iPhone in the App Store now. #encryption #e2ee #startups #ietf #standards #messaging https://lnkd.in/g3uuzyh3

SF fam and TechCrunch attendees, join Germ and Citizens on Monday Oct 28 for happy hour! We’ll be celebrating our Startup Battlefield attendance and would love to see you and chat the future of social media, privacy, and communication. RSVP in the comments!

Germ's mission is to support healthy communication. Before we share some major technical announcements, we wanted to stay grounded in our "why." Check out our newest blog post for a discussion of our mission - healthy communication - and our values: agency, accessibility, utility, and alignment. https://lnkd.in/g-ssSrDv

Disrupt this! Germ has been selected from among thousands of applicants to exhibit and present at TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield 2024. The team will be on the conference floor in San Francisco to show off our new technology and jam out with you about the future of communication. A raft of announcements are coming down the pipeline, and we’re beyond excited to celebrate them at TechCrunch Disrupt. See you there!!! And if you haven't gotten your ticket yet, they gave us a 25% off promo code <SB25> 😉 - use it here https://bit.ly/4g43wVk #startups #messaging #privacy #security #techcrunch #startupbattlefield

Trusting tech means trusting the people building it. Here's a bit more about myself, my cofounder Mark, and our amazing advisors - Richard Barnes - Nick Sullivan - Ilyse Hogue - Tom Siegel - Riana Pfefferkorn - Jon Fernandez - and Micah Schaffer - up on our blog now.

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. In advance of some exciting updates this fall, we thought we'd share more about our team of cofounders and advisors. Because we know that trusting our technology means trusting the folks building it, too :) Up now on our blog. https://lnkd.in/gpKmr-Bx