Virtru

Washington, DC, USA
Founded 2012

Virtru is a global leader in data-centric security that provides encryption solutions for email, file sharing, and SaaS applications. The company enables organizations to maintain control over their sensitive data wherever it's shared, using open standards and the Virtru Data Security Platform to support compliance with regulations like CMMC, ITAR, and CJIS. Virtru is the creator and maintainer of the open source OpenTDF specification.

Last Updated: August 4, 2025

Current Valuation

$500M

as of July 11, 2025 (Source)

Funding Summary

$191M

Total reported funding

Key People

John Ackerly
Co-Founder & CEOFounder
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Will Ackerly
Co-Founder & Chief ArchitectFounder
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Core OSS Projects

Trusted Data Format (TDF) specification - an open, interoperable, JSON encoded data format for implementing data-centric security for objects such as files or emails

License: BSD

Project that illustrates the capabilities of Virtru's JavaScript SDK for protecting and tracking sensitive data

License: MIT

Business Information

Industries

Software

Technologies

Privacy
Data Encryption
Data Security

Sectors

EnterpriseDevelopers

Licenses

BSD-3-Clause

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