Secludy Raises $4 Million Seed

Secludy, a San Francisco, CA-based privacy-tech startup serving the financial services sector, has raised $4 million seed funding round.

Investors

The round was led by Impression Ventures, a venture firm specializing in fintech. Additional participating investors included LAUNCH, The Syndicate, Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Hustle Fund, Script Capital, Mana Ventures, and Chispa VC.

Secludy Use of Funds

Secludy plans to use the new capital to accelerate its hiring efforts, scale its go-to-market strategy, and expand its platform capabilities across additional enterprise AI workflows beyond its initial focus on fintech.

About Secludy

Founded by Ben Cerchio and Ming He, Secludy focuses on helping regulated industries leverage proprietary data for AI initiatives without exposing sensitive information. The company provides a platform that enables enterprises to train generative AI models and evaluate AI vendors using synthetic data that replicates original datasets. Its platform uses differential privacy to generate synthetic data, enabling secure AI model training and vendor testing within a customer’s own cloud environment.

Funding Details

Company: Secludy, Inc.
Raised: $4M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: May 13, 2026
Lead Investor: Impression Ventures
Additional Investors: LAUNCH, The Syndicate, Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Hustle Fund, Script Capital, Mana Ventures, Chispa VC
Company Website: https://secludy.com
Software Category: Privacy-tech and Artificial Intelligence
Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/13/3294051/32619/en/secludy-raises-4m-to-safely-unlock-proprietary-data-for-genai.html