TACEO, an Austria-based company building infrastructure for secure computation on encrypted data, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by Archetype VC, with participation from a16z CSX, Cyber.Fund, A.Capital Ventures, Polymorphic, and several angel investors.
Archetype VC is a crypto-native venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups building foundational Web3 infrastructure, decentralized protocols, and AI-powered blockchain applications. Based in New York and founded in 2021, Archetype backs visionary founders from the pre-seed to Series A stages.
TACEO Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to grow its team and expand the adoption of its secure computation technology across sectors such as AI, identity verification, and financial services.
About TACEO
Founded in 2022, TACEO is a SaaS startup developing infrastructure for secure, privacy-preserving computation on encrypted data. Built by cryptography researchers from Graz University of Technology, the team combines multiparty computation (MPC) and zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) into a novel architecture known as coSNARKs, enabling what it calls “Private Shared State.” TACEO’s platform allows organizations to collaborate and verify information without revealing underlying data or relying on centralized trust.
Funding Details
Company: TACEO
Raised: $5.5M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: July 2025
Lead Investor: Archetype VC
Additional Investors: a16z CSX, Cyber.Fund, A.Capital Ventures, Polymorphic
Company Website: https://taceo.io/
Software Category: Privacy-Preserving Computation / Cryptography / Web3 Infrastructure
Source: https://tech.eu/2025/07/31/taceo-raises-55m-seed-to-scale-encrypted-data-collaboration-platform/