ProtonMail gets €2M from the EU to further develop the Proton ecosystem

We are glad to announce that the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, which has distributed nearly €80 billion across Europe to encourage scientific research and technological innovation, has recognized our contributions to the European economy and will be granting us €2 million to further our mission. The EU has now clearly signaled its support for privacy rights and is betting on Proton Technologies to deliver a European answer to the data mining monopolies of US tech giants like Google. The European Commission has specific requirements for the use of funds, and this funding is mostly earmarked for building technologies for ProtonDrive, as the EU would like to see an expansion of the Proton product offerings to enhance our global competitiveness.

Source: protonmail.com