Secludy

Summary active Updated May 14, 2026

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2024
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $4M

Founders

Ben Cerchio Founder & CEO
Ming He Co-Founder & CTO

About

Secludy is a San Francisco-based privacy-tech startup whose platform generates privacy-guaranteed synthetic data that mirrors original datasets, enabling teams to train, fine-tune, and evaluate AI models without exposing sensitive customer information 12. Built on differential privacy, Secludy’s approach is compliant by design with GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, and deploys entirely within the customer’s own cloud environment 1. On May 13, 2026, Secludy announced a $4M seed round led by Impression Ventures with participation from LAUNCH, The Syndicate (Jason Calacanis), Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Hustle Fund, Script Capital, Mana Ventures, and Chispa VC 123.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-05-13 Seed $4M Impression Ventures LAUNCH, The Syndicate, Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Hustle Fund, Script Capital, Mana Ventures, Chispa VC 123

What Investors Say

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What Founders Say

“Every CEO is telling their teams to ship AI. None of them want to be the one explaining a customer data leak on the next earnings call.” — Ben Cerchio, Founder & CEO of Secludy, May 13, 2026 1.

Sources


  1. GlobeNewswire, “Secludy Raises $4M to Safely Unlock Proprietary Data for GenAI,” May 13, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/13/3294051/0/en/Secludy-Raises-4M-to-Safely-Unlock-Proprietary-Data-for-GenAI.html

  2. FinSMEs, “Secludy Raises $4M in Seed Funding,” May 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.finsmes.com/2026/05/secludy-raises-4m-in-seed-funding.html

  3. BigDATAwire, “Secludy Raises $4M to Safely Unlock Proprietary Data for GenAI,” May 13, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/this-just-in/secludy-raises-4m-to-safely-unlock-proprietary-data-for-genai/