Where is PureVPN located?

PureVPN is headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

How many employees does PureVPN have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at PureVPN is 156.

Where does PureVPN rank among its competitors?

PureVPN ranks 13th amongst 1526 active competitors, of which 49 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Tailscale, which secured $160M in Apr, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of PureVPN?

PureVPN's top competitors include Tailscale, Express Vpn and SafeHouse. Among them, Tailscale secured the most recent funding round in April, 2025.

PureVPN - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

PureVPN is a funded company based in Hong Kong (China), founded in 2006 by Uzair Gadit and Aaqib Gadit. It operates as an Encryption based VPN service for secure and anonymous browsing. The company has 1526 active competitors, including 49 funded and 94 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Tailscale, Express Vpn and SafeHouse.

Company Details

PureVPN provides unrestricted browsing solution with protection against online threats. Features include ISP speed throttling prevention, DNS Leak Protection, IPv6 Leak Protection, Port Forwarding, VoIP Support, VPN Disconnect Protection, Zero Logging Policy and add-on based dedicated IP, NAT Firewall and DDoS protection. Company also provides business plan with bundled discounts, dedicated portals and dedicated bandwidth. Claims to have over 550 servers in 140+ countries. Started as an experimental service providing online security against data sniffers and targeting regions where internet was censored and access to websites and VoIP was restricted and commercialized in 2007.

Website: www.purevpn.com/
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Founded Year

2006

Location

Hong Kong, China

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Funding Raised

Investors

Gaditek & 1 more

Ranked

13^th among 1526 active competitors

Employee Count

156 as on Jul 31, 2026

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PureVPN is a funded company. PureVPN has 2 institutional investors.

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The founders of PureVPN are Uzair Gadit and Aaqib Gadit.

Here are the details of PureVPN's key team members:

Uzair Gadit: Co-Founder & Director of PureVPN and founder of 2 other companies, Secure.com and Cloudways.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Aaqib Gadit: Co-Founder of PureVPN and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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PureVPN's employee count trend

PureVPN has 156 employees as of Jul 26. Here is PureVPN's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of PureVPN include Tailscale, Express Vpn and SafeHouse. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of PureVPN, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Tailscale 2019, Toronto (Canada), Series C	VPN solutions based on wireguard protocol	$275M	Accel, Heavybit & 11 others	72/100
2nd	Express Vpn 2009, Milton Keynes (United Kingdom), Acquired	Provider of SaaS based personal VPN	-	-	71/100
3rd	SafeHouse 2016, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	AI based platform for security of mobile devices	$9M	Altair Capital, Barclays & 9 others	66/100
4th	Helium 2006, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Hardware mining solutions for cryptocurrency	$370M	Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures ... & 52 others	66/100
5th	Instabridge 2012, Stockholm (Sweden), Series A	Crowdsourced wi-fi hotspot network provider	$8M	Draper, Creandum & 9 others	64/100
6th	WiFi 2013, Shanghai (China), Series A	App for quickly connecting to wifi hotspots without a password	$62.6M	NLVC, Eight Roads Ventures & 7 others	62/100
7th	WeLink 2011, San Jose (United States), Series A	Provider of internet services	$185M	Alchemist Accelerator, Digital Alpha Advisors ... & 1 others	62/100
8th	ProtonVPN 2016, Geneva (Switzerland), Unfunded	Encryption & Tor server based secure VPN solution for individual & professionals	-	-	61/100
9th	Hola VPN 2007, Netanya (Israel), Series C	Provider of VPN based private & secure browsing and video CDN	$34M	IRIS, Horizons Ventures & 14 others	61/100
10th	Boingo Wireless 2001, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired	Provider of wireless WiFi internet services	$94.8M	infonet.com, eCOMPANIES & 12 others	60/100
13th	PureVPN 2006, Hong Kong (China), Funding Raised	Encryption based VPN service for secure and anonymous browsing	-	Gaditek, Disrupt	57/100