Proton Technologies AG, the firm behind the encrypted email service, ProtonMail, has won €2 million from the European Union. The funds will help start the development of ProtonDrive.
The Swiss firm, Proton Technologies AG, which runs services like ProtonMailand ProtonVPN, has been awarded €2 million by the European Union in order to develop a suite of encrypted services. Despite the firm being headquartered outside of the EU, Switzerland has bilateral agreements with the EU that qualified firms in the country for the Horizon 2020 funding which this €2 million was awarded under.
