Kape Technologies: 2024 Guide to Who Owns ExpressVPN
Kape Technologies is a digital security technologies company that owns VPNs ExpressVPN, CyberGhost or Private Internet Access. The history and business practices of Kape Technologies are concerning, but there’s no evidence of a threat to any users of its VPNs.
I recently wrote an investigation of who owns your VPN, shedding light on the troubling trend of VPN consolidation. In that inquiry, one name rose above all the others: Kape Technologies. But what is Kape Technologies, and how worried should you be if it owns your favorite virtual private network (VPN) service?
Kape Technologies is a company whose purpose is to own other companies, and it is in turn owned by Unikmind, whose sole owner is Israeli businessman Teddy Sagi. Kape Technologies is a distributor of digital security technologies, including VPNs, antivirus software and online publishers of privacy information. Its current portfolio includes ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access and Zenmate.
There are two separate reasons to be concerned about how Kape has come to dominate the VPN field. The first is basic economics. Consolidation reduces competition, which in turn reduces the business’s incentive to serve up a good product. The second reason ties into Kape’s checkered history, which I’ll explain in more detail later in this article.
