Data privacy regtech SecurePII lands $5 million Seed raise for global push

The round was led by Sydney VC Tidal Ventures.

SecurePII was founded by Jason Thals, Haydn Faltyn and Bill Placke, self-confessed skiers, mountain climbers, soccer players, cyclists, marathon runners, campers, golfers, paragliders and travellers who are “into motorbikes, sports cars, woodwork, Lego, science fiction, Pink Floyd and walking in the rain” as well as beer brewing.

They also have deep expertise in cloud communications, data compliance, and large-scale software delivery, spinning SecurePII out of cloud communications company BroadSource, in early 2025.

PII stands for personally identifiable information and the startup’s cloud-native expertise is initially focused on the PCI (payment card industry) and the new PCI DSS (data security standard), released in March, which has stricter requirements for how sensitive payment data is stored, handled, and protected for companies storing call recordings containing cardholder information.

SecurePII’s “secret sauce” is using patented AI to remove PII in real time during a recorded conversation. The platform integrates into VoIP platforms and payment gateways so teams can keep serving customers while minimising global data privacy compliance exposure. Their flagship product, Securecall, is already being used in the United States, Australia and Europe.

Placke, the Americas president, said the platform closes a key data privacy gap using AI.

“Reading your credit card details or personal information to a stranger on the phone is one of the last unsolved risks,” he said.

“SecurePII not only makes voice payments PCI-compliant; it will also enable organisations to safely harness voice data for AI and analytics.”

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Tidal Ventures managing partner Wendell Keuneman’ who’s a veteran of building and scaling communications technology companies.

“Voice is one of the last unprotected frontiers in payments,” he said.

“SecurePII’s deep domain expertise, strong telco relationships, and elegant solution position them to become the compliance layer for business voice globally. We see significant potential for this to become critical infrastructure across modern communications networks.”