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John Doyle
Founder & CEO
Previously Head of National Security business at Palantir
Co-founded Cape in 2022 after running Palantir's national security business, where he encountered cellular-network vulnerabilities firsthand.
Privacy-first mobile carrier (MVNO) on UScellular's network that sells postpaid plans without collecting personal information or storing payment details, marketed to consumers, enterprises, and government users worried about cellular security threats.
Privacy-first mobile carrier (MVNO) on UScellular's network that sells postpaid plans without collecting personal information or storing payment details, marketed to consumers, enterprises, and government users worried about cellular security threats.
Founded in 2022 in Arlington, VA by ex-Palantir national-security executive John Doyle (CEO) and Gavin Uhma. Doyle saw how many cellular-network vulnerabilities his Palantir teams encountered protecting governments and built Cape to deliver a US-based MVNO that doesn't collect personal data and hardens consumers against SS7 and SIM-swap attacks.
SecurityWeek covers Cape's Series C and its focus on enterprise and government cellular security.
Series C co-led by Bain Capital Ventures and IVP with 01 Advisors, 137 Ventures, Definition, and Fifth Down Capital. Brings total funding to 191M.
TechCrunch reports Cape launched a public beta of its 99/month mobile plan, announced a Proton bundle, and raised 30M.
Light Reading reports Cape's privacy-first mobile service has officially launched.
Pulse 2.0 publishes coverage of Cape's 61M raise and privacy-first carrier positioning.
Fierce Network covers Cape's wholesale arrangement with UScellular for its privacy-first MVNO service.
Telecoms.com reports US MVNO Cape raised 61M to scale its privacy-first mobile service.
Founder & CEO
Previously Head of National Security business at Palantir
Co-founded Cape in 2022 after running Palantir's national security business, where he encountered cellular-network vulnerabilities firsthand.
Co-Founder
Co-founded Cape in 2022, focused on engineering a privacy-first mobile carrier on UScellular's network.
$191M raised total
Petitioner on record
CAPE US INC DBA CAPE PRIVACY · NEW YORK, NY
FY 2025
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