Private company
Riseup
Logo: Riseup Networks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Tech collective
Riseup is a volunteer-run social movement organization providing secure email, email lists, a VPN service, online chat, and other online services to support activists engaged in various social justice causes and opposition to capitalism. This organization was launched by activists in Seattle with borrowed equipment and a few users in 1999 or 2000, and quickly grew to millions of accounts.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersSeattle1
- Websiteriseup.net
- Legal form501(c)(4) organization1
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Riseup is a volunteer-run social movement organization providing secure email, email lists, a VPN service, online chat, and other online services to support activists engaged in various social justice causes and opposition to capitalism. This organization was launched by activists in Seattle with borrowed equipment and a few users in 1999 or 2000, and quickly grew to millions of accounts.2
Products and brands
- Tor onion service
- cloud storage
- computer-supported collaboration
- email hosting service
- instant messaging
- software as a service
- virtual private network service
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1999Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitevww6ybal4bd7szmgncyruucpgfkqahzddi37ktceo3ah7ngmcopnpyyd.onion1
- Websiteriseup.net1
- X (Twitter)x.com/riseupnet1
- WikipediaRiseup
- WikidataQ21016183
Sources
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- 1WikidataRiseup on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaRiseup on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsRiseup logo by Riseup Networks, Public domain