Draft:Usercentrics

Usercentrics is a consent management platform (CMP) based in Germany that helps companies obtain, manage, and document user consent. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Prague, Czech Republic, Lisbon, Portugal, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

History
Usercentrics GmbH was founded in 2017 in Munich, Germany, by Mischa Rürup, Daniel Johannsen, and Lisa Gradow. In 2012, Cybot, the parent company of Cookiebot, was launched in Denmark. On September 8, 2021, Usercentrics merged with Cybot and continued to operate under the name Usercentrics.

In September 2018, Usercentrics received a pre-seed round of funding from investors, including Cavalry Ventures and Reimann Investors. In July 2019, the company closed a Series A round of €4,000,000, led by Alstin Capital. In December 2020, Usercentrics raised €17,000,000 in a Series B round led by Full In Partners.

In 2022, Usercentrics received the Siinda Award for Outstanding Digital Innovation and SMB Support. In 2022 and 2023, the company received the Børsen Gazelle Award. In Spring 2024, Usercentrics received G2 badges, including Leader in the Consent Management Platform category.

In May 2024, Usercentrics achieved a 50% Year-over-Year growth.

Overview
Usercentrics offers technology for businesses to collect, manage, and document user consents and preferences on websites and apps, to enable businesses to be compliant with global privacy regulations. The company provides products such as Usercentrics Web CMP, Cookiebot™CMP, Usercentrics App CMP, Usercentrics TV CMP, Consent Management API, Cookiebot for Wix, Cookiebot CMP WordPress Plugin, and Preference Manager.

Usercentrics enables compliance with global regulations including GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), VCDPA (Virginia), LGPD (Brazil),  POPIA (South Africa), (Switzerland), and DMA (EU). The company operates in over 180 countries, including major markets like Europe, UK, USA, Brazil, and South Africa. Usercentrics is also a Google CMP Partner   and was the first third-party consent management app on the Wix App Market. The company is WCAG 2.1 Certified, IAB Validated CMP - Compliant v2.0, https://iabeurope.eu/cmp-list/   ISO 27001 Certified, and an IAPP Bronze Member.