ReputationDefender raises $15M to champion privacy on the web

ReputationDefender, a Redwood City-based startup aiming to help people manage their privacy and reputation in a world where more is being published and shared than ever before, raised $15 million in a third round of funding led by JAFCO Ventures. Earlier investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers along with Bessemer Venture Partners tacked on more funding as well.

The company sells monthly subscriptions to different services that monitor what is published about you or your... Continue Reading

A Facebook privacy scanner that can adjust settings for you

Not quite satisfied with Facebook’s new streamlined privacy controls?

Redwood City-based ReputationDefender has launched a more visual alternative to the social network’s tools. It’s a bookmarklet that you can drag and drop into your browser’s top bar, which you can use while logged into Facebook. After you click on its button, it will visually show you how much of your information is exposed and then adjust it for you based on a simple colored... Continue Reading

ReputationDefender helps you clean up your reputation

When those crude things you said while drunk at a party a couple of years ago during show up online, it may ruin your career chances.

Now there’s a new start-up, ReputationDefender, that will try to remove harmful references to you online, contacting Internet sites and requesting they take them down.

Started by 28-year-old Harvard Law School grad, Michael Fertik, the Louisville company is relocating to Menlo Park, Calif., after having raised under $1 million... Continue Reading