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Cape, a privacy-focused global telecom, today announced it was named a winner of Fast Company's 2026 World Changing Ideas Awards. Now in its ninth year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors products, concepts, companies, and policies that are designed to make the world safer, cleaner, more sustainable, and more equitable. Cape joins this list of companies tackling the most pressing issues of today for its successful efforts to provide a more private and secure mobile experience to consumers, enterprises, and government agencies across the nation.

Cape, America’s leading privacy-first mobile carrier, today announced it has raised a $100M Series C co-led by Bain Capital Ventures and IVP, with participation from new investors, 01 Advisors, 137 Ventures, Definition, and Fifth Down Capital. Cape has built a carrier from the ground up to protect U.S. government agencies, businesses, and privacy-conscious individuals against cellular security threats.

Cape, the pioneering privacy-first mobile carrier, today announced the official launch of its nationwide service. Now in general availability, Cape becomes the only privacy-focused, nationwide carrier in America that owns and operates its own mobile core and SIMs. Cape’s investment in foundational telecom software infrastructure allows it to implement proprietary privacy and security features found nowhere else.

Cape, America’s privacy-first mobile carrier, has been recognized on the 2025 Military + Aerospace Electronics (MAE) Innovators Awards alongside several other innovative companies operating in the aerospace and defense industry. Votes placed by the engineering community recognized Cape as a Platinum honoree in the Communications category.

Cape, America’s privacy-first mobile carrier, was announced as a winner on TIME’s annual list of Best Inventions, which recognizes 300 extraordinary innovations changing our lives. Cape’s first-of-its-kind Obscura product, an ultra-secure cell phone service that offers protection against threats like location stalking, cell site simulators, carrier compromise, and SIM swapping, was included in this year’s Privacy & Security category.

Cape, the only cloud-based mobile carrier designed with privacy at its core, today launched an ultra-secure cell phone service tailored for individuals at high risk of digital attacks, including public figures like elected officials, corporate executives, and journalists. Originally designed alongside national security professionals, Cape’s product offers unparalleled protection against carrier compromise, location stalking, malicious signaling, cell site simulators, and SIM swapping.

Privacy-first mobile carrier Cape today revealed progress on its work to deliver advanced telecommunications capabilities to the Navy, helping achieve 4G/5G connectivity with its partner IT&E in trials on the USS Abraham Lincoln up to 130 miles offshore.

Cape, a pioneering privacy-first mobile carrier, has raised $61M in financing rounds led by A* and Andreessen Horowitz. XYZ Ventures, ex/ante, Costanoa Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Forward Deployed VC, and Karman Ventures also participated in the financing. Cape will use the capital to build a nationwide mobile network that provides premium wireless coverage which, unlike traditional carriers, masks personal identifying information like names, numbers, and locations.