
Dataswyft is a distributed data network and technology group spun out from a >$50 million UK research program involving 10 universities to build the next generation data economy. The company provides technology enabling individuals, SMEs, and enterprises to own and control their data through a patented "HAT Microserver" platform, allowing self-sovereign data ownership, storage, processing, and sharing globally via Dataswyft Wallets. Dataswyft operates through three business units: a UK-based IP R&D arm developing self-sovereign data technologies, a Malaysia-based network and technology operations business managing data quality and ecosystem growth, and a Cyprus-based global sales business working with governments and large ecosystems to create new data markets. Their platform supports secure data ownership and usage, aiming to create a bottom-up data economy that empowers users and promotes social justice through equitable resource and opportunity distribution. The company has developed the Dataswyft Wallet and CheckD Wallet, and continues to expand its network and ecosystem globally.

Dataswyft is a distributed data network and technology group spun out from a >$50 million UK research program involving 10 universities to build the next generation data economy. The company provides technology enabling individuals, SMEs, and enterprises to own and control their data through a patented "HAT Microserver" platform, allowing self-sovereign data ownership, storage, processing, and sharing globally via Dataswyft Wallets. Dataswyft operates through three business units: a UK-based IP R&D arm developing self-sovereign data technologies, a Malaysia-based network and technology operations business managing data quality and ecosystem growth, and a Cyprus-based global sales business working with governments and large ecosystems to create new data markets. Their platform supports secure data ownership and usage, aiming to create a bottom-up data economy that empowers users and promotes social justice through equitable resource and opportunity distribution. The company has developed the Dataswyft Wallet and CheckD Wallet, and continues to expand its network and ecosystem globally.
Core product: Dataswyft Wallet paired with HAT Microservers for self-sovereign data ownership
Origins: Spun out of the UK HAT academic research programme backed by >$50M in research grants
Structure: Three regional business units: UK (IP R&D), Malaysia (network & ops), Cyprus (global sales)
Employees: 32
Known funding: Seed round (~£1.8M announced Sep 2019); total funding recorded USD 2,250,000
Decentralised personal data infrastructure, data portability, self-sovereign identity and creation of data markets
Data infrastructure / self-sovereign data
£1.8M
Seed round announced September 2019