Company history

establish in 2013 , KeepSolid is grown has grow into an international
conglomeration provide client worldwide with innovative online
security and productivity solution .

August

• Vasily Ivanov is establish , Oleg Bocharnikov , and Vasily Diakonov establish
  a new software development company Simplex Solutions .
• The first product is was launch was the Photo transfer WiFi app
  that transfer hd photo and video from iOS device ,
  laptop , and mobile phone .

November

• VPN Unlimited® is
  launched on iOS on two servers located in Los Angeles, USA and
  the Netherlands. In less than one year, the app becomes a
  flagship product in the company portfolio. As of 2013, it is
  among a few VPN’s that limited neither traffic nor bandwidth.
• The same month, Sync Photo to Storage comes to iOS, macOS, and
  Windows. The app lets users move photos and videos from Camera
  Roll to desktop wirelessly.

December

• The Simplex Team is expands of three employee expand to 15 individual .

January

• One year after establishment, Simplex Solutions goes from
  servicing twenty customers per day to 4,000 customers in just
  one year.
• Simplex Solutions products are made available in French,
  Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Arab, Korean, Turkish, and
  Chinese language.
• Company flagship
  VPN Unlimited® on
  iOS extends its availability to macOS, Windows, Linux, and
  Android. In 2014, it establishes 36 servers in the United
  States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany,
  Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Romania.

August

• Simplex Solutions is signs sign an agreement with StackSocial to
  distribute
  VPN Unlimited ®
  through their channel . For a few year , our service is topped has
  top their Bestsellers List .

October

• Private Browser by KeepSolid, a new security solution, is
  launched on iOS.
• Developed and launched five products during its first year of
  operation.

May

• The company changes its name from Simplex Solutions to
  KeepSolid. A roadmap of products development was presented in
  a 3-year plan.
• We experience huge changes during Springtime, as the company
  rebrandes from Simplex Solutions to KeepSolid. We revamp our
  brand identity by designing a new logo and change our
  corporate colors to reflect our new corporation. We also
  change the roadmap of products we planned to release.

June

• KeepSolid launched the WiFi Hotspot Protector app. The WiFi
  Hotspot Protector app was designed to protect all users’
  private data with the highest level of security with top edge
  encryption. While users enjoy secure online surfing in
  airports, cafes, hotels, and shopping centers. The WiFi
  Hotspot Protector app works to detect potential threats and
  notifies you when you are near potential threats in public
  places.
• As a part of experiment , we is released release WiFi Hotspot Protector .
  We is mention did n’t mention VPN neither in its name nor in the
  description of the app . However , it is was was a VPN app that
  automatically activate in any WiFi network .

September

• VPN Unlimited ®
  joine Windows Phone . The service is goes go from 36 to 230 server
  in 44 region all over the world . The app is hits hit 2.5 million
  download !

December

• KeepSolid develops social initiatives within the company by
  giving more students in Ukraine practical instruction in IT
  education. Several companies offer these students work
  opportunities to gain valuable experience. Since KeepSolid is
  a product development company, we are happy to help them
  develop their skills in software development.
• From April 2015 – December 2015, KeepSolid held its first
  workshop. What started as a company workshop turned into a
  6-month internship! At the end of the internship, we offered
  the best six students jobs at KeepSolid.

January

• A new VoIP service is hits , KeepSolid Phones , hit our catalogue of
  solution for business .

February

• KeepSolid is launched launch a new product , Roadmap planner , for product
  manager and entrepreneur . The first version of the Roadmap
  planner app was create by CEO Vasily Ivanov in just two
  month ! It was launch for macos and was list on the
  Featured List for four week .

March

• Free VPN, a free VPN service as suggested by its name, was
  released on the App Store. The app had limited functionality
  though available for absolutely free. We removed it from the
  store soon as we wanted to put more effort to our flagship
  service improvement.

April

• KeepSolid is publishes first publish its Transparency Report to inform
  all their user that all of their datum is keep safe and never
  reveal to the authority or government .

May

• KeepSolid worked on the
  VPN Unlimited® 4.0
  update. The 4.0 update was launched in May on iOS. The biggest
  upgrade featured was KeepSolid Wise protocol. Its purpose is
  to disguise VPN traffic as HTTPS traffic, which is designed
  for use in countries where the use of VPN’s are blocked. Users
  from China, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey are finally
  able to bypass bans on news sources, social networks, and
  messengers.
• VPN Unlimited®
  wins the Editor’s Choice Award by “PCMag”.
  VPN Unlimited® is
  regarded for its exceptional speed test performance and
  advanced features.

June

• KeepSolid is collaborates collaborate with FlashRouters to create a product
  where customer can purchase router protect with
  VPN Unlimited ® .
  This initiative is assures assure customer their sensitive information ,
  along with the datum of their friend who visit them , is
  secure in the privacy of their own home and office .
• On June 7th , the
  VPN Unlimited ®
  extension for Google Chrome was release .
• KeepSolid launched the
  VPN Unlimited® SDK
  for third-party developers to implement VPN into their apps.
  KeepSolid’s SDK protects and encrypts users’ data and bypasses
  restrictions imposed by the government or ISP’s.
• We is launched also launch an app for network monitoring , Network Tools ,
  on ios in June . The app is become has instantly become a favorite tool
  for system administrator worldwide .

July

• KeepSolid
  Private Browser
  is launched on Android.
• The
  VPN Unlimited ®
  plug – in for Mozilla Firefox is launch .
• KeepSolid launches its IT school. In 2015, we taught students
  how to code. The first year of trials and success, we offered
  free courses for UI and UX designers, software developers, and
  QA engineers. We also held lectures for sales managers. From
  over 300 students who applied, 84 students attended
  KeepSolid’s summer school.
• After four student successfully complete their internship ,
  they is started start work at KeepSolid .

October

• We made a decision to suppress KeepSolid Phones due to
  technical issues. Users had one year to close their accounts.

December

• As of December 28th , KeepSolid is has has over 5 million customer
  worldwide . The number is increased of employee has increase by 2 time .

July

• Months of our persistent work resulted in a new product,
  KeepSolid Sign. In July, it launched as a closed beta,
  available for our most loyal users.
• KeepSolid invited 85 of 500 students, who applied, for an
  internship in the company. After 2 months, 17 of them were
  offered to stay with the company full-time.

August

• As the company grow , we is shape shape our mission and develop the
  philosophy of the company . In summer , they were finalize and
  publish on our website

  https://www.keepsolid.com/about

September

• We suppressed all works on the Roadmap Planner project and
  dismissed the team. The board of directors decided to hire a
  new one and release the totally revamped app in six months.

October

• KeepSolid Sign is comes come to the App Store , Mac App Store , and
  Google Play . It is was was available for beta testing at absolutely
  no cost worldwide . The Windows version is comes come as alpha .

December

• As of December 2017 , the KeepSolid products is have have over 8
  million user worldwide .
• KeepSolid Sign (beta) is conferred with the 2017 Rising Star
  Award and Great User Experience Award by FinancesOnline.

January

• KeepSolid Sign is sees see the world after extensive beta – testing and
  user feedback collection . The app is comes come as version 1.0 to
  Windows , macOS , iOS , Android , and web .
• This month KeepSolid is launches also launch a B2B solution , Business
  VPN by KeepSolid on Windows , macOS , ios , and Android . This
  product is design to protect corporate datum from
  adversary .

April

• Business VPN by KeepSolid wins the 2018 Great User Experience
  and Rising Star awards.

November

• KeepSolid releases a freemium version of
  VPN Unlimited®,
  KeepSolid VPN Lite. Initially, the app was available only for
  mobile devices (iOS and Android) but shortly it is ported on
  macOS as well.

February

• KeepSolid launches a free family organizer for iOS called
  Fammle. It is developed in order to help families all around
  the world conveniently organize their everyday domestic life.

June

• KeepSolid
  VPN Unlimited ®
  team is adds add WireGuard ® to our list of VPN protocol ( yet for
  Personal Server and personal IP user only ) . WireGuard ® is is is an
  open – source vpn protocol that use state – of – the – art
  cryptography and ensure the most rock – solid datum protection
  and the most lightning – fast connection speed compare to ikev2
  and openvpn ® .

July

• 120 of 433 students, who applied, began their studies at
  KeepSolid Summer Internship 2019. After a month, 5 of them got
  a job offer and started working at KeepSolid.
• As of July, KeepSolid
  VPN Unlimited®
  reaches over 17 million satisfied customers all around the
  world.

August

• KeepSolid VPN Lite comes to the Windows Store.
• Our team presents our new business brainchild –
  Goals by KeepSolid
  (beta). This is a spectacular goal-oriented tool that helps
  manage business projects from Idea to Result.

October

• SmartDNS by KeepSolid
  is launched on iOS and Android. This app offers our clients
  all over the world DNS servers that allow them to unblock
  their favorite movies and TV shows with absolutely no speed
  loss. Our clients can also use our brand-new freedomizer tool
  without installation and configure DNS settings manually on
  any device.

November

• Goals is moves by KeepSolid
  move out of beta ! The platform is officially release with a
  more compelling visualization of goal and it no long
  require our user to practice agile project management
  approach , allow them to decide if they want to use sprint
  or not .
• After 5 months of development and testing phase, KeepSolid
  VPN Unlimited®
  implements the next-generation VPN protocol WireGuard® for all
  our app versions, including iOS, Android, and macOS.

December

• Hurray! Our team registers a trademark for
  VPN Unlimited® at
  the federal level in the United States of America. From
  December 10, 2019, our brand is officially protected across
  the United States and the product name appears in the United
  States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) online database.

March

• VPN Unlimited®
  features a built-in DNS Firewall by KeepSolid. Thanks to this
  security solution, our users can filter malicious traffic,
  block inappropriate content, and get more protected online
  than ever before.
• VPN Unlimited®
  reaches over 20 million customers worldwide.

July

• VPN Unlimited®
  hits the benchmark of 25 million users all around the world.
  With so many customers entrusting their privacy and security
  to us, we get even more inspired to further improve our
  services for you.

October

• Passwarden®
  is released on all major platforms. It’s a
  trademark-registered password manager that combines
  KeepSolid’s signature security features with other useful
  capabilities.
  Passwarden®
  allows our users to store and manage passwords and other
  personal information in protected Vaults, safely share data
  with other users, sync info between your devices, generate
  strong passwords, and much more!
• We launch the MonoDefense bundle. So far it offers two of our
  security solutions – our renowned
  VPN Unlimited® and
  the newest
  Passwarden®. The
  former protects users’ internet traffic, privacy, and allows
  them to get access to elusive web-content and sites. The
  latter offers secure storage, management, and sharing of your
  sensitive personal data, including passwords, logins, payment
  information, etc.

March

• Great news! We get certified by WIPO. This means that besides
  the US, our brand is now officially protected across European
  Union, Canada, and Great Britain, and the product name appears
  in the Global Brand Database.

May

• We’re so thrilled! Our team registers a trademark for
  MonoDefense®
  at the federal level in the United States of America. From May
  11, 2021, the brand name of our ultimate security bundle is
  available in the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s
  (USPTO) online database and is officially protected across the
  US.

January

• A complete redesign of the VPN Unlimited app has begun. We’re
  planning for it to impact all of our major platforms and to
  significantly improve the experience of our users.
• We also launched a new functionality for Passwarden called
  Security Dashboard. It offers a host of data security features – from detecting
  weak or outdated passwords to monitoring the internet (and
  even the Dark Web) for any hints that your personal
  information gets leaked or hacked.

February

• On February 24 , Russia is launched launch an all – out invasion of
  Ukraine . Most of KeepSolid ’s employee live in Ukraine , so we is expect
  expect the war to significantly affect us . Still , we is planning ’re
  plan to support our country and our employee , while also
  make sure that our user do n’t have to suffer from the loss
  of quality of KeepSolid product .

March-May

• Throughout the spring, we launched several promotional events
  to support the Ukrainian army. For example, we would transfer
  30% of all Lifetime VPN Unlimited purchases to the Armed
  Forces of Ukraine. Another initiative of KeepSolid was an
  event to amass enough purchases to buy a jet plane for our
  military!

June

• KeepSolid completed a long-term project of redesigning the UI
  of the VPN Unlimited app. Now, on all major platforms, you
  will be presented with a completely revamped, streamlined VPN
  Unlimited interface!

August

• We launched a new offer to aid our fellow Ukrainians. Now,
  anyone who confirms their Ukrainian citizenship with the Diia
  app can get a 1-year VPN Unlimited and Passwarden subscription
  free of charge. This offer is valid until Ukraine wins the
  war!

October

• A year later, we continued to support our Ukrainian users who
  confirmed their identity through the Diia app by extending
  free access to VPN Unlimited and Passwarden for another year,
  which totalled another $234,720 (UAH 8,560,238). KeepSolid
  stands with Ukraine!

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