We’re excited to announce a major update

 even more accessible. As of today, anyone can 

 – Including subpages, advanced tables, markdown, public links, watermarking, and password-protection.

We’ve been blown away by the positive response from thousands of people who participated in our closed beta. With this latest release, we’ve rolled out a 

. This upgrade packs a range of new features, including 

Full-Text Search, Version History, Advanced Tables,

It’s easy to lose track of work when managing many documents. Now you can find any document by searching for its content or title. This all happens client-side, so everything remains completely end-to-end encrypted.

Sometimes a sentence gets accidentally deleted, or a collaborator gets a little too liberal with their edits. Our new version history panel lets you retrieve and view old copies of a document so you can be sure to never lose your work.

You now have the choice to store your data on the 

. With decentralized file storage, you’re guaranteed transparent, permanent access to your data wherever and whenever you like. You can read more about the Skiff / Protocol Labs 

 to announce that we’re furthering Skiff’s mission to make collaboration usable, private, and decentralized with the completion of a $10.5 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

Our Series A followed a $4.2 million seed round, also led by Sequoia. We’re incredibly excited to welcome a diverse group of angel investors with deep expertise in the domains of privacy and decentralization: John Lilly, former CEO of Mozilla, Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, Gaby Goldberg, a crypto investor at TCG, and Albert Ni, from Dropbox and the Ethereum Foundation.

“Our digital lives should be as private as our physical lives. Recent events underscore the importance of products that are fully private and where users own their own data,” said Konstantine Buhler, partner at Sequoia. “Skiff is building an amazing team and visionary products to lead this moment. We couldn’t be more excited to double down.”

Skiff offers a completely private, end-to-end encrypted workspace ideal for teams that want full control over their own data. Everything from building a personal knowledge base to writing collaborative meeting notes is done in complete privacy. No one, not even Skiff, can ever see the title, content, or description of a user’s document.

In addition to end-to-end encryption of all their data, Skiff users have the option to leverage the fully decentralized Interplanetary File System (IPFS). Account creation and document sharing can also be completed using a decentralized, self-managed crypto identity, such as an Ethereum wallet.

Skiff is actively recruiting talented people who are motivated to help bring about our vision of secure, private, decentralized collaboration. See our current openings and reach out to us at hello@skiff.org. For privacy-focused teams, email us at hello@skiff.org or sign up directly at app.skiff.org.

Skiff raises $10.5 million Series A

Today, we’re rolling out Skiff Workspaces

, a new way to simply and securely manage your team’s collaboration.

Skiff Workspaces are end-to-end encrypted collaboration spaces that allow you to organize your work around teams, projects, or topics.

If you’ve used Slack, then you already know what workspaces are all about. They promote knowledge-sharing across an organization and allow you to group collaborators into specialized teams and focus areas.

But the Slack comparison only goes so far. Skiff Workspaces are distinguished by being completely end-to-end encrypted, meaning that control of your data is always in your hands.

Skiff Workspaces are organized around teams. You can create a team for anything — engineering, sales, a new product launch, or (dank) memes.

When you create a team, you have the option to make it accessible to everyone within a workspace, or to make it invite-only, which limits all the Pages within that team to designated collaborators. Use invite-only teams when you want to keep information on a need-to-know basis.

Admins of Skiff Workspaces have granular control over team membership and permissions. They can control individual access levels and assign roles, including editors, viewers and additional admins.

Workspaces are private from the ground up

Your team’s data is valuable. Unlike other collaboration platforms, on Skiff, you truly own it. End-to-end encryption, granular admin controls, and optional 

 mean that no one — not even Skiff — ever has access to any of the data in your workspace unless you choose to share it with them.

Skiff Workspaces are for anyone who collaborates online and cares about the security of their data. Entrepreneurs, crypto protocol teams, media organizations, nonprofits, and investment firms all use Skiff to maintain data autonomy and boost the productivity and peace of mind of their remote teams.

Ready to create a Skiff Workspace and start collaborating privately?

If you sign up during our beta period, we’ll give you unlimited users in your workspace. Sign into Skiff to create and invite your team members to your very own Skiff Workspace.

Introducing Skiff Workspaces

We are excited to introduce Skiff Drive, end-to-end encrypted file storage. Skiff’s goal is to be the collaboration suite for the next generation of the internet. Our first product Skiff Pages came out of beta in November 2021 and allows users to enjoy the freedom of complete privacy with a real-time, end-to-end encrypted collaboration platform. In May 2022, we released Skiff Mail’s Alpha empowering users to communicate securely and easily with an e2ee inbox.

Now with Skiff Drive, users can upload any file into Skiff for easy and secure access across all their devices.

If you already have a Skiff Mail or Pages account, there’s nothing else you need to do to get access to Skiff Drive. Just drag and drop from your local device and your files will be securely stored with your Skiff pages.

Skiff gives every user 10GB free of Skiff Drive. This means whether you are storing sensitive information like financial documents and medical records, or just want a secure and private place to store all your family photos, past projects, and personal documents, Skiff Drive gives every user enough space to keep all their data in their own hands.

Your email attachments and uploaded files, like PDFs, audio, and images will automatically be stored in Skiff Drive.

Accessing all of your files at any time - whether you are on the go or at a desktop - is essential for file storage. Skiff Drive functionality is available through the Skiff Pages mobile apps for iOS and Android as well as a fully featured macOS desktop app. Check them out below:

All users have the option to store all their Drive content on the Interplanetary File System (IPFS). Skiff partnered up with Protocol Labs, the creators of IPFS (InterPlanetary File System), to allow users the option to store all of their data over a decentralized network instead of a centralized server.

To read about how you can store your data on IPFS in Skiff, read out Blog here. 

https://www.skiff.com/blog/skiff-decentralized

Introducing Skiff Drive

: Privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted, open-source, Web3-native email.

Skiff Mail is built to be the next generation of email. Since the mid 1990s, email has brought an unprecedented degree of collaboration to the world - allowing scientists to share research, families to stay in touch, and the professional world to function.

Yet even as email has been adopted by billions of individuals, most large mail providers still have woeful privacy protections — allowing users’ messages to be read, processed, and stored by third parties.

Skiff Mail shifts the paradigm with simple and intuitive privacy. Skiff never stores unencrypted copies of any messages sent on Skiff Mail - and every Skiff-to-Skiff messages is end-to-end encrypted. Sign up, log in, and every message you send is owned by you.

Privacy applies beyond messages sent to and from Skiff Mail. Every message received from an external, third-party mail provider is immediately encrypted - ensuring only users have access to unencrypted copies of their emails.

Open-sourcing has always been a central piece of our strategy at Skiff, allowing us to build trust with our community and deliver transparent and trustworthy privacy. This is why we have decided to open-source the entire Skiff Mail product on launch. Visit 

Skiff Mail is also Web3 native. Sign up for Mail with a crypto wallet (currently MetaMask and soon Brave Wallet) to collaborate while completely owning your data. Just like Skiff's Workspace product, users have the option to store data on Protocol Labs' decentralized storage network IPFS, and also to send emails to/from their ENS addresses.

To use Skiff Mail, sign up for a Skiff account at 

Skiff Mail features instant, privacy-preserving search. Full text search has been a key feature in Skiff’s collaboration platform - allowing you to search through workspaces containing thousands of files instantly. We have brought this search function to Skiff Mail, allowing for message, subject, to/from/cc search, and more. Skiff’s search is completely open source - read more about Skiff search on 

Mobile and desktop apps for sending, receiving, and notifications are crucial for using email. Skiff Mail launches with fully featured mobile apps for iOS and Android as well as a fully featured macOS desktop app. Check them out below:

Skiff Mail lets you sign in, send, and receive mail using a crypto wallet. For the first time, send directly to an ENS address using Skiff. Read more about our wallet integration on Skiff’s 

Every Skiff Mail user receives 10 GB of free storage to send and receive mail and attachments. As we transition out of Skiff Mail Alpha into future versions, we’ll support additional storage and paid plans.

Introducing Skiff Mail

 “Encrypted Email Company Skiff Wants You To Sign Out Of Google Workspace Forever” announcing the launch of Skiff Calendar and Drive to the public.

In only one year, we’ve launched four products - 

 - and signed up over a quarter million people to our private, end-to-end encrypted email, collaboration, and communication products.

 for using Skiff products on your native devices.

We’re incredibly grateful to Skiff’s users, Pro subscribers, and Business users, as well as to our tens of thousands of community members across our 

Calendar and Drive Launch in Forbes

The Skiff Drive iOS app is launched! Download it at 

. Skiff Drive is a platform for end-to-end encrypted file storage and sharing. You can upload, view, share, and download files of any type, from documents to Excel spreadsheets. In this blog, we’ll walk through some of the capabilities of the new Skiff Drive mobile app.

Our digital files store more personal information than our homes. From medical records and personal journals to job applications and client reports, drive storage holds our life’s work and history.

Skiff is an end-to-end encrypted, privacy-first workspace for your most sensitive work. Given this mission to empower the world to work more freely and effectively - to be people, and not products - drive storage for files and data is a core, critical part of this mission.

Earlier this year, we launched the first 

 of Skiff Drive to enable uploading and viewing files on the web. Today, we make Skiff Drive simpler, more powerful, and more intuitive with the launch of an end-to-end encrypted file storage app for iOS.

Cloud storage enables users to upload files, data, and other information into servers operated by cloud providers. These cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available and accessible, and the physical environment protected and running. People and organizations buy or lease storage capacity from the providers to store user, organization, or application data.

Cloud storage services can be utilized from a public network, private network, or hybrid network of both public and private access. Cloud storage often provides data redundancy, storing identical copies of data in multiple physical locations to protect data in the event of equipment failure or natural disasters. Users can access data stored on remote servers by using a web browser or a mobile app.

As we store more and more sensitive or personal data in the cloud, it becomes critically important to make sure that our data is properly secured. End-to-end encrypted cloud storage is the highest standard in cloud storage security and ensures that your data is safe from prying eyes.

Everything on Skiff Drive is end-to-end encrypted and private to you

By encrypting your data before it is uploaded to the cloud with keys that are known only to you, Skiff Drive will ensure that only you and shared recipients can ever access your data. This is especially important for businesses who may store customer or client data in the cloud. By encrypting that data, businesses can help ensure that their customers' information is safe, increasing trust for all users.

Immediately on opening the Skiff Drive app, the interface allows for direct upload of files using the upload button in the bottom right corner. Simply tap this button to start uploading files to your Workspace.

After you’ve selected a file, you are taken to an in-app viewer, which can preview most types of commonly shared files. In the top right corner, the Share button allows you to share the file with other Skiff users, or to generate a shareable link that can be transmitted in any messaging app (or via 

On Skiff Drive, you can also download files to your device, including in the new iOS app. This enables sending, receiving, and downloading files for offline use or later viewing.

Every Skiff user is granted 10 GB in free storage for mail, files, notes, and more. For more storage, you can upgrade to the Pro plan for 100 GB of storage, and 1 TB of storage on the Business plan.

If you have feedback on this first release, please feel free to contact us at support@skiff.org, DM us on 

 and send a message to the group. We also wrote a longer blog on 

 and a lengthy technical overview on why end-to-end encryption 

Skiff Drive iOS app launched

 to build privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted collaborative products for people, families, and teams to work together more securely. We began by launching 

. In this initial beta phase, Skiff Pages received tens of thousands of signups and early users who wanted end-to-end encrypted collaboratives notes, wikis, and documents.

From there, we launched an increasingly sophisticated suite of products: 

. These products have been accompanied by 

Today, hundreds of thousands of people have signed up to use Skiff, millions of emails have been sent and received, and tens of thousands of calendar events have already been created - all end-to-end encrypted and completely private.

Skiff now offers four major products: Mail, Pages, Drive, and Calendar that all integrate together to create a fully private, end-to-end encrypted work suite. Skiff Mail is also capable of working with custom domains, enabling businesses and families to use Skiff Mail for private communications at their own domain.

 to join the Forbes 30 under 30 cohort - a testament to our team, users, and bright future ahead.

We’re incredibly excited for what this future holds! If you’d like to continue following our journey, sign up for free on our 

Skiff in Forbes

 for Skiff's privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace. Beyond major highlights such as the Skiff Mail launch, the long awaited release of Skiff Drive, and, earlier this month, the Skiff Calendar release, we launched Mobile apps for Skiff Pages, Mail, and Drive; a macOS Desktop app; and did a Cyber Monday promotion for Skiff Swag.

Below, check out several of Skiff’s biggest accomplishments.

Import your files from Google Drive to Skiff

Skiff kicked off 2022 by asking itself how it could make it easier for users to get their data off of anti-privacy platforms such as Google Drive onto privacy-respecting end-to-end encrypted services such as Skiff. The answer it came up with is to allow users to securely transfer all of their Google Docs onto Skiff simply by pressing a button. Skiff is end-to-end encrypted. There’s no setting to toggle. Privacy isn’t optional. Skiff is completely private from the first time you use it and no one but you can ever access your data — not even Skiff.

 to allow users to easily, privately, and securely purchase a Skiff Pro plan using self-service crypto payments. To use crypto payments, just navigate to the “Plans” page in Skiff’s settings and click the “Upgrade with crypto” button. You’ll see the option to purchase Skiff Pro with a Coinbase account or using any crypto wallet. BTC, ETH, and USDC are supported, with more coming soon. Once you’ve chosen your preferred cryptocurrency, just submit the transaction and enjoy using Skiff Pro immediately.

Skiff releases Workspaces, an all-new way to privately collaborate with your team. Skiff Workspaces was later updated in November to include custom domains and other user features; read more 

Skiff Releases File Storage and Document Templates

As a precursor to the Drive launch, we released file storage inside documents. Every Skiff page now supports embedding any file type - with end-to-end encryption and complete privacy. If you have IPFS decentralized storage enabled on your account, the file is stored end-to-end encrypted and fully decentralized on IPFS. In addition, whether you want to write up technical documentation or keep a daily journal, Skiff’s new template feature has you covered. Choose a template whenever you create a new page. It’s that easy.

Skiff recognizes that Mac desktop applications are widely used by a significant number of people around the world. According to Apple, as of 2021, the Mac has a global installed base of over 100 million users. This suggests that there is a large and diverse user base for Mac desktop applications. As of April 18, Skiff Users can now use Skiff as a native Mac application with the macOS app.

Check out our downloads, including the latest Mac app, here → 

Skiff Mail is end-to-end encrypted, private, open-source email that protects your inbox and gives you the power to communicate freely. On May 2, Skiff announced its Alpha launch of the mail product. Members of the Skiff 

Skiff announced the release of its iOS application for its mail service. You can download the application 

On this day, Skiff Mail launched to the public and was 

 has spent the last couple of years developing a privacy-focused, collaborative document editing platform that you could most succinctly describe as ‘encrypted Google Docs.’ Now, it’s coming for Gmail. The company is launching an email service called Skiff Mail that aims to be, well, encrypted Gmail — and eventually much more than that.”

Upload and share end-to-end encrypted, private files from your same Skiff account. A cloud storage drive is a type of online storage service that allows users to store, retrieve, and share digital files and data over the internet. Cloud storage drives typically offer a large amount of storage space that can be accessed from any device with an internet connection. Skiff’s Drive offering is a privacy-first, secure offering that sets it apart from all legacy providers. For more info, visit 

After launching Skiff Drive, Skiff made numerous meaningful improvements to its product suite. On July 2nd, Skiff added custom email signatures, a long-awaited and highly requested feature. On July 13th, we launched a new “schedule send” feature, allowing users to choose a date, time, and timezone for their email to be sent out into the world. To conclude its busy month of July, on July 25th we launched an “undo send” feature, allowing users to bring back an email into their drafts in the five seconds after sending an email.

On August 1st, Skiff released its signature manager, allowing users to customize their signature in every email, and on August 25th, it dropped a new “auto-reply” feature—allowing users to compose an auto-reply message and subject for when they need to send an immediate response. Lastly, September was filled with numerous mobile improvements such as app-switching functionality, a new settings page, and multiple account login.

Now users can sign up and use the domain @keplr.xyz with their Keplr Wallet. Keplr is an open-source, non-custodial, multi-chain wallet that allows users to store, manage, and interact with their digital assets on various blockchain networks. The wallet supports a wide range of assets, including cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. One of the main features of Keplr is its integration with the Cosmos ecosystem, which enables users to seamlessly interact with decentralized applications (DApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols built on the Cosmos network.

Keplr also supports other popular blockchain networks, making it a versatile wallet for managing a diverse range of digital assets. Keplr offers a user-friendly interface and is available on desktop and mobile devices. It also includes security features, such as seed phrase recovery and biometric authentication, to help protect user accounts and assets. Overall, Keplr is a feature-rich wallet that provides a convenient and secure way for users to manage and interact with their digital assets on multiple blockchain networks. By partnering with Keplr, Skiff demonstrated its commitment to building for a more privacy-centric, decentralized world. Read more on our blog → 

Users can add their Solana wallet to send and receive mail via their Bonfida SOL name and the domain solana.email. For context, Solana is a fast, secure, and scalable blockchain platform that is designed to support a wide range of decentralized applications (DApps). It is possible that you are referring to a decentralized application (DApp) built on the Solana platform that allows users to send and receive emails in a decentralized manner.

New paid plans, including custom domains, more aliases, and up to 1 TB of storage, are now out. You can check out these new paid plans on the Skiff 

. Hundreds of domains are already being used to send mail privately on Skiff.

Skiff Calendar is end-to-end encrypted, keeping your events private to you. All event names, descriptions, locations, and external attendees are end-to-end encrypted. Skiff calendar is also intuitive, easy to use, and compatible with invites and RSVPs from any other digital calendar. Try it at 

A digital calendar is an important tool for managing and organizing one's schedule and tasks. It can help individuals and teams stay on top of deadlines, appointments, meetings, and other commitments. Using a digital calendar can help improve productivity by providing a centralized, organized place for scheduling and tracking tasks and events. It can also help teams stay coordinated and reduce the risk of scheduling conflicts.

Overall, a digital calendar is a valuable tool for managing and organizing one's schedule and tasks, and can help improve productivity in both individual and team settings. Check it out here → 

The Skiff Calendar and Drive launch to the public was 

 by journalist Rashi Shrivastava. At this point, the Skiff products had grown to over 350,000 users, millions of emails sent and received, and a complete ecosystem of privacy-first workspace products for communicating and collaborating. Skiff Calendar is end-to-end encrypted, private, and integrates directly with Skiff Mail for all events and RSVPs, even with other digital calendars.

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