Register No. 099
Is Wire European?
Yes. Wire is under verified European control.
Wire's group parent is a German company, and Wire says European investors hold more than 90 percent of it. No single investor has a majority and the individual stakes are not published, so the verdict rests mainly on Wire's own ownership statement.
Latest
Nothing new on file since the check on 30 October 2026. Seen news about Wire? Send it with a source.
- Controlled by
- Wire Group Holdings GmbH, held by European investors with no single majority holder disclosed (Janus Friis, Cipio Partners, Schwarz Gruppe, UVC Partners)
- Control sits in
- Germany
- Legal entity
- Wire Swiss GmbH
- Company register
- Swiss commercial register (Zefix) · CHE-432.881.146
- Seat
Zug, Switzerland- Founded
- 2012
- Last checked
About Wire
Wire is an end-to-end encrypted app for messaging, calls, video meetings and file sharing, aimed mainly at businesses and public bodies. The contracting company is in Zug, Switzerland, and the head office and most staff are in Berlin. It also offers a free version for personal use and small teams.
Ownership
Wire Swiss GmbH is wholly owned by Wire Group Holdings GmbH in Berlin (HRB 223199 B), as the Swiss register has shown since 2020. Wire states that European institutional investors hold more than 90 percent of the holding and names Janus Friis, Cipio Partners, Schwarz Gruppe and UVC Partners as its main shareholders. From 2019 to 2020 the group sat under a Delaware holding company, which was replaced by the German holding.
Evidence 5
- Zefix entry for Wire Swiss GmbH (shareholder Wire Group Holdings GmbH, Berlin)zefix.ch ↗
- Wire: About us (ownership and group structure)wire.com ↗
- Wire imprintwire.com ↗
- Cipio Partners: investment in Wire (2022)cipiopartners.com ↗
- KfW Stories on Wire (August 2026)kfw.de ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Product
Wire
wire.com ↗End-to-end encrypted team messaging from Switzerland
A Swiss base, encryption by default and open source clients make Wire a European alternative to the American team chat tools. It suits organisations that treat the confidentiality of internal communication as a requirement rather than a nice extra.
- Instead of
- Microsoft Teams and Slack
- Pricing
- There is a free plan for up to five users. The paid Enterprise plan costs 7.65 US dollars per user per month.
- Suits
- Teams that need end-to-end encrypted communication
Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public website | Cloudflare | Not European | A 199.60.103.156, 199.60.103.56 · AS209242 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | Google Workspace | Not European | MX 1 aspmx.l.google.com · 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com · 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com · 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com · 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Zendesk | Not European | SPF mail.zendesk.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Adobe Marketo | Not European | SPF mktomail.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Google Workspace | Not European | SPF _spf.google.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Amazon SES | Not European | SPF amazonses.com [1] |
Badge
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