WHO PROTECTS IS FOR

Build the “grown-up” structure before you hire your first ops lead.

Protects gives founders clarity, organisation and professional polish – without the overhead of consultants or enterprise tools. Most startups begin by understanding their risks, then build from there as the business grows.

The problem founders face

When you’re running a startup, you’re also:

the ops team

the compliance team

the training department

the supplier manager

the risk owner

and the entire security function

You’re asked for policies. You’re asked for evidence. Bigger clients expect maturity. Investors want reassurance. And the admin becomes overwhelming fast. Protects gives you the structure of a far bigger company – instantly.

What Protects gives founders

Practical structure that makes you look credible, without turning governance into your second job.

Clear risk visibility from day one

No more guesswork. See your risks, your gaps and what actually matters. Assign tasks (even if it’s just to yourself) and track progress over time.

Great for: Investor conversations • Insurance • Tenders • Client onboarding

AI-powered policies tailored to your business

No templates. No copy-paste boilerplate. Protects generates governance documents based on your situation, industry and needs.

You look credible - and you avoid weeks of admin.

Supplier due diligence without the chaos

Startups are often judged by the suppliers they rely on. Invite suppliers into Protects and keep everything tracked, logged, and in one place.

Perfect for client trust and investor due diligence.

Training for you and early hires

Short, practical 5-minute lessons covering cyber basics, password hygiene, phishing, GDPR essentials, and awareness training for new hires.

Foundation / Core / Advanced levels, plus family content. Certificates included — ideal for tenders and investor packs.

Smart Asset Management (AI)

Upload your files and Protects auto-builds your asset register: hardware, software, data locations, shadow IT, and tools you’ve forgotten about.

Instant maturity most small teams never achieve.

Evidence you can produce instantly

Clients, accelerators and insurance companies expect proof. Protects pulls together training records, task completion, supplier evidence, risk activity and policy updates into clean, audit-ready reports.

Audit-ready, without the scramble

Why founders choose Protects

Look like a credible, investment-ready business

Free to start - zero friction

No specialist knowledge needed

Structure and clarity, without extra headcount

Unified system that grows as you do

Saves dozens of hours founders do not have

Protects gives you “the operations function you haven’t hired yet.”

How startups use Protects

Different stages, same need: credible structure without the overhead.

Pre-seed / Seed

- Basic policies
- Simple training
- Supplier evidence
- Investor pack
- Credibility for early clients

Series A - Growth

- Clear responsibility model
- Growing team training
-Supplier assurance
- Mature risk governance
- Evidence for insurers and large clients

Bootstrap

- One place to keep everything organised
- Protects generating the structure you don’t have time to build
- A professional look without the admin burden

Start free

Set up your governance and security baseline in minutes – not months.