FaceUp
👤 Jan Slama (Jan Slama: his anti-bullying app reached 1 in 3 Czech schools, so the EU mandate found him with brand and product ready.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
Built to fight school bullying. Then the EU forced every 50+ employee firm to install a reporting channel.
Will it work? · our read
Sold by law. The EU forced every 50+ employee firm to add a whistleblowing channel. FaceUp already had the product and a trusted brand. Catch: the form is easy to copy; must move up-market.
01How the money moves
Free anti-bullying app reaches 1 in 3 Czech schools
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EU directive forces 50+ employee firms to add a reporting channel
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Firms pay annual subscription for a compliant channel
02The numbers
$1.5M+StatedARR, company-stated
ARR is company-stated at the 2024 seed; likely higher after the 2026 Series A. therecursive
Profitable, ARR $1.5M+ (company-stated, 2024).
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faceup.com — our story (2017 schools origin, pivot to compliance)The Recursive — profitable, ARR above $1.5M, $3M seedCFOtech — $5M Series A (May 2026), 3,600+ orgs, 70+ countriesEU-Startups — school-to-corporate pivot, growthLinkedIn — Jan Slama, co-founder & CEO
Revenue is company-stated, not audited: profitable with ARR above $1.5M, reported by The Recursive around the 2024 seed and likely higher after the May 2026 $5M Series A (not independently confirmed, STATED). Org/country counts are from FaceUp's own site. The 2017 school origin, 2020 paid launch, and the EU directive's 2021/2023 deadlines are documented facts. The read that mission authenticity beats pure-compliance vendors is [our inference]. FaceUp is VC-backed (about $9M raised), not bootstrapped. We never score you.