Name

OpenMedia

Legal name

OpenMedia Engagement Network

Website

https://openmedia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: OpenMedia generates revenue through donations from supporters. The organization has an online donation page at action.openmedia.org and accepts various payment methods including iATS, PayPal, and Stripe for processing donations.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

OpenMedia is a Canadian non-profit advocacy organization that runs community-driven campaigns to engage, educate, and empower people to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free. It does not sell products or services; instead it operates petition and action pages, policy research, media commentary, and grassroots mobilization around digital rights issues including privacy law reform, telecom competition, online harms, digital sovereignty, and opposition to surveillance legislation. Funding comes from voluntary donations and supporter contributions processed through iATS, PayPal, and Stripe.

Product overview

OpenMedia is a non-profit advocacy organization (operating name of OpenMedia Engagement Network) focused on digital rights, privacy protection, internet accessibility, and surveillance-free internet advocacy in Canada and internationally. The organization does not offer commercial software products; instead it operates community-driven advocacy campaigns, produces policy research, and facilitates public engagement on digital rights issues including privacy law reform, telecom competition, media diversity, and online safety legislation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200,000 messages sent to government officials on Internet policy issues
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Get Canada Connected CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpenMedia is a member of the Get Canada Connected coalition, a group of civil society organizations, businesses, and academics calling for universal affordable Internet access in Canada. Coalition members include Digital Justice Lab, First Nations Tech Council, Code for Canada, Democracy Watch, North99, OpenConcept, ACT Concordia, New/Mode, PIAC, and Dogwood BC.
• BC FIPAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBC FIPA (British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association) partnered with OpenMedia and CCLA to commission an Ipsos poll on political party privacy rules.
• Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCLA partnered with OpenMedia and BC FIPA to commission an Ipsos poll showing 80% of Canadians want political parties subject to privacy laws. OpenMedia also coordinates with CCLA on Bill C-2 opposition and other digital rights campaigns.
• Migrant Rights NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership of four major coalitions opposing Bill C-2. Migrant Rights Network, Canadian Council for Refugees, and International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group initiated the joint call with endorsements from 176 organizations including the Canadian Labour Congress.
• International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICLMG is part of the four-coalition opposition to Bill C-2 and a frequent collaborator with OpenMedia on surveillance and privacy issues. Tim McSorley serves as National Coordinator.
• Canadian Council for RefugeesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the four-coalition opposition to Bill C-2, focused on refugee rights implications of the legislation.
• Canadian Civil Liberties AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of 39 prominent organizations signing OpenMedia's joint call for withdrawal of Bill C-2, focusing on privacy rights degradation.
• Canadian Constitution FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorsed the open letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Bill C-26 cybersecurity legislation concerns.
• LeadnowminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorsed the open letter on Bill C-26 cybersecurity legislation.
• Ligue des droits et libertésminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorsed the open letter on Bill C-26 cybersecurity legislation.
• Privacy & Access Council of CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorsed the open letter on Bill C-26 cybersecurity legislation.
• National Council of Canadian MuslimsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorsed the open letter on Bill C-26 cybersecurity legislation.
• Digital First CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSignatory of open letter to Heritage Minister on Bill C-11 policy direction.
• Internet Society Canada ChapterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSignatory of open letter to Heritage Minister on Bill C-11 policy direction.
• Canadian Taxpayers FederationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSignatory of open letter to Heritage Minister on Bill C-11 policy direction.
• BC Civil Liberties AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBCCLA partnered with OpenMedia and others to develop seven privacy principles for COVID-19 contact tracing apps.
• BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in developing seven privacy principles for COVID-19 contact tracing apps.
• Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in developing seven privacy principles for COVID-19 contact tracing apps.

Scale indicators5 records

Direct peers

• Public Knowledge: Public Knowledge is a US public interest advocacy organization focused on telecom, copyright, internet openness, and consumer rights. It overlaps directly with OpenMedia's affordable-internet, competition, and digital rights agenda but operates primarily in US policy contexts.
• Fight for the Future: Fight for the Future is a digital rights advocacy non-profit that runs high-profile online petition and email-campaign mobilization on issues like net neutrality, surveillance, and AI. It directly mirrors OpenMedia's model of community-driven online campaigns targeting lawmakers and is highly comparable in tactics, audience, and value proposition.
• Open Rights Group: Open Rights Group is a UK-based digital rights non-profit that campaigns on privacy, surveillance, and online freedoms. It is a close functional peer to OpenMedia — community-driven, donation-funded, focused on legislative advocacy on similar issues — but operates primarily in the UK rather than Canada.
• Free Press: Free Press is a US non-profit advocating for affordable, accessible, and diverse media and an open internet. It directly mirrors OpenMedia's combination of telecom/affordability advocacy and digital rights campaigns, with similar reliance on coalition mobilization and donor funding.

Broad incumbents

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): EFF is a leading US-based digital rights non-profit that advocates on privacy, surveillance, free expression, and open internet issues. It is broadly comparable to OpenMedia as a community-driven advocacy organization focused on digital rights, but operates at significantly larger scale with global remit and deeper litigation resources.
• Mozilla Foundation: Mozilla Foundation advocates for a healthy internet through policy, grants, and movement-building on issues including privacy, AI, and platform accountability. It overlaps with OpenMedia's open, affordable, surveillance-free internet mission but with vastly larger resources and a global footprint.
• Access Now: Access Now is an international digital rights non-profit defending and extending the digital rights of users at risk. It overlaps strongly with OpenMedia's surveillance, privacy, and digital sovereignty advocacy but operates globally with significantly larger staff and budget.
• Internet Society: Internet Society is a global non-profit that promotes the open development, evolution, and use of the internet. Its policy and chapter network overlap with OpenMedia's open-internet and digital-sovereignty advocacy, but the organization is much larger and oriented toward technical standards and global policy rather than national grassroots mobilization.
• Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT): CDT is a US-based non-profit that works to advance democratic values and individual rights in the digital age. It is comparable to OpenMedia on digital rights advocacy (privacy, surveillance, free expression) but operates with a larger policy team, more litigation capacity, and a stronger Washington DC focus.

Regional players

• Privacy International: Privacy International is a UK-based non-profit that investigates and challenges government surveillance and data exploitation. It is comparable to OpenMedia on the privacy/surveillance advocacy axis but focuses on UK, EU, and global south jurisdictions rather than Canadian federal policy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/theopenmedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/OpenMediaInternational
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1171244

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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