About us
Our mission
We built Onteigo because the existing options just didn’t work for fast growth SMBs. Traditional consultants are expensive, slow, and their advice expires as soon as there is a change in the regulations or your business. In-house DPOs were out of reach. And automated platforms promised compliance in clicks — but left founders buried in complexity, still responsible for interpreting the law, responding to requests, and navigating grey areas. Startups & scaleups needed something better — something purpose built for their speed, their budget, and their ambition.​
Our values
Industrious​
​Inner drive to achieve goals by working diligently
Curious​
​Eager to learn new things and challenge the status quo
Tech-savvy​
Deep interest and expertise in modern tech
Entrepreneurial​
Sharing innovative ideas to solve complex problems​
Meet our Founders

Hayden Rifat
Co-Founder
Fun fact
I'm a Life-long biohacker and I take cold plunges for fun.
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About me
I spent the majority of my career as a compliance programme manager at tech giants like Amazon and Ocado, before leading compliance programmes for fast-moving startups & scaleups – that's where I started to discover the multiple pain-points we went on to solve at Onteigo.​
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Kiki Patel
Co-Founder
Fun fact
I'm a passionate advocate for Women's health.
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About me
​I've spent 6+ years in data protection, and as a DPO within tech companies of all sizes, large tech enterprises, scaleups and scrappy startups. Hayden and I were seeing the same problems faced by startups & scaleups first hand, over and over again, that's why we knew we needed to build Onteigo.