Who owns Hotspot Shield?
Hotspot Shield is owned by Point Wild, private (formed Dec 2024 by merger of Pango Group and Total Security). The site runs under Anchorfree, LLC, United States. The same owner has 5 other VPNs.
| Ultimate owner | Point Wild (private (formed Dec 2024 by merger of Pango Group and Total Security; ProPrivacy names WC SACD Holdings Inc. as ultimate parent of Pango)) |
|---|---|
| Operating company | Anchorfree, LLC, United States |
| Website | hotspotshield.com |
| Sister VPNs | 5 |
| Fines and actions | 1 |
| Owner proof | verified |
| Last checked | 14 Oct 2026 |
In numbers
- Anchorfree, LLC also runs 1 other VPN under the same company.
- Point Wild owns 6 brand families with 6 websites in our data, plus 2 review sites.
- 1 fine or legal action against the owner since 2017.
About Point Wild
Consumer security holding company created when Pango Group (Hotspot Shield, Betternet, Touch VPN, UltraVPN, VPN 360; spun out of Aura in Sept 2024) merged with Total Security (TotalAV) in December 2024. It reported about USD 600m revenue and a USD 1.7bn enterprise value at formation. It also owns the VPN review publishers Comparitech and ProPrivacy.
Headquarters: United States · Founded: 2024 · Ownership: private (formed Dec 2024 by merger of Pango Group and Total Security; ProPrivacy names WC SACD Holdings Inc. as ultimate parent of Pango)
How we know, and what we could not confirm
How we know: Original AnchorFree product; site footer still names Anchorfree, LLC. Passed Pango -> Aura (2021) -> Pango Group spin-off (2024) -> Point Wild (Dec 2024).
- We have no company registration number for Anchorfree, LLC.
5 sister VPNs
Same owner can mean the same servers, the same data policies and the same parent that can be asked for data.
Review sites owned by Point Wild
These sites rate VPNs. They may favour Point Wild's own brands.
Everything Point Wild owns, with fines and sources →
Fines and legal actions
| Date | Company | Regulator / court | Amount | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08 | AnchorFree, Inc. (Hotspot Shield) | FTC (complaint by CDT; no FTC action found) | — | Center for Democracy & Technology asked the FTC to investigate alleged traffic redirection, ad/JavaScript injection and logging by the free Hotspot Shield app. AnchorFree denied the claims. These are allegations, not findings. source |
Ratings elsewhere
- Trustpilot: read the reviews there
Ratings from other websites, with their source. We do not copy their reviews, and they do not change our facts.
Questions and answers
Who owns Hotspot Shield?
Point Wild.
What are the sister VPNs of Hotspot Shield?
Betternet, Touch VPN, UltraVPN, VPN 360, TotalAV.
Has the owner of Hotspot Shield been fined?
1 record on file. The latest: FTC (complaint by CDT; no FTC action found), 2017-08.
Sources
- https://www.hotspotshield.com
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pango-group-merges-with-total-security-combined-company-rebranded-point-wild-302330290.html
- https://www.vpn360.com
Last checked 14 Oct 2026. How we check facts.