Syntonym – AI-Driven Video Anonymisation for Privacy-Preserving Data Use

Founded in 2019 and incorporated as Syntonym Limited (UK Company No. 13149331) on 21 January 2021 [1] , Syntonym is a privately held deep‐tech start‐up specializing in AI-based anonymization of video and image data. Its registered office is at Imperial College London’s Scale Space incubator [1] , and it maintains operations connecting the UK, Turkey and EU mobility innovation networks. Syntonym is led by founder‐CEO Batuhan Özcan (a Turkish national), and while formally UK‐registered, the firm’s core team is internationally distributed (with strong Turkish roots). There is no public evidence of non‐EU ownership or control beyond the founder’s involvement. In particular, no institutional or government entity outside the company is listed as an owner or significant controller in official records [1] . The company has no known subsidiaries or joint-venture structures; it operates as an independent private enterprise (not listed on any stock exchange, not part of a larger conglomerate). Legal domicile and governance: Syntonym Limited is domiciled in London (England, UK) [1] . Its executive management team (CEO) and principal offices are outside the EU proper, which has implications for European defence funding eligibility. There are no public disclosures of EU‐FDI screening or mitigation; as a UK/Turkish‐controlled entity it falls outside the standard EDIDP/EDF-owned definitions.