Thrown into proceedings
Last night you were a business owner. This morning the police arrive. Next week you're charged. Next year there's an indictment. Three more years until a verdict. The whole time you don't know where you stand.
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A criminal case can take years. From day one, you need a foothold.
Your defence. Your memory. Your pace.
Colonela is a secure workspace for individuals and companies affected by a criminal case. It helps you find your bearings and keep track of documents, evidence, the timeline, communication and defence strategy — alongside your lawyer, but with the case's own memory, a plan for the next steps and psychological support.
Encrypted in transit and at rest. End-to-end encryption in preparation.
Why Colonela exists
Some of us have been through criminal proceedings ourselves. We know what it's like when the police arrive in the morning, and by evening you don't know what to do. What it's like to watch companies, relationships and certainties fall apart while paying lawyers who speak a language you don't understand.
Colonela came out of that realisation. From a conviction that no one should face such a moment without a tool that stands on their side.
What Colonela addresses
Eight things no one tells you.
You don't know what you can do, what you can't.
You don't know what can put you in custody.
You don't know who to call — family, children, your business.
You don't know how to speak to those around you while the media run your photo.
You don't know who can legally surveil you — and who can't.
You don't know the motivations of the prosecutor, supervisor, police and court.
You pay attorneys tens of thousands an hour — and still grope in the dark.
You're alone in it. No one around you has lived through it.
Who Colonela is for
A criminal case never touches just one person.
- 01
The accused
The person at whose door the police knocked.
- 02
Family
Partner, children, parents. They live it with them.
- 03
Co-workers
Board, supervisory board, the team keeping the company alive.
- 04
Friends
They want to help. They don't know how.
- 05
Business circle
Partners, clients, suppliers, investors, token holders.
- 06
Community
Neighbours, professional associations, local people.
- 07
Professionals
Lawyer, expert witness, therapist, crisis PR, tax advisor.
- 08
Those who've lived it
Mentors and peer support.
A criminal case doesn't only touch the person before the court. It reaches everyone around them. Colonela is for everyone in those circles.
Three archetypes of clients we meet.
You're not alone in this. And you're not the first.
Legal entity under pressure
The board must act for the company, the supervisory board must oversee. The attorney has their own work. Co-defendants have their own interests. Who holds the whole picture?
2,000 documents, one client
In pre-trial, the file has no structure. The client asks faster than answers arrive. You rewrite the same templates again and again. Deadlines live in a spreadsheet.
Six things Colonela does quietly and well.
Centralised case file
Every document, OCR'd, classified, versioned, searchable. Uploaded yesterday, found in 3 seconds today.
An agent on your side
Drafts submissions, surfaces relevant documents, watches deadlines. You dictate, it writes. Your attorney finalises.
Strategy that lives
Strategic canvas, decision log, leverage cards and "do not do." Continuity across attorneys, sessions, years.
A team with roles, not chaos
Main defendant, corporate board, supervisory board, co-defendant, counsel — each sees their own. Compartmentalisation by default.
Confidentiality at the level of a legal claim
Encrypted in transit and at rest, access separated by role. End-to-end encryption with client-held keys and Blockchain Genesis anchoring are in preparation.
Support when it's hardest
The agent listens, helps you name what's happening, and steadies the first wave. Not a replacement for therapy — but you're never alone in it.
Same agent, different input channels. Switch any time.
Three different ways to talk to the agent.
Your defence. Your memory. Your pace.
You write as if to an experienced colleague. The agent replies structured, with links to specific documents.
Open the dashboard and try it.
More than a case file. A foothold.
When it's hardest, you don't face it alone.
A criminal case isn't only papers and deadlines. It's fear, uncertainty and sleepless nights. Colonela is here for that too — the agent listens, helps you name what's happening, and explains the next step in plain words. Anytime, no waiting.
Listens — any time, day or night, without judgement.
Helps name what's happening and breaks a big problem into small steps.
Steadies the first wave and gives back the sense that this is survivable.
When a human is needed, points you to professional or crisis help.
Colonela is not therapy or a medical service. In a crisis it will always help you find professional human support.
Your identity and your memory — only you can see inside.
BlockID is your secure digital identity and the memory of your whole case. Every step — what you uploaded, when, and what you agreed to — is written into a tamper-proof ledger (a blockchain). No one can rewrite or delete it, not even us. When you need it, you hold the proof: I had this, at this time, and I did it myself. No second password, no extra accounts — one secure identity for all of Colonela.
- 01Verified identity — we know it's really you
- 02Signature with legal force (like a handwritten one)
- 03Tamper-proof record in time — proof a document existed
- 04Recover access even without one device (any 3 of 5) — in preparation
BlockID
One secure identity and the memory of your whole case.
- 01
Verified identity — we know it's really you
- 02
Signature with legal force (like a handwritten one)
- 03
Tamper-proof record in time — proof a document existed
- 04
Recover access even without one device (any 3 of 5) — in preparation
Three layers that cannot be bypassed.
Your data does not reach us. Not even by accident.
Encrypted in transit and at rest
The connection and stored data are encrypted, and access is separated by role. Encryption on your own device — the kind we cannot see into either — is still being built and is not active in this version. Until it ships, we say so plainly.
Your data stays in Europe
We store personal data in the European Union — the app runs in Frankfurt, the database in Ireland. The infrastructure providers are US companies, but stored data does not leave the EU.
Tamper-proof proof in time
A fingerprint of every document is saved into a ledger no one can rewrite. Anytime, you can prove: I had this on this date — and no one altered it.
GDPR · AI Act Annex III · eIDAS · Czech Act 85/1996 — technical tool of the client
Starting point
Until a final verdict, the presumption of innocence applies — the law treats you as innocent. Colonela helps you use that right: keep the overview, defend yourself, and not be ground down.
Founder voice
Colonela was born from personal experience. We don't write this to compete for attention — we write it so you know we understand what you're going through.
Monthly or yearly. No lock-in. No dark patterns.
Simple pricing. No tricks.
Solo
Individual, one case, three users.
€399/mo
- 1 active case
- 3 users (client + attorney + trusted person)
- 50 GB storage
- AI cap €80 / mo
- ISDS 30 / mo
- Anchoring 100 TX / mo
- Multi-sig recovery (3 of 5) — in preparation
3 days free
Team
Legal entity with board, supervisory board, counsel.
€799/mo
- 3 active cases
- 10 users
- 200 GB storage
- AI cap €320 / mo
- ISDS 150 / mo
- Anchoring 500 TX / mo
- Audit log for supervisory board
3 days free
Multi-defendant
Co-defendants in one matter.
€1 599/mo
- 5 active cases
- 25 users with compartmentalisation
- 500 GB storage
- AI cap €1 000 / mo
- ISDS 500 / mo
- Anchoring 1 500 TX / mo
- Sovereign cloud add-on (+€400)
3 days free
Law firm
White-label for firms with 5+ clients.
from €3 199Book a call
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