Radar · GRC Software in California
Best GRC Software Companies in California, United States
The 618 best GRC Software companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Title21 Health Solutions.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
618companies tracked
$10.1Bdisclosed funding
8unicorns
291have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GRC SOFTWARE × CALIFORNIA
Our analysis of 50 GRC Software companies
$4.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2019median founding year
1.5Mcombined LinkedIn audience
56%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiteworks 🦄 Provider of private data network for secure and compliant data exchange 60Funding top 13%Tech top 26%Moat top 26%Product top 37% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Techtop 26% Moattop 26% Producttop 37% Talenttop 38% Markettop 40% Partnerstop 45% Growthbottom 46% Customersbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Innovationbottom 41% Newsbottom 29% Funding: Raised $456M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 2 yrs (2.5/yr) Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $456M | 22 mo ago | 91 | Jonathan Yaron Chairman of the Board (Active) | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+29 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 2 | Vanta 🦄 Provider of a platform for automating security and compliance programs 78Funding top 17%Tech top 25%Market top 28%Moat top 28% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Techtop 25% Markettop 28% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 34% Patentstop 41% Producttop 41% Newstop 42% Growthtop 48% Globaltop 50% Partnersbottom 48% Talentbottom 48% Funding: Raised $353M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) Tech: 57 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $353M | 10 mo ago | 361 | Patrick Cronin Co-Founder | WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+38 | Top 500k | 10 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | Saviynt 🦄 Provider of AI-based identity security and access management platform solutions 83Tech top 21%Funding top 22%Moat top 26%News top 32% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 21% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 26% Newstop 32% Innovationtop 34% Growthtop 35% Markettop 37% Producttop 37% Partnerstop 38% Talenttop 39% AItop 45% Globalbottom 41% Tech: 73 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront Funding: Raised $170M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $170M | 6 mo ago | 371 | Sachin Nayyar Chief Executive Officer | HubSpot CMS HubSentryApple iCloud Mail+32 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 4 | Reveleer AI-powered software platform for value-based healthcare | $162M | 27 mo ago | 50 | Jay Ackerman President & Chief Executive Officer | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+23 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 5 | Kyriba 🦄 Provider of cloud-based platform for treasury, risk, payments, and working capital | $159M | 20 mo ago | 334 | — | SentryApple iCloud MailNode.js+25 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Egnyte 🦄 Platform that offers data governance and file sharing solutions 80Patents top 22%Moat top 22%Funding top 23%Innovation top 26% All 14 signals ▾Patentstop 22% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 23% Innovationtop 26% Techtop 28% Partnerstop 28% Customerstop 30% Markettop 35% Producttop 38% Talenttop 41% AItop 45% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 44% Newsbottom 26% Patents: 135 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 80 filings since 2022 vs 42 in 2017-21 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 135 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $136M | 15 mo ago | 996 | Rajesh Ram Co-Founder | DrupalSentryAtlassian Statuspage+38 | Top 1M | 135 patents Hybrid cloud file storage with collaborative conflict resolution and granular access governance | — |
| 7 | Eudia AI powered risk management platform | $105M | 16 mo ago | — | David Reyk Co-Founder & COO | WebflowGSAPLenis+16 | Top 10M | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 8 | Quantifind Developer of an AI platform for financial crime risk management 74AI top 8%Funding top 20%Talent top 22%Moat top 31% All 12 signals ▾AItop 8% Fundingtop 20% Talenttop 22% Moattop 31% Globaltop 37% Growthtop 40% Producttop 41% Markettop 48% Techbottom 49% Innovationbottom 44% Patentsbottom 44% Newsbottom 21% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Funding: Raised $91.9M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 17 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $92M | 17 mo ago | 68 68 → 129 (+90%) | John Stockton Co-Founder | WordPressVisual ComposerApple iCloud Mail+28 | Top 10M | 17 patents Distributed data analytics and causal impact tools for marketing and ad optimization | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 9 | Odaseva Cloud based platform that features in data governance | $91M | 23 mo ago | 150 | Richard Zolezzi Chief Legal Officer and Co-Founder | WordPressSentryMySQL+30 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 10 | Fable Security Provider of platform to assess and shape employee security behavior 40Funding top 18%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 48%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 35% Funding: Raised $86.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $86M | 10 mo ago | — | Sanny Liao Co-Founder | TurbopackEmotionSentry+11 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 11 | Relyance AI Provider of a platform for AI and data security management | $62M | 20 mo ago | 70 | Abhi Sharma Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSalesforceThree.js+20 | Top 5M | 14 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | Anecdotes AI Cloud based compliance automation and management platform | $55M | 14 mo ago | 106 | Yair Kuznitsov Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowSentry+29 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 13 | Fieldguide Provider of an AI-native platform for audit and advisory firms 60Growth top 18%Funding top 26%News top 29%Talent top 38% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 18% Fundingtop 26% Newstop 29% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% AItop 45% Producttop 45% Techtop 46% Marketbottom 38% Innovationbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Partnersbottom 35% Growth: Headcount 16 → 45 (+181%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $47.1M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $47M | 4 mo ago | 45 | Chris Szymansky Co-Founder & CTO | HubSpot CMS Hublit-htmllit-element+29 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 14 | UpGuard Cloud based platform offering third party risk management software 64News top 20%Funding top 26%Growth top 27%Moat top 28% All 10 signals ▾Newstop 20% Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 27% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 37% Patentstop 37% Techtop 42% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 4 types) · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Funding: Raised $46.3M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $46M | 3 mo ago | 50 | Mike Baukes Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPAtlassian Statuspage+25 | Top 1M | 41 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 15 | ForeSee Medical Decision support solutions for healthcare professionals | $44M | 15 mo ago | 21 21 → 23 (+10%) | Seth Flam Co-Founder & CEO | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceSentry+29 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 16 | Credo AI governance platform and advisory services | $41M | 22 mo ago | 27 | Navrina Singh Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+20 | Top 5M | 15 patents AI model provenance, validation dataset protection, and unique model identity verification. | 1 partnership |
| 17 | InCountry Provider of data residency as a service for applications and identity 37Funding top 24%Moat top 31%News top 34%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Moattop 31% Newstop 34% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 48% Producttop 49% Innovationbottom 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $40.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 8 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $40M | 8 mo ago | 10 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 10M | 8 patents Edge computing platforms for localized data storage and compliance-driven processing | 1 launch |
| 18 | Federato AI Ai powered risk management platform that streamlines underwriting processes for insurance companies 57Funding top 21%AI top 35%News top 39%Growth top 40% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% AItop 35% Newstop 39% Growthtop 40% Talenttop 42% Techtop 43% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 34% Funding: Raised $40.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) AI: Product described with: ai powered, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $40M | 6 mo ago | 24 | William Steenbergen Co-Founder/CTO | WebflowSalesforceGSAP+21 | Top 5M | — | 1 expansion |
| 19 | Truffle Security Provider of a platform that detects and helps resolve exposed secrets across tech stacks 42Funding top 25%Growth top 35%News top 38%Talent top 38% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 35% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Techtop 45% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 24% Funding: Raised $39.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $39M | 7 mo ago | 8 | Dylan Ayrey Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesSalesforceReact+14 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 20 | Redica Cloud-based regulatory compliance management software provider | $36M | 13 mo ago | 92 | Michael De La Torre Chief Executive Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 21 | Numeral Provider of automated sales tax compliance for e-commerce and SaaS businesses | $35M | 11 mo ago | — | Matt DuVall Co-Founder & CTO | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+30 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 22 | Jet Stream Provider of an AI governance platform for enterprise security and risk 35Funding top 26%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 48%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $34.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $34M | 3 mo ago | — | Venu Vissamsetty Co-Founder & Chief Architect | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 23 | Cerby Provider of identity security automation platform for disconnected applications | $32M | 12 mo ago | 13 | Belsasar Lepe Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 5M | 2 patents AI-powered automated workflow creation and secure app recommendation using vision-language models | 1 job opening |
| 24 | ConductorOne Provider of agentic identity governance platform 64Funding top 26%AI top 31%Tech top 35%News top 38% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% AItop 31% Techtop 35% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $32.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · AI in stack: Drift rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $32M | 7 mo ago | 48 | Alex Bovee Co-Founder & CEO | HugoTailwind CSSAmazon Web Services+28 | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs |
| 25 | Witness Security and governance guardrails for large language models 45AI top 20%Funding top 30%Moat top 36%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 30% Moattop 36% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 41% Techtop 49% Globalbottom 37% Fin. healthbottom 32% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $27.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $28M | 5 mo ago | — | Rick Caccia Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressSentryZendesk+28 | Top 5M | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 26 | NaceAI Provider of real-time AI for audit and compliance 53AI top 20%Funding top 28%Talent top 28%Tech bottom 40% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% Techbottom 40% Marketbottom 35% Globalbottom 33% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $26.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $26M | 1 mo ago | — | Hariprasad M Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+10 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 27 | DeNexus Provider of cyber risk management solutions for industrial environments 32Funding top 32%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 43%Growth bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 43% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 34% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $26.1M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $26M | 8 mo ago | 44 | Ming Zhao Co-Founder & CTO | HubSpot CMS HubMicrosoft ClarityHubSpot Analytics+12 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 28 | Kinetic Eye Developer of an artificial intelligence platform for industrial risk management 13Funding top 35%AI top 35%Talent bottom 45%Global bottom 29% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% AItop 35% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 9% Funding: Raised $25.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 13/100 | $26M | 15 mo ago | 3 | Josh Butler Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Bedrock Data Provider of continuous data security and governance across multiple environments 50Talent top 28%Funding top 37%Global bottom 33% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 37% Globalbottom 33% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $25.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $25M | 3 mo ago | — | Ganesha Shanmuganathan Co-Founder & Chief Architect | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | ValGenesis Validation software for the life sciences companies | $24M | 10 mo ago | 431 431 → 677 (+57%) | — | HubSpot CMS HubZohoBootstrap+28 | Top 5M | 15 patents Risk‑based validation and lifecycle management software for pharmaceutical manufacturing processes | — |
| 31 | BRM AI-powered vendor and procurement management solutions for finance and compliance | $22M | 18 mo ago | — | Fabian Frank Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactCloudflare+12 | Top 10M | — | 2 launchs |
| 32 | Bureau Provider of an AI-powered unified risk decisioning platform for businesses | $21M | 17 mo ago | 101 | Ranjan Reddy Founder & CEO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 33 | ClearSkye Cloud based identity governance management software provider | $20M | 12 mo ago | 53 | John Milburn Chief Executive Officer | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20 | Top 50M | — | 2 launchs |
| 34 | Petual Developer of an AI platform for automating audit and compliance testing 27Funding top 32%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 41%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $20M | 1 mo ago | — | Snir K Founder | Tailwind CSSAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Workspace+5 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 35 | Complyance Provider of an AI-powered platform for enterprise governance, risk, and compliance 35Funding top 32%AI top 45%Tech top 48%Talent bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% AItop 45% Techtop 48% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 28% Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $20M | 4 mo ago | — | Richa Kaul Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesPostHog+22 | Top 5M | — | 3 partnerships |
| 36 | Glide Identity Provider of integrated solutions across telecom, banking, cybersecurity, cloud, and fintech 21Funding top 34%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48%Tech bottom 39% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 39% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $20M | 8 mo ago | — | Eran Haggiag Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 37 | Zania Provider of AI agents for security risk and compliance automation 53AI top 20%Growth top 28%Funding top 36%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $18M | 8 mo ago | — | Shruti Gupta Founder & CEO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 38 | Anzen Provider of risk management tools for insurance providers 21Funding top 42%Tech bottom 49%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 39% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 42% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $17.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Tech: 19 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $18M | 7 mo ago | 9 | Jose Muniz Co-founder and CTO | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 39 | Basis Theory Platform offering app monetization solution 40News top 34%Growth top 35%Funding top 39%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾Newstop 34% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 39% Techtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $17M | 8 mo ago | 19 | Colin Luce Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 40 | Fair Play Developer of an AI-based automated fair lending compliance management solution | $14M | 15 mo ago | 12 | John Merrill Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 41 | Aurascape Provider of an AI-native security layer for enterprise AI application usage | $13M | 14 mo ago | — | Patrick Xu Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+36 | Top 5M | 15 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 award |
| 42 | Vendict Provides vendor management automation solution | $10M | 10 mo ago | 26 | — | WebflowGSAPHubSpot Chat+17 | Top 10M | — | 4 launchs |
| 43 | Bonfy Provider of adaptive content security platform protecting against data and AI risks | $10M | 11 mo ago | — | Danny Kibel Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS Hubcore-jsPreact+16 | Top 50M | — | 2 awards |
| 44 | Commenda Cloud based business incorporation, compliance management and tax automation platform | $6M | 7 mo ago | 9 | Spencer Schneier Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+25 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 45 | Portal26 AI based data security platform for businesses | $6M | 7 mo ago | 5 | Arti Raman Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 50M | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 46 | Denki Provider of AI-powered platform for internal audit and compliance automation 53Funding top 38%AI top 45%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 33% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $4.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $5M | 3 mo ago | — | David Li Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | LighthouseAI Provider of software and services for pharmaceutical state licensing and compliance 40Growth top 35%Tech top 39%Funding top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 39% Fundingtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 27% Newsbottom 22% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 39 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 1 mo ago | 18 | Sumeet Singh Founder & CEO | WordPressUnbounceElementor+32 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 48 | Truth Systems Security solutions for large language models | $4M | 7 mo ago | — | Nam Nguyen Co-Founder | WebflowVimeoGSAP+8 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 49 | Class 3 Technologies Developer of simulation-based risk technology for assessing exposure to climate disasters | $4M | 9 mo ago | — | Hedi Smida Co-Founder & VP Product | — | — | 17 patents Air traffic toll collection platforms and digital gaming feature nesting systems | 1 job opening |
| 50 | Myriad AI based compliance management solutions for businesses | $2M | 9 mo ago | — | Ralf Schonherr Co-Founder | — | — | 2 patents Personalized data selection and transmission in networked computing systems. | — |
Top 12 GRC Software companies in California
#1
Saviynt 🦄Series B · El Segundo, California · founded 2010 · 371 employees$170Mraised▾
Saviynt 🦄
Series B · El Segundo, California · founded 2010 · 371 employees
Provider of AI-based identity security and access management platform solutions. The platform secures identities across internal and external workforces, privileged users, and non-human entities. It offers identity security posture management, identity governance, application identity security, and privileged access management. The platform extends to external identity management and non-human identities. It integrates with various enterprise applications, offering solutions for roles like CISO, CIO, and IT auditor.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 21%Funding
top 22%Moat
top 26%News
top 32%Innovation
top 34%Growth
top 35%Tech: 73 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront · Devops: Nginx, Varnish
Funding: Raised $170M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Dec 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 361k LinkedIn followers — 23.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series B$700M
- Jan 2023Venture Debt$205M
- Sep 2021Series B$130M
- Apr 2018Series A$40M
Founders & team
Investors
AllianceBernstein, Carrick Capital Partners, HPS Investment Partners, PNC, KKR, Sixth Street
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularjsApache Http Server
#2
Series C · Mountain View, California · founded 2012 · 50 employees$46.3Mraised▾
Series C · Mountain View, California · founded 2012 · 50 employees
Cloud based platform offering third party risk management software. The platform features include vendor risk assessment and management, cyber risk management, configuration management, automated security questionnaires, protecting the brand, intellectual property, and customer data, IT compliance management, vulnerability management, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 20%Funding
top 26%Growth
top 27%Moat
top 28%Innovation
top 37%Patents
top 37%News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 4 types) · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
Funding: Raised $46.3M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2026)
Growth: Headcount 40 → 50 (+25%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 30k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series C$75M
- Jun 2021Series B$19.3M
- Aug 2016Series B$17M
- Jul 2014Series A$8.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Pelion Venture Partners, IAG, August Capital, Square Peg Ventures, 500 Global, Starfish Ventures
Tech stack
AhrefsAtlassian StatuspageAuth0CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#3
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2024$26.5Mraised▾
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2024
Provider of real-time AI for audit and compliance. This AI solution helps reduce operational and regulatory risks. It validates credit loan applications against internal policies and external regulations, offering explainable recommendations to improve efficiency and compliance. The system automates tasks previously requiring significant human effort, providing real-time visibility and actionable insights. It uses task-specific small models for precise and efficient execution, enabling smooth performance on various hardware. Deployment options include on-premises and cloud solutions to minimize latency and maintain compliance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 28%Talent
top 28%Tech
bottom 40%Market
bottom 35%Global
bottom 33%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $26.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Seed (May 2026)
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Seed$21.5M
- Mar 2025Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
General Catalyst, Walden Catalyst
Tech stack
Framer SitesGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#4
Vanta 🦄Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 361 employees$353Mraised▾
Vanta 🦄
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 361 employees
Provider of a platform for automating security and compliance programs. The platform offers continuous governance, risk, and compliance management. It facilitates personnel access control, risk management, and third-party risk oversight. The platform also provides questionnaire automation, trust center functionalities, and streamlined audit processes. It integrates with various tools and offers an application programming interface for custom integrations.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 17%Tech
top 25%Market
top 28%Moat
top 28%Innovation
top 34%Patents
top 41%Funding: Raised $353M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series D (Jul 2025)
Tech: 57 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Datadog, Sentry
Market: 361 employees (top 17% of GRC Software) · Top-500,000 web property · Unicorn (valued $2.5B)
Audience (LinkedIn): 142k LinkedIn followers — 9.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Series D$150M
- Jul 2024Series C$150M
- Aug 2023Series B$150M
- May 2021Series A$50M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs, J P Morgan, Atlassian, Craft Ventures, CrowdStrike
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailChameleonCloudflare
#5
Series C · Sacramento, California · founded 2016 · 45 employees$47.1Mraised▾
Series C · Sacramento, California · founded 2016 · 45 employees
Provider of an AI-native platform for audit and advisory firms. The platform offers end-to-end engagement management, insights, analytics, and integration with productivity tools. It delivers a modern client experience through its client hub. The platform automates engagements across practice areas and methodologies. It supports financial audit, risk advisory, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, and IT audit.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 18%Funding
top 26%News
top 29%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%AI
top 45%Growth: Headcount 16 → 45 (+181%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $47.1M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2026)
News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 13 tracked, 4 types) · +300% YoY · Top themes: Funding, Contracts, Capital raise
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers · 48 engagements/post (2.6× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Maloney + Novotny LLC) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series C$75M
- Mar 2024Series B$30M
- Mar 2022Series A$17M
- Aug 2020Seed$150K
Founders & team
Investors
Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, Goldman Sachs
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAosCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#6
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$20Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Developer of an AI platform for automating audit and compliance testing. The platform imports risk control matrices and evidence to perform tests on demand. It provides workpapers and results to drive remediation. The platform integrates with existing tools and workflows. It scales across operational, financial, and compliance controls.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 32%Talent
top 38%Tech
bottom 41%Global
bottom 33%Market
bottom 31%Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 8 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Security: Http/3
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$20M
- Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Elad Gil
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3
#7
Seed · Santa Clara, California · founded 2025$34Mraised▾
Seed · Santa Clara, California · founded 2025
Provider of an AI governance platform for enterprise security and risk. The platform offers visibility, design control, agentic identity management, runtime governance, and financial accountability. It enables enterprises to manage AI systems across design, identity, runtime behavior, and cost. The platform helps organizations to unify AI and make ROI measurable.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%Talent
top 38%Tech
bottom 48%Global
bottom 33%Market
bottom 31%Funding: Raised $34.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 29 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Seed$34M
Founders & team
Investors
Redpoint Ventures, CrowdStrike
Tech stack
Animate.CssApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyes
#8
Series A · Menlo Park, California · founded 2024$25Mraised▾
Series A · Menlo Park, California · founded 2024
Provider of continuous data security and governance across multiple environments. The company discovers, classifies, and contextualizes data without moving it. Its design integrates with platforms, enabling policy enforcement, governance, and automated remediation. Organizations in technology, finance, healthcare, and biotech use its services.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Funding
top 37%Global
bottom 33%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $25.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A—
- Nov 2025Series A$25M
Founders & team
Investors
Greylock Partners, Mangusta Capital, Mantis VC, Pier 88 Investment Partners, Snowflake
#9
Series B · San Mateo, California · founded 2023$27.5Mraised▾
Series B · San Mateo, California · founded 2023
Security and governance guardrails for large language models. It develops an AI enablement platform, which provides control, and protection of enterprise AI usage. The platform offers key modules including monitoring and auditing AI activity and risk with visibility into applications and usage, secure data, network and people from misuse and attacks, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 30%Moat
top 36%Talent
top 38%Growth
top 41%Tech
top 49%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $27.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Jan 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Technical Account Manager, Technical Support Engineer
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series B$58M
- May 2024Series A$27.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Google Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Sound Ventures, Anthropic, SentinelOne, Fin Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-Js
#10
Series D · Palo Alto, California · founded 2020 · 24 employees$40Mraised▾
Series D · Palo Alto, California · founded 2020 · 24 employees
Ai powered risk management platform that streamlines underwriting processes for insurance companies. It is a technology firm that develops AI powered underwriting solutions for the insurance industry. The platform leverages machine learning to streamline underwriting processes, providing real time risk and portfolio insights to help decision making.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%AI
top 35%News
top 39%Growth
top 40%Talent
top 42%Tech
top 43%Funding: Raised $40.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series D (Nov 2025)
AI: Product described with: ai powered, machine learning
News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 3 types) · +0% YoY · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers · 30 engagements/post (1.6× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series D$100M
- Nov 2024Series C$40M
- Jun 2023Series B$25M
- May 2022Series A$15M
Founders & team
Investors
Caffeinated Capital, Emergence Capital, Pear VC, Salesforce, Box, Zoom
Tech stack
6SenseCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#11
Series A · California · founded 2006$20Mraised▾
Series A · California · founded 2006
Provider of an AI-powered platform for enterprise governance, risk, and compliance. The platform offers modules for controls, policies, risks, and third-party management. It accelerates certification for frameworks, including HIPAA, ISO, SOC, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, and CMMC. The platform integrates with existing tools and offers AI agents to automate tasks. It provides solutions for risk automation, information security, compliance, and internal audits.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 32%AI
top 45%Tech
top 48%Talent
bottom 45%Global
bottom 36%Market
bottom 28%Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
AI: Product described with: ai-powered
Tech: 25 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 partnerships (incl. Complyance) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Google Ventures, Speedinvest, Everywhere
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-Js
#12
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$86.3Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Provider of platform to assess and shape employee security behavior. The platform synthesizes data regarding employee roles, access, and behavior to gain visibility into risk. It aims to shape employee behavior around security hygiene, data handling, and policy compliance. The platform also offers training, simulations, and reporting to ensure compliance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%Talent
top 38%Tech
bottom 48%Global
bottom 36%Market
bottom 35%Funding: Raised $86.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Aug 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 14 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series B$31M
- May 2025Series B$24M
- May 2024Series A$24.5M
- Apr 2024Seed$6.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesEmotionGoogle WorkspaceHsts
Funding & investor landscape
$10.1Btotal disclosed funding
279companies funded
663disclosed rounds
4rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Accel10 rounds
Notable founders
Sachin Nayyar
Chief Executive Officer · Saviynt
Mike Baukes
Co-Founder & CEO · UpGuard
Hariprasad M
Co-Founder · NaceAI
Zhanibek Datbayev
Co-Founder & CTO · NaceAI
Patrick Cronin
Co-Founder · Vanta
Christina Cacioppo
Co-Founder & CEO · Vanta
Chris Szymansky
Co-Founder & CTO · Fieldguide
Jin Chang
Co-Founder & CEO · Fieldguide
Snir K
Founder · Petual
Snir Kodesh
Founder · Petual
Venu Vissamsetty
Co-Founder & Chief Architect · Jet Stream
Jatheen Anand
Co-Founder & CTO · Jet Stream
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 699,117 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of GRC Software coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA · Finance
How research on Regtech in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Regtech in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 60 papers.
UC Davis, USC, and UC Santa Barbara lead California's regtech research, focusing optimistically on anomaly detection and financial distress prediction, with breakthroughs dominating recent output.
60 papers · stance +0.57 · 41% breakthrough · 12% concern
top institutions
- University of California, Davis15
- University of Southern California12
- University of California, Santa Barbara5
- University of California, Berkeley5
- University of California, Irvine4
leading researchers
Bao, Qiaozhi · Dallas Thornton · Fanyi Zhao · Jiang, Wei · Jiawei Zhang · Jos van Hillegersberg
prism intelligence · tone & topics
86% positive · 12% critical tone
FinanceArtificial IntelligenceBusinessMachine LearningFinancial TechnologySecurity
▲
Breakthroughs24 · 40%
▼ 50%→41% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Graph-based fraud detection is newly emerging — Graph research entered with 5 papers, driving Breakthroughs share from 50% to 41%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Graph5
- Credit card fraud5
- Credit card4
- Anomaly detection3
- Database transaction3
Newly emergingGraph 0→5 · Credit card fraud 0→5 · Credit card 0→4
Landmark Anomaly Detection with Graph Convolutional Networks for Insider Threat and Fraud Detection · 155 cites
◆
Advancements28 · 47%
▲ 17%→49% share
▲2.9× share momentum5 median citations86% since 2021mostly methods-led
Credit card fraud research is intensifying — rising to 10 papers, lifting Advancements field-share from 17% to 49%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Credit card fraud10
- Random forest9
- Database transaction7
- Credit card5
- Transaction data5
Newly emergingCredit card fraud 0→9 · Random forest 0→9 · Database transaction 0→6
Landmark A Data Mining Based System For Transaction Fraud Detection · 76 cites
▼
Concerns7 · 12%
▼ 17%→10% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly position pieces
Risk management research remains nascent — only 2 papers as Concerns field-share contracted from 17% to 10%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Risk management2
- Risk analysis (engineering)2
- Medicaid1
- Health care1
- Government (linguistics)1
Landmark Electronic Fraud Detection in the U.S. Medicaid Healthcare Program: Lessons Learned from other Industries · 28 cites
Common questions
How many GRC Software companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 618 indexable GRC Software companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GRC Software companies in California, United States?
The GRC Software companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $10.1B in disclosed equity funding across 279 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GRC Software company in California, United States?
Title21 Health Solutions is the highest-funded GRC Software company in California, United States, with $656.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many GRC Software companies in California, United States are funded?
279 of the 618 GRC Software companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GRC Software unicorns are there in California, United States?
8 GRC Software companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States GRC Software companies?
The most active investors in California, United States GRC Software companies on this list include Y Combinator, Plug and Play Tech Center, Accel, Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz.
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