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Best GRC Software Companies in Massachusetts, United States

The 92 best GRC Software companies in Massachusetts, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: DataRobot.

92companies tracked
$3.1Bdisclosed funding
4unicorns
51have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GRC SOFTWARE × MASSACHUSETTS

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
1.1Mcombined LinkedIn audience
76%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in Massachusetts

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1DataRobot 🦄
Provider of an agent workforce platform for enterprise artificial intelligence
$1.1B59 mo ago453Debanjan Saha
Chief Executive Officer
WordPressApple iCloud MailAlgolia+39Top 1M132 patents
Automated machine learning: feature engineering, model selection, performance visualization, time‑series, generative AI evaluation
—
2Transmit Security 🦄
Customer identity management solution provider
$543M60 mo ago332Rakesh Loonkar
President & Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+36Top 5M——
3BitSight 🦄
Provider of cyber risk intelligence and exposure management solutions powered by AI
$398M57 mo ago396
396 → 724 (+83%) · sector median +62%
Steve Harvey
CEO
DrupalSentryZendesk+32Top 1M—1 award
4Immuta 🦄
Data access governance and data marketplace platform
$267M37 mo ago206
206 → 194 (-6%) · sector median +62%
Matthew Carroll
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+31Top 5M20 patents
Privacy-preserving data access and query anonymization for relational databases
1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 award
5Empyrean
Provider of financial software for risk and performance management solutions
$74M19 mo ago43Chris Maclin
CEO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+25Top 50M——
6Black Duck Software
Software composition analysis solutions provider
$71M133 mo ago4,601Doug Levin
Co-Founder
——39 patents
Software security analysis and vulnerability detection for open‑source and serverless applications
—
7ProcessUnity
Vendor risk management solutions for businesses & financial institutions
$69M93 mo ago96
96 → 233 (+143%) · sector median +62%
Sean Cronin
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+37Top 5M——
8ObserveIT
Insider threat management solution
$69M95 mo ago79———16 patents
Enterprise data loss prevention, secure multi‑tenant SaaS, and attribute‑based access control solutions.
—
9OpenPages
IBM TechXchange: A collaborative community for IT professionals and IBM users
$64M267 mo ago10———11 patents
Adaptive content management platform integrating enterprise data and workflow automation
—
10Acadia
Provider of risk management services
$58M95 mo ago170Chris Walsh
CEO
Webflow EcommerceWebflowSalesforce+25Top 10M——
11Hummingbird
Provider of an AI-powered platform for financial risk and compliance management
$42M54 mo ago120Joe Robinson
Co-Founder & CEO
HubSpot CMS HubSalesforceAmazon Web Services+21Top 5M13 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
2 launchs
12MineOS
AI based data privacy platform for enterprises
$40M30 mo ago—Gal Golan
Co-Founder
Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+27Top 5M——
13RSA
Provider of identity and access management solutions for diverse environments
$38M63 mo ago2,867Adi Shamir
Co-Founder
WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+29Top 5M——
14BondLink
Investment management platform for muncipalities
$35M61 mo ago34
34 → 26 (-24%) · sector median +62%
Colin MacNaught
Co-Founder & CEO
PlasmicSentryNode.js+18Top 5M——
15PaymentWorks
Provider of vendor management software for vendor onboarding and payments
$34M29 mo ago56
56 → 131 (+134%) · sector median +62%
Alan Greenblatt
CTO & Co-founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+30Top 500k——
16BackOffice
Enterprise Data Migration, Governance, Master Data Management and data quality services and solutions
$30M221 mo ago579—————
17Virtify
Provider of content and compliance management software
$24M158 mo ago23—————
18Tizor
Enterprise data auditing & protection solution
$23M220 mo ago35Prat Moghe
Founder & CEO
————
19TrustCloud
AI based integrated compliance management solutions
$22M13 mo ago17Sravish Sridhar
Founder and CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+44Top 5M——
20Indico Data
Developer of an agentic decisioning platform for insurance underwriting and claims
72AI top 8%Innovation top 23%Talent top 28%Funding top 33%
All 11 signals ▾
AItop 8%
Innovationtop 23%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 33%
Moattop 39%
Techtop 40%
Producttop 49%
Marketbottom 47%
Globalbottom 43%
Growthbottom 40%
Newsbottom 38%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Innovation: 4 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Agentic Ai
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$19M7 mo ago100Madison May
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressMySQLPHP+26Top 5M——
21Everbridge
Provider of critical event management and business continuity and resilience solutions
$18M63 mo ago969
969 → 1,607 (+66%) · sector median +62%
David Wagner
President & CEO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+23Top 1M56 patents
Real-time critical event alert/notification platforms with predictive analytics and interactive routing
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22Zilla Security
Offering cloud data and access security
$18M46 mo ago29—WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 10M—1 launch
23EnFi
An AI-powered credit analysis and risk monitoring solutions
62AI top 23%Funding top 38%Talent top 38%Market bottom 49%
All 5 signals ▾
AItop 23%
Fundingtop 38%
Talenttop 38%
Marketbottom 49%
Globalbottom 33%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $15.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$15M4 mo ago—Joshua Summers
Co-Founder & CEO
———2 awards
24New Metrix
SaaS-driven AI-based risk intelligence management solution for construction professionals
$13M49 mo ago32—————
25Core Security
Vulnerability detection using penetration testing and access management
$11M126 mo ago73—DrupalMariaDBPHP+32Top 5M——
26Energetic Insurance
Data-driven insurance risk management for commercial solar financing
$11M56 mo ago12
12 → 12 (+0%) · sector median +62%
Jeff McAulay
Co-Founder
———2 launchs
27Cicada
Non-custodial credit risk management company focused on bringing transparency and accountability to…
$10M32 mo ago—Christine Cai Frm
Co-Founder
——3 patents
Portable foldable furniture and protective sprinkler enclosure systems
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28Congruity360
Provider of AI-driven unstructured data management and governance solutions
48Funding top 41%AI top 45%Growth top 48%Moat top 48%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 41%
AItop 45%
Growthtop 48%
Moattop 48%
Talentbottom 49%
Newsbottom 48%
Techbottom 47%
Productbottom 45%
Marketbottom 43%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $8.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr)
AI: Product described with: ai-driven
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$8M6 mo ago82
82 → 91 (+11%) · sector median +62%
Brian Davidson
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+23Top 10M——
29DBmaestro
Platform offering database continuous delivery solution
$8M107 mo ago27Yaniv Yehuda
Founder And Cto
WordPressMySQLPHP+26Top 50M——
30Supply Wisdom
Provider of third-party and location risk management, intelligence, and alerts
$6M12 mo ago107—Framer SitesReactCloudflare+22Top 10M——
31Fincura
Lending portfolio management solution for banks & funds
$5M84 mo ago8—————
32Cognition Corporation
Provider of cloud-based software for risk management tool for the healthcare & life sciences industry
$5M10 mo ago27
27 → 43 (+59%) · sector median +62%
———4 patents
Wearable biometric sensors for rapid human performance assessment and monitoring
1 award
33CIRCADIAN
Workforce performance and safety solutions
$4M84 mo ago16—JoomlaPleskZoho+30Top 10M2 patents
Circadian rhythm monitoring and light‑based therapeutic environment sensing/alteration devices
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34CYTRIO
Data privacy rights management software provider
$4M60 mo ago20—WordPressMySQLMariaDB+36Top 10M——
35BITE Data
Provider of trade compliance screening and supply chain risk mitigation tools
$3M8 mo ago—Anne Riitho
Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesLeadfeeder+20Top 50M——
36GlassIG
Information Governance Software
$2M107 mo ago20Stephane Croisier
CEO
————
37Hyannis Port Research
Capital markets infrastructure solutions provider enabling fast, safe, and reliable trading
$2M179 mo ago66
66 → 135 (+105%) · sector median +62%
—WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 10M—1 launch · 3 awards
38Perillon
Cloud-based environmental health & safety software
$2M145 mo ago20Bardwell Salmon
Chair/CEO
————
39BCube Analytics
Cloud based regulatory compliance management solutions
$1M66 mo ago8Saji Nair
CEO
————
40Data3Sixty
Cloud based data management solutions
$1M128 mo ago5—————
41risQ
Online platform to manage financial risk during climate change
$1M98 mo ago15Evan Kodra
Co-Founder & CEO
————
42AIR Worldwide
Cloud based risk management and assessment solutions for insurance
$836K105 mo ago38—Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+7Top 5M——
43Alivia Analytics
AI-based claims management solution for healthcare payers
$280K44 mo ago1—WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+32Top 10M—1 partnership
44Catelas
Investigative and surveillance software provider
$188K206 mo ago13—————

Top 12 GRC Software companies in Massachusetts

#1
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2024
$15Mraised
▾

An AI-powered credit analysis and risk monitoring solutions. It is a platform that provides credit risk analysis, underwriting, and portfolio management solutions for banks and private lenders. The company uses advanced AI techniques to analyze complex credit data, streamlining the lending process and managing decision-making processes.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 23%
Funding
top 38%
Talent
top 38%
Market
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 33%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $15.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A$15M
Founders & team
Joshua SummersCo-Founder & CEOScott WellerCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
FINTOP, Patriot Financial Partners, Commerce Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Boston Seed Capital
#2
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2014 · 100 employees
$19Mraised
▾

Developer of an agentic decisioning platform for insurance underwriting and claims. The platform streamlines submission processing, automates data enrichment, and recommends next actions. It helps insurance carriers transform complex submissions and claims into decision-ready insights. The platform supports policy changes, renewals, and customer communications with document processing and workflow automation.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 8%
Innovation
top 23%
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 33%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
top 40%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Innovation: 4 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Agentic Ai
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series B—
  • Jun 2024Series B$19M
  • Dec 2020Series B$22M
  • May 2019Series A$4.1M
Founders & team
Madison MayCo-Founder & CTODiana YuanCo-Founder & SVPTom WildeCEO
Investors
.406 Ventures, Guidewire, Sandbox Industries, Osage Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Techstars
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFont Awesome
#3
Series A · Fall River, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 82 employees
$8.1Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-driven unstructured data management and governance solutions. It offers tools for data discovery, classification, and remediation, enabling organizations to optimize infrastructure, enhance data security, and ensure compliance with regulations. The platform automates policy-based actions, providing actionable insights into data landscapes to identify and manage redundant, outdated, and trivial data. This allows for cost reduction in IT expenses and improved efficiency in cloud migrations. The solution is designed to work across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 41%
AI
top 45%
Growth
top 48%
Moat
top 48%
Talent
bottom 49%
News
bottom 48%
Funding: Raised $8.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
AI: Product described with: ai-driven
Growth: Headcount 82 → 82 (+0%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series A$3M
  • May 2025Conventional Debt$5M
  • Jun 2023Seed—
  • 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Brian DavidsonCEO
Investors
CommonWealth Corp, Bregal Sagemount, Schooner Capital, G20 Ventures, Flow Capital
Tech stack
NginxBluehost
#4
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 17 employees
$22Mraised
▾

AI based integrated compliance management solutions. Its features include continuous compliance automation, audit management, risk assessment, and more. It enables users to respond to security questionnaires, share security and compliance programs with customers, and complete compliance certifications by automating programs with APIs.

Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series A$15M
  • May 2022Series A$18M
  • Apr 2021Series A$4M
Founders & team
Sravish SridharFounder and CEO
Investors
Tola Capital, Cooley, OpenView, ServiceNow, Cisco Investments, Presidio Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageBootstrapCalendly
#5
Late Stage · Woburn, Massachusetts · founded 2008 · 43 employees
$74Mraised
▾

Provider of financial software for risk and performance management solutions. The software facilitates balance sheet management, liquidity stress testing, and deposit analytics. It offers budgeting, planning, and profitability tools for financial performance management. The software integrates risk and performance data for treasury and finance teams.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024PE—
  • Apr 2021PE$74M
Founders & team
Chris MaclinCEOSteve TurnerManaging Director
Investors
Spectrum Equity, Information Venture Partners, Hg, HgCapital Trust
Tech stack
6SenseCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDriftFont AwesomeGodaddy
#6
Seed · Bridgewater, Massachusetts · founded 2022
$3Mraised
▾

Provider of trade compliance screening and supply chain risk mitigation tools. It offers automated screening tools, AI-driven risk analysis, and regulatory compliance solutions. The platform assists businesses in pre-screening compliance risks before trade partnerships and transactions, ensuring legal compliance for e-commerce activities, identifying restricted parties, and managing import/export regulations. Tools are available for trade audits and affiliate use. The platform also features API integration for automated risk assessments and a mobile application for on-the-go screenings. Flexible pricing models cater to various business sizes.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$2.5M
  • Jun 2025Seed$500K
Founders & team
Anne RiithoCo-Founder & Chief Data OfficerThariq KaraCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Las Olas, New Dominion Angels, Techstars, REFASHIOND Ventures
#7
Seed · Lexington, Massachusetts · founded 2001 · 27 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Cognition provides a cloud-based risk management tool for the healthcare & life sciences industry. The tool provided is Cockpit that helps teams comply in product development. The platform is designed to control risk management, document controls, validation, pharmaceuticals, and drug safety features.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Seed$1.6M
  • Sep 2023Unattributed$5M
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpAnimate.CssWpmu Dev SmushYoast Seo
#8
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 107 employees
$6.2Mraised
▾

Provider of third-party and location risk management, intelligence, and alerts. The company offers continuous monitoring, in-depth reports, and tailored subscriptions for risk alerts. These services help businesses maintain awareness and respond quickly to potential disruptions. The company delivers insights and supports informed decisions through its monitoring application. It focuses on identifying potential risks in real-time.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$5.3M
  • Mar 2024Series A$6.2M
  • Jan 2022Seed—
Investors
Fulcrum Equity Partners, Florida Funders, Southeast Investor Group, Jurassic Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFramer SitesGodaddy
#9
Immuta 🦄
Series E · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 206 employees
$267Mraised
▾

Data access governance and data marketplace platform. The platform unifies policy setting, visibility, and auditing across multiple platforms. It offers metadata registry, data discovery, policy entitlements, and unified audit functionality. The platform facilitates data product publishing, discovery, and access approval. It provides data access control through a single interface. It provides real-time reports on data governance and compliance by tracking actions against enterprise data.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 33k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Series E—
  • Feb 2023Series E—
  • Jun 2022Series E$100M
  • May 2021Series D$90M
Founders & team
Matthew CarrollCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Blu Venture Investors, Sequoia Apps, Snowflake, Dell Technologies Capital, DFJ Growth, International Airlines Group
Tech stack
6SenseAlgoliaAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#10
Series G · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2012 · 453 employees
$1.1Braised
▾

Provider of an agent workforce platform for enterprise artificial intelligence. The platform offers tools to build, operate, and govern artificial intelligence at scale. It integrates into business processes, offering agents for finance, supply chain, and operations. The platform supports predictive, generative, and agentic artificial intelligence, along with governance and observability features. It provides resources, integrations, and services for various industries.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series G$300M
  • Dec 2020Series F$50M
  • Nov 2020Series F$270M
  • Jul 2019Series E$206M
Founders & team
Debanjan SahaChief Executive Officer
Investors
New Enterprise Associates, Accomplice, Intel Capital, IA Ventures, Recruit Strategic Partners, New York Life Insurance
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAxiosChoicesCloudflare
#11
Series A · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2013 · 56 employees
$33.8Mraised
▾

Provider of vendor management software for vendor onboarding and payments. The software streamlines vendor verification, automates compliance monitoring, and optimizes payables strategy. It facilitates secure vendor data management and aims to reduce vendor fraud risks. The system offers features such as automated sanctions checks and audit trails.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series A$12M
  • Jun 2022Series A$5.4M
  • May 2020Series A$1.8M
  • Jul 2019Series A$14.5M
Founders & team
Alan GreenblattCTO & Co-founderThayer StewartCEO
Investors
New Heights Capital, Uncommon Denominator
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageAws Certificate ManagerBabelBootstrap
#12
Series E · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2011 · 396 employees
$398Mraised
▾

Provider of cyber risk intelligence and exposure management solutions powered by AI. The company offers solutions for exposure management, third-party risk management, and cyber threat intelligence. It provides services such as continuous monitoring, vendor risk assessment, and security ratings. The company’s platform helps organizations detect, prioritize, and mitigate threats across their attack surface. It offers governance and reporting tools to improve security posture.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 87k LinkedIn followers — 8.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Series E$250M
  • Jun 2018Series D$60M
  • Sep 2016Series C$40M
  • Jun 2015Series B$23M
Founders & team
Amy SniderGlobal Director Of ProcurementSteve HarveyCEO
Investors
Warburg Pincus, Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital, Singtel Innov8, Flybridge Capital Partners, Globespan Capital Partners
Tech stack
6SenseAcquia Cloud PlatformAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAudioeyeBootstrap

Funding & investor landscape

$3.1Btotal disclosed funding
47companies funded
162disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa4 rounds
Techstars4 rounds
Bantam Group3 rounds
Converge3 rounds
Goldman Sachs3 rounds
In-Q-Tel3 rounds
Intel Capital3 rounds
ServiceNow3 rounds
Accomplice2 rounds
Alumni Ventures2 rounds

Notable founders

Joshua Summers
Co-Founder & CEO · EnFi
Scott Weller
Co-Founder & CTO · EnFi
Madison May
Co-Founder & CTO · Indico Data
Diana Yuan
Co-Founder & SVP · Indico Data
Brian Davidson
CEO · Congruity360
Sravish Sridhar
Founder and CEO · TrustCloud
Chris Maclin
CEO · Empyrean
Steve Turner
Managing Director · Empyrean
Anne Riitho
Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer · BITE Data
Thariq Kara
Co-Founder & CEO · BITE Data
Matthew Carroll
Co-Founder & CEO · Immuta
Debanjan Saha
Chief Executive Officer · DataRobot
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 SIGNALS · United States

How research on Regtech & Compliance is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Regtech & Compliance — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,181 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 31% → 58% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Film Independent53
  • Florida Atlantic University36
  • University of the Cumberlands33
  • Arizona State University33
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison29
leading researchers
Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar · Xie, Lulu · Goel, Rajeev · Wang, Yancheng · Guan, Hong · Nag, Soham · Crypto Education Research Lab · MengChu Zhou
▲ Breakthroughs441 · 37%
▲ 31%→39% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Credit card fraud detection research exploded from 1→66 papers, signaling rapid breakthrough activity in automated financial crime identification.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Database transaction4→70
  • Credit card fraud1→66
  • Computer security10→62
  • Credit card1→52
  • Graph4→43
Newly emergingIdentity (music) 0→25 · Big data 0→24 · Identity theft 0→20
Landmark Opinion Fraud Detection in Online Reviews by Network Effects · 398 cites
◆ Advancements481 · 41%
▲ 30%→42% share
▲1.4× share momentum1 median citations81% since 2021mostly methods-led
Random forest methods newly emerged with 44 papers, driving ML-based fraud detection advancements across credit card and financial fraud segments.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Credit card fraud3→75
  • Credit card4→67
  • Computer security9→66
  • Database transaction8→58
  • Financial fraud3→42
Newly emergingRandom forest 0→44 · Payment 0→27 · Feature (linguistics) 0→27
Landmark Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms · 358 cites
▼ Concerns205 · 17%
▼ 28%→16% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations72% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concern-segment field-share dropped 31%→16% even as anomaly detection newly emerged, suggesting compliance oversight research is cooling relative to detection work.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Key (lock)1→21
  • Computer security1→19
  • Context (archaeology)2→20
  • Compliance (psychology)3→18
  • Transparency (behavior)1→14
Newly emergingCredit card fraud 0→13 · Payment 0→12 · Anomaly detection 0→12
Landmark An Experimental Study With Imbalanced Classification Approaches for Credit Card Fraud Detection · 311 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where regtech is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Boston41 · +0.60
Hot · Computer securityAdvancing · Money launderingOpportunity · Artificial neural network
New York41 · +0.55
Hot · GraphAdvancing · World Wide WebOpportunity · Computer securityConcern · Financial transaction
Chicago29 · +0.64
Hot · Health careAdvancing · Anomaly detectionOpportunity · Artificial neural network
Pittsburgh21 · +0.73
Hot · Data miningAdvancing · Data scienceOpportunity · Credit card fraud
Los Angeles19 · +0.57
Hot · Risk managementAdvancing · Credit card fraudOpportunity · Credit card
SF Bay Area15 · +0.52
Advancing · Database transactionOpportunity · Random forest
Atlanta13 · +0.53
Hot · Data miningAdvancing · Computer securityOpportunity · Skew
Ann Arbor11 · +0.67
Advancing · Computer securityOpportunity · Credit card fraud
Seattle9 · +0.53
Hot · Financial fraudOpportunity · Audit
Philadelphia9 · +0.40
Opportunity · Credit card
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing regtech patents in the United States

United States regtech patent filing is accelerating — 968 filings from 550 assignees (2016–2025), led by Capital One Services, Mastercard International, IBM; annual filings 58→90.

968 filings550 assigneespeak 138/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Capital One Services78
  • Mastercard International65
  • IBM62
  • Panasonic IP America55
  • FAIR Isaac42
  • VISA INT Service ASS39
  • Wells Fargo BANK NA34
  • Pindrop Security33

Common questions

How many GRC Software companies are there in Massachusetts, United States?
Radar tracks 92 indexable GRC Software companies headquartered in Massachusetts, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GRC Software companies in Massachusetts, United States?
The GRC Software companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have raised a combined $3.1B in disclosed equity funding across 47 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GRC Software company in Massachusetts, United States?
DataRobot is the highest-funded GRC Software company in Massachusetts, United States, with $1.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many GRC Software companies in Massachusetts, United States are funded?
47 of the 92 GRC Software companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GRC Software unicorns are there in Massachusetts, United States?
4 GRC Software companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Massachusetts, United States GRC Software companies?
The most active investors in Massachusetts, United States GRC Software companies on this list include Europa, Techstars, Bantam Group, Converge, Goldman Sachs.
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