Best GRC Software Companies in New Zealand
The 53 best GRC Software companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: First AML.
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Status Quo and Software Use: Results from A Survey Amo
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.
Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in New Zealand
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First AML KYC & AML solutions for multiple sectors | $27M | 56 mo ago | Series B | Milan Cooper Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | RubyRuby on RailsEnvoy+18 | — |
| 2 | Jupl Cloud based risk management solutions for enterprises | $8M | 138 mo ago | Series A | Alan Brannigan Co-Founder and CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 3 | TradeWindow Provider of SaaS-driven online platform for supply chain visibility & compliance | $6M | 67 mo ago | Public | Kerry Friend Co-founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 4 | APLY Identity verification solution for anti money laundering and KYC solutions | $5M | 56 mo ago | Series A | Claudia Smith Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2015 | SanityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+29 | — |
| 5 | Vault Intelligence Health, Safety & Risk Management Software | $5M | 94 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2006 | PHPBootstrapGoogle Font API+8 | — |
| 6 | LCT Software for lender compliance | $4M | 60 mo ago | Series A | — | 2004 | — | — |
| 7 | DataMasque Cloud-based platform for data governance | $3M | 34 mo ago | Seed | Paul Tomlinson Founder / Director | 2020 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesLinkedin Insight Tag+18 | — |
| 8 | Scannable Provider of equipment management system for work at height and response | $2M | 44 mo ago | Seed | Robert Partridge Founder | 2020 | SentryNode.jsTypeScript+25 | 3 launchs |
Top 9 GRC Software companies in New Zealand
#1
Series B · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2017 · 114 employees$27.3Mraised▾
KYC & AML solutions for multiple sectors such as law firms, financial institutions, accountants, real estate agencies, and more. It facilitates transaction monitoring, customer onboarding, identity verification, fraud prevention, and more. It facilitates biometric identity verification.
- Nov 2021Series B$21.5M
- Sep 2020Series A$5.8M
#2
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2020$2.7Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform for data governance. It provides a platform to manage customer & enterprise data. It provides PII discovery functionality that discovers sensitive data by performing a metadata keyword search with custom keyword support and provides the capability to exclude specific column names during schema/sensitive data discovery based on certain keywords. It offers tools to maintain information like health, payments & invoices, HR policies, etc.
- Sep 2023Seed$2.7M
#3
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2015 · 34 employees$5Mraised▾
Identity verification solution for anti money laundering and KYC solutions. The company offers a biometric solution based on face match and liveness detection, and an EIDV solution to digitally verify ID documents and the identity of the customers.
- Oct 2021Series A$5M
#4
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2018 · 96 employees$6.3Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS-driven online platform for supply chain visibility & compliance The platform provides different modules for compliance solutions, visibility & product traceability. Their products also include software solutions for trade administration, origin certification, real-time risk tracking, product documentation.
- Dec 2020Series A$4.5M
- Dec 2019Seed$1.8M
- Aug 2019Seed—
#5
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 8 employees$8.3Mraised▾
Cloud based risk management solutions for enterprises. It offers a range of tools and connected devices for professionals and individuals to support users suffering from abuse or in need of emergency assistance. It integrates with various systems and services to provide solutions.
- Dec 2014Series A$3.8M
- Nov 2013Series A$3M
- 2012Seed$1.5M
#6
Seed · Dunedin, Otago · founded 2020 · 12 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of equipment management system for work at height and response. The system offers tools to manage safety equipment for individuals and teams. It facilitates equipment assignment, inspection tracking, and compliance. The system supports digital record keeping and sharing of equipment information.
- Nov 2022Seed$2M
#7
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2004 · 12 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Software for lender compliance. It offers a solution that enables financial institutions and lenders to manage refunds and cancellations. It also provides third-party integrations with customized workflows, a dashboard to monitor accounts, lending data, providers, performance, outstanding debts, and more.
- Jun 2021Series A$4.2M
#8
Acqui-Hired · Christchurch, Canterbury · founded 2006 · 15 employees$5Mraised▾
Vault's OHS software is an end-to-end solution for business manage risk, safety and reach compliance. Its modules are risk register to take preventative action, event management, job safety analysis, track tasks and corrective actions, reporting, manage plant, equipment and PPE, manage substances, and governance. Clientele include Mitre 10, IKEA, Boeing, Air NewZealand, Kraft Foods, Alsco, Unison et.
- Sep 2018Post IPO$5M
#9
Series A · Auckland · founded 2020 · 6 employees—raised▾
SaaS-based Platform offering compliance management solutions for the aviation industry. Product features include work management, document authoring, safety management, auditing tools, job management, asset and personnel management, report generation, and more. Clients of the company include Refractus, Hamilton Airport, Southland Helicopters LTD, and more.
- Jan 2026Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of GRC Software coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Regtech & Compliance is moving in New Zealand
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 20 New Zealand-affiliated papers.
- University of Auckland8
- University of Canterbury2
- Ara Institute of Canterbury1
- Pharmac1
- University of Otago1
- Scalability3
- Anomaly detection2
- Data mining2
- Adaptability1
- Benchmark (surveying)1
- Transport engineering3
- Public transport2
- Popularity2
- Monorail2
- Transit (satellite)2
- Money laundering2
- Drug delivery1
- Nanotechnology1
- Nanoparticle1
- Biocompatibility1
Where regtech is researched across New Zealand
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.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.