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Best GRC Software Companies in San Diego, United States

The 37 best GRC Software companies in San Diego, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Drata.

37companies tracked
$837.6Mdisclosed funding
2unicorns
17have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GRC SOFTWARE × SAN DIEGO

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
351kcombined LinkedIn audience
66%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in San Diego

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Applications International Corporation
Enterprise compliance solutions for safety, health, sustainability, and quality management
——42———8 patents
Agricultural pest barrier systems and scorpion-repellent surface treatment technologies.
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2Canvass Labs
Cloud-based continuous testing solution provider
——6Peter Shin
Founder & CEO
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3ComplyTrust
Cloud based enterprise data privacy compliance management solution provider
——10—————
4EHelioS
Web-based EHS software
———Steven E. Sullivan
CEO
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5Enable Growth
Software for strategic enablement
———Derek Barclay
Founder & CEO
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6Epass
Platform that features employee background checks and creates digital reputation for individuals
———Sergey Arzamastsev
Founder & CEO
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7eSafety Systems
Software tools for risk & safety management
——5Boris Apotovsky
Owner
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8hey social good
Hey Social Good is a Social Impact B2B SaaS company that verifies and reviews the environmental & social…
——8Cindy Lin
Co-Founder & CEO
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Top 12 GRC Software companies in San Diego

#1
Kyriba 🦄
Acquired · San Diego, California · founded 2000 · 334 employees
$158.7Mraised
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Provider of cloud-based platform for treasury, risk, payments, and working capital. The platform unifies enterprise data and automates liquidity, moving and controlling it. It increases financial resilience by reducing risk exposures and improving business continuity. The platform forecasts cash, liquidity, and risk exposures with accuracy. It helps make data-driven liquidity decisions when managing investments.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 73k LinkedIn followers — 20.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Merge) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series E—
  • Sep 2017Series E$45M
  • Dec 2016Series D—
  • Aug 2016Series D$23M
Investors
Upfront Ventures, BRED Banque Populaire, HSBC, IRIS, Daher Investments, Mangrove Capital Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBabelBackbone.JsCdnjs
#2
Series B · San Diego, California · founded 2017 · 21 employees
$43.9Mraised
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Decision support solutions for healthcare professionals. The solutions offered by the company include ForeSee ESP, Rule Builder, ForeSee Predictor, ForeSee Quality Director, ForeSee Analyzer, risk stratification tool, and communicator.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Series B$2M
  • Apr 2024Series B$4.9M
  • Feb 2024Series A$500K
  • Apr 2023Series A$4M
Founders & team
Seth FlamCo-Founder & CEOSol LizerbramExecutive Chairman & Co-FounderJonathan FlamCFO and Co-Founder
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2019 · 21 employees
$10.8Mraised
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Platform that provides cloud based EHS management solutions. The platform offers features such as integrated services, workflow streamline management, incident reporting, real time tracking, corrective action, safety incident management, compliance management, auditing and risk assessment. The company caters to the manufacturing, oil and gas, and education industries

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series A$5.5M
  • Jun 2022Seed$5.3M
  • Sep 2020Seed$185K
Founders & team
Kris MarkhamCo-FounderPeter OneppoCo-Founder
Investors
Base10 Partners, Allegion
#4
Drata 🦄
Series C · San Diego, California · founded 2020 · 393 employees
$328.2Mraised
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Risk assessment and management solutions for enterprises. The product offers continuous security control monitoring, risk management, data security, and more. The features of the product include automated evidence collection, employee onboarding and offboarding, automated asset tracking, insights, reports and alerts, integrations, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 98k LinkedIn followers — 27.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Drata) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Series C$200M
  • Nov 2021Series B$100M
  • Jun 2021Series A$25M
  • Nov 2020Seed$3.2M
Founders & team
Troy MarkowitzCo-Founder & COOAdam MarkowitzCo-Founder & CEODaniel MarashlianCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
GGV Capital, SVCI, Okta, Basis Set Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Leaders Fund
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageBuilder.IoCloudflare
#5
Public · San Diego, California · founded 1985 · 590 employees
$155.7Mraised
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Provider of AI-driven solutions for identity verification and fraud prevention. The company offers a platform that integrates biometrics, identity verification, and data signals. It helps businesses secure access, prevent fraud, and ensure compliance. The company’s solutions detect check fraud, synthetic identity fraud, and account-takeover fraud. It offers liveness detection, document verification, and anti-spoofing voice technology.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 45k LinkedIn followers — 12.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2021Post IPO$135M
  • May 2018Post IPO$201.9K
  • May 2011Post IPO$15M
  • Oct 2010Post IPO$750K
Founders & team
Ed WestCEO
Investors
Harland Clarke, Jefferies, William Blair, The Benchmark Company, Northland Securities, Laurus Capital Management
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageAudioeye
#6
Series B · San Diego, California · founded 2016 · 104 employees
$56.8Mraised
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Provider of a platform for treasury management and cash flow automation. The platform offers tools for cash visibility, reporting, forecasting, and transaction search. It provides features such as bank account management, fee analysis, and capital markets management. The platform also supports intercompany banking, global payments, and foreign exchange derivatives.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series B$27M
  • Jan 2021Series A$20M
  • Apr 2020Seed$4.3M
  • Apr 2019Seed$5.5M
Founders & team
Brett TurnerFounder / CEO
Investors
J P Morgan, FINTOP, Fin Capital, Wells Fargo, Capital One Ventures, Pivot Investment Partners
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAws Certificate ManagerCdnjsCloudflare
#7
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2009 · 35 employees
$50Mraised
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Provider of a platform for quality, risk, and compliance management. This platform offers solutions for audit management, GFSI standards compliance, restaurant and hospitality standards compliance, partner and supplier management, incident and recall management, and product quality management. The platform includes features for managing standards and policies, inspections, audits, checklists, incident management, recall management, document management, product specifications, product monitoring and testing, and partner onboarding. It provides centralized reporting and data visualization tools. The platform is designed for enterprises and offers self-service tools and configuration options.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2021Series A$50M
Founders & team
Mitch PorcheFounder & Chief Strategy Officer
Investors
Morgan Stanley
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#8
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2000 · 11 employees
$2.4Mraised
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Developer of a cloud-based insurance tracking software designed to offer an array of industries to deliver, store and maintain insurance certificates and documents. The company's software provides a centralized database for all insurance documents, automates the process of checking for compliance, and reduces the exposure to risk and claims associated with their vendor and contractor's work, enabling clients to access the most secure and accessible way to maintain and store all their sensitive documents.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 459 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Seed$96.7K
  • Aug 2022Seed$935K
  • Mar 2022Seed$350K
  • May 2021Seed$1M
#9
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2015 · 18 employees
$4Mraised
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Cloud based workplace safety management software. It offers features such as employee communication management, conflict management, workplace management, title IX offenses, discrimination, harassment management, and aggression management.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Conventional Debt$1M
  • Jan 2022Seed$1.5M
  • Feb 2019Seed$245K
  • Apr 2018Seed$245K
Founders & team
Ty SmithFounder & CEO
Investors
TFX Capital, Gaingels, Blu Venture Investors, Cascade PBS, EvoNexus, City Light Capital
#10
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2019 · 23 employees
$9.5Mraised
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Online climate risk analytics platform for institutions. The platform uses AI to project asset-specific losses due to climate in dollars-and-cents terms. Users can get data downloads, visualizations, and automated reports from the platform. The platform helps insurance companies get an assessment of risks today, using AI and taking account of intensified risks due to climate change, for insurance underwriting and pricing.

Funding rounds
  • May 2022Series A$6.5M
  • Apr 2022Seed—
  • Jun 2021Seed$3M
  • Seed—
Founders & team
Alex GelberCo-FounderAlisa ValderramaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Innovation Endeavors, MS&AD Ventures, AXIS Capital, Blackhorn Ventures, Climate Capital, RWT Horizons
#11
Acquired · San Diego, California · founded 2008 · 107 employees
$17.5Mraised
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Provider of compliance and ESG management software. It delivers software and services to streamline the complexities of product compliance and ESG management. It helps to configure end-to-end supply chain management with a suite of compliance programs. The services include product compliances, responsible sourcing, sustainability, lifecycle assessment, commodity tracing, and parts obsolescence.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2019Series B—
  • Jan 2016Series B$17.5M
Investors
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, ParkerGale
Tech stack
WebflowJqueryGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Font ApiOpen Graph
#12
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2019 · 30 employees
$100Kraised
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AI-based financial risk management platform. It provides solutions to wealth management firms for currency risk management. Its features include financial risk management platform built by treasury and trading veterans to reduce FX volatility, improve transparency, and lower the total cost of ownership.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. TrustBridge Global Foundation) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed$100K
Founders & team
Matt EsteveChief Product Officer & Co-FounderRobert SentinellaCo-FounderAeron SullivanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Praxis, Crescent Ridge
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics

Funding & investor landscape

$837.6Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
53disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
EvoNexus3 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center2 rounds
37 Angels1 rounds
AAF Management1 rounds
AP61 rounds
AXIS Capital1 rounds
Alkeon Capital Management1 rounds
Allegion1 rounds
American Express1 rounds
Amplify Marketing1 rounds

Notable founders

Seth Flam
Co-Founder & CEO · ForeSee Medical
Sol Lizerbram
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder · ForeSee Medical
Kris Markham
Co-Founder · Serenity EHS
Peter Oneppo
Co-Founder · Serenity EHS
Troy Markowitz
Co-Founder & COO · Drata
Adam Markowitz
Co-Founder & CEO · Drata
Ed West
CEO · Mitek
Brett Turner
Founder / CEO · Trovata
Mitch Porche
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer · CMX
Ty Smith
Founder & CEO · CommSafe[ai]
Alex Gelber
Co-Founder · FutureProof
Alisa Valderrama
Co-Founder & CEO · FutureProof
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
Breakthroughs are rising (31%→39% of field), led by Database transaction.
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
Advancements are rising (30%→42% of field), led by Credit card fraud.
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
Concerns are cooling (28%→16% of field), led by Key (lock).
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 · Preprocessor
Ann Arbor11 · +0.67
Advancing · Computer securityOpportunity · Credit card fraud
Seattle9 · +0.53
Hot · Financial fraudOpportunity · Audit
Philadelphia9 · +0.40
Opportunity · Convolutional neural network
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 San Diego, United States?
Radar tracks 37 indexable GRC Software companies headquartered in San Diego, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GRC Software companies in San Diego, United States?
The GRC Software companies in San Diego, United States on this list have raised a combined $837.6M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GRC Software company in San Diego, United States?
Drata is the highest-funded GRC Software company in San Diego, United States, with $328.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many GRC Software companies in San Diego, United States are funded?
13 of the 37 GRC Software companies in San Diego, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GRC Software unicorns are there in San Diego, United States?
2 GRC Software companies in San Diego, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Diego, United States GRC Software companies?
The most active investors in San Diego, United States GRC Software companies on this list include EvoNexus, Plug and Play Tech Center, 37 Angels, AAF Management, AP6.
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