Radar · GRC Software in San Francisco
Best GRC Software Companies in San Francisco, United States
The 188 best GRC Software companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vanta.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
188companies tracked
$2.4Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
112have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GRC SOFTWARE × SAN FRANCISCO
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
820kcombined LinkedIn audience
71%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in San Francisco
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | Series D | 361 | Patrick Cronin Co-Founder | WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+38 | 10 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 2 | Cortex Xpanse Solutions for network risk assessment and management | $139M | 82 mo ago | Acquired | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Unit21 Technologies Provider of an AI-powered platform for financial crime prevention and compliance | $92M | 35 mo ago | Series C | 90 90 → 120 (+33%) | Trisha Kothari Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryZendesk+37 | — | 1 award |
| 4 | Odaseva Cloud based platform that features in data governance | $91M | 23 mo ago | Series C | 150 | Richard Zolezzi Chief Legal Officer and Co-Founder | WordPressSentryMySQL+30 | — | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 5 | 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 | Series B | — | Sanny Liao Co-Founder | TurbopackEmotionSentry+11 | — | — |
| 6 | DataGrail GDPR-as-a-Service solution for enterprises | $84M | 44 mo ago | Series C | 28 28 → 70 (+150%) | Ignacio Zendejas Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+40 | 11 patents Automated data discovery, live privacy mapping, and agency request processing for compliance | 1 launch |
| 7 | Secureframe Cloud-based compliance management solution provider | $79M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 51 | Shrav Mehta Co-Founder & CEO | PrismicApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+36 | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | Middesk Provider of a platform for business identity verification and risk assessment | $77M | 48 mo ago | Series B | 93 | Kurt Ruppel Co-Founder | SentryNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+34 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 9 | Reciprocity Cloud based integrated GRC management platform provider | $60M | 45 mo ago | Late Stage | 103 103 → 77 (-25%) | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 10 | SafeBase Provider of IT vendor risk management solution | $51M | 25 mo ago | Acquired | 16 16 → 40 (+150%) | Al Yang Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+35 | — | — |
| 11 | 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 | Series B | 10 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | 8 patents Edge computing platforms for localized data storage and compliance-driven processing | 1 launch |
| 12 | 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 | Series B | 8 | Dylan Ayrey Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesSalesforceReact+14 | — | 1 launch |
| 13 | SINAI Online platform that provides decarbonization solutions for companies, enabling them to go beyond carbon… | $36M | 27 mo ago | Series A | 55 | Maria Fujihara Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+19 | — | — |
| 14 | Numeral Provider of automated sales tax compliance for e-commerce and SaaS businesses | $35M | 11 mo ago | Series C | — | Matt DuVall Co-Founder & CTO | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+30 | — | — |
| 15 | Cerby Provider of identity security automation platform for disconnected applications | $32M | 12 mo ago | Series B | 13 | Belsasar Lepe Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | 2 patents AI-powered automated workflow creation and secure app recommendation using vision-language models | 1 job opening |
| 16 | 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 | Series B | 48 | Alex Bovee Co-Founder & CEO | HugoTailwind CSSAmazon Web Services+28 | — | 2 launchs |
| 17 | Sprinto Provider of a platform for continuous security and compliance management | $32M | 26 mo ago | Series B | 213 213 → 433 (+103%) | Girish Redekar Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+29 | — | — |
| 18 | Pinpoint Provider of risk selection platform using behavioral predictors and advanced AI | $23M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 19 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 18 patents Secure data exchange and AI-driven 3D model parameter estimation for customized analytics | — |
| 19 | BRM AI-powered vendor and procurement management solutions for finance and compliance | $22M | 18 mo ago | Series A | — | Fabian Frank Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactCloudflare+12 | — | 2 launchs |
| 20 | Bureau Provider of an AI-powered unified risk decisioning platform for businesses | $21M | 18 mo ago | Series B | 101 | Ranjan Reddy Founder & CEO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | — | 1 award |
| 21 | 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 | Series A | — | Snir K Founder | Tailwind CSSAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Workspace+5 | — | — |
| 22 | 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 | Series A | — | Eran Haggiag Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+11 | — | — |
| 23 | 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 | Series A | 9 | Jose Muniz Co-founder and CTO | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+16 | — | — |
| 24 | VISO Trust Provider of an AI-powered platform for third-party cyber risk management | $14M | 18 mo ago | Series A | 43 | Paul Valente CEO & Co-founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceJava+13 | — | — |
| 25 | Arqu Technology-enabled wholesale insurance brokerage providing data-driven insights for commercial risk placement | $10M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 10 | Chi Lee Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsRadix UISvelteKit+16 | — | — |
| 26 | Brico Provider of software for financial licensing, maintenance, and new applications | $8M | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | Edward Swiac Co-Founder / CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft Clarity+18 | — | — |
| 27 | Foundational Online data management platform | $8M | 26 mo ago | Seed | — | Barak Fargoun Co-Founder | WebflowJavaZURB Foundation+25 | — | — |
| 28 | CTGT It mitigates AI risks and maximizes AI ROI for enterprises | $8M | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Cyril Gorlla Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGSAP+17 | — | — |
| 29 | Commenda Cloud based business incorporation, compliance management and tax automation platform | $6M | 7 mo ago | Series A | 9 | Spencer Schneier Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+25 | — | 1 launch |
| 30 | 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 | Series A | — | David Li Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 31 | Dataships Provider of a platform optimizing customer opt-ins for email and SMS | $4M | 17 mo ago | Series A | 17 | Ryan McErlane Co-Founder | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 32 | Accend Provider of AI-powered platform for financial statement spreading and analysis | $4M | 23 mo ago | Seed | 1 | Pranjal Daga Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 33 | Class 3 Technologies Developer of simulation-based risk technology for assessing exposure to climate disasters | $4M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Hedi Smida Co-Founder & VP Product | — | 17 patents Air traffic toll collection platforms and digital gaming feature nesting systems | 1 job opening |
| 34 | Arva Platform that automates business verification processes for banks and fintechs | $4M | 17 mo ago | Seed | — | Oli Wales Co-Founder & CTO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+12 | — | — |
| 35 | Arva AI AI based business verification solutions for businesses | $4M | 17 mo ago | Seed | — | Rhim Shah Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 36 | Corgea Data security and privacy platform | $3M | 19 mo ago | Seed | — | Ahmad Sadeddin CEO | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+18 | — | 4 launchs |
| 37 | Axle AI powered platform that automates workflows for compliance operations teams | $2M | 22 mo ago | Seed | — | Ioannis Giannaros Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowjsDelivrCloudflare+8 | — | — |
| 38 | Hadrius Provider of an AI-native compliance platform for financial service firms 35Talent top 28%AI top 35%Funding top 44%Tech top 47% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 35% Fundingtop 44% Techtop 47% Moattop 48% Productbottom 45% Innovationbottom 37% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 26% Newsbottom 18% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-native, artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $2M | 9 mo ago | Series A | 5 | Som Mohapatra Founder / COO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — | 1 job opening |
| 39 | Myriad AI based compliance management solutions for businesses | $2M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Ralf Schonherr Co-Founder | — | 2 patents Personalized data selection and transmission in networked computing systems. | — |
| 40 | Friendlycares Provider of AI-powered document processing and data extraction for insurance workflows | $1M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 69 | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Omnicia Inc Provider of software and services for regulatory submission publishing in life sciences | $1M | 14 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Clam Provider of a cloud-based platform allowing users to securely run artificial intelligence agents like OpenClaw | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Vaibhav Agrawal Co-Founder | — | 26 patents Modular portable outdoor shelter and accessory systems for recreation and fishing | — |
| 43 | MouseCat Provider of an AI platform for fraud investigation and risk management | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Joseph Mcallister Co-Founder & CTO | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+10 | — | — |
| 44 | OxusAI Developer of an AI platform for automating internal audit workflows | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Christine Watts Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 45 | LogosGuard Provider of a platform for managing and monitoring AI product risks | $500K | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Abel John Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 46 | Combinely Provider of AI-powered automation for accounting firms | $500K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Arthur Granacher Co-Founder | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+10 | — | — |
| 47 | Probo Provider of compliance services, including documentation, audits, and ongoing maintenance | $500K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Bryan Frimin Co-Founder & CTO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+17 | — | 3 launchs |
| 48 | Tecto Provider of platform to vet, manage, and monitor AI employee tools | $500K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Roksana Baleshzar Co-Founder & CTO | Framer SitesReactStripe+8 | — | — |
| 49 | Cardamon AI-powered compliance co-pilot for regulated financial businesses | $500K | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Dmytro Astakhov Co-Founder | Framer SitesUIKitReact+8 | — | 2 awards |
| 50 | SafetyKit Developer of AI agents for risk, fraud, and compliance solutions | $500K | 14 mo ago | Series A | — | David Graunke Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackApple iCloud MailNode.js+14 | — | — |
Top 12 GRC Software companies in San Francisco
#1
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 — 17.4% 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
#2
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
#3
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
#4
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 8 employees$39Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 8 employees
Provider of a platform that detects and helps resolve exposed secrets across tech stacks. The platform scans for sensitive credentials beyond source code, including hidden content and version history from various tools. It verifies credentials against key providers for accuracy and automatically identifies associated resources and permissions. The platform offers continuous monitoring, alerting, and developer-focused remediation processes to improve security. The open-source engine is widely used and supports numerous integrations across the software development lifecycle.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%Growth
top 35%News
top 38%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 45%Global
bottom 32%Funding: Raised $39.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 1 types) · Top themes: Funding
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$25M
- Dec 2021Series A$14M
Founders & team
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Expa, Lytical Ventures, Harpoon, Hanover Technology Investment Management, Essence VC
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesCore-JsFramer Sites
#5
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 48 employees$32Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 48 employees
Provider of agentic identity governance platform. It offers solutions for access reviews, access requests, just-in-time access, and non-human identity governance. The platform centralizes identity and access data, enabling automation and dynamic access controls. It integrates with various cloud and on-premise applications and infrastructure, allowing for customization to meet specific organizational needs. The platform aims to simplify security and compliance while streamlining identity management processes.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%AI
top 31%Tech
top 35%News
top 38%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%Funding: Raised $32.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series B (Oct 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · AI in stack: Drift
Tech: 31 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series B$79M
- Aug 2023Series A$12M
- Jun 2022Series A$15M
- Nov 2020Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Accel, Fuel Capital, Fathom Capital, Active Capital, Garuda, Felicis Ventures
#6
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 10 employees$40Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 10 employees
Provider of data residency as a service for applications and identity. The company offers services to integrate data residency into existing applications. It provides web services proxy, a REST API, and mail proxy to isolate data. The company’s point-of-presence securely stores and processes data with auditable logging and encryption options.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 24%Moat
top 31%News
top 34%Growth
top 35%Patents
top 48%Product
top 49%Funding: Raised $40.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 8 patents · Soonicorn
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 13 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series B$10M
- Sep 2020Series B$18M
- Jul 2019Series A$15M
- May 2019Seed$7M
Investors
Caffeinated Capital, Mubadala, Accenture, Arbor Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Bloomberg Beta
Tech stack
A3 Lazy LoadAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7
#7
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 9 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 9 employees
Provider of risk management tools for insurance providers. It is a company that offers executive risk insurance and business tools. It safeguards the business and monitors vital operational data to ensure compliance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 21how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 42%Tech
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 39%Moat
bottom 38%Market
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $17.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Tech: 19 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series A$16M
- Sep 2023Seed$7.5M
- Nov 2022Seed$10M
Founders & team
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, MS&AD Ventures, Tokio Marine Holdings, AmTrust Financial, Greenlight Re, Everest
#8
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$4.6Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
Provider of AI-powered platform for internal audit and compliance automation. The platform offers tools for control mapping, continuous control testing, and transaction tracing. It helps with evidence collection, financial reconciliation, and anomaly detection. The platform supports various regulations, including SOX, Dodd-Frank, and BSA/AML. It allows users to design custom internal audit programs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 38%AI
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 33%Funding: Raised $4.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
AI: Product described with: ai-powered
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$4.1M
- Sep 2025Seed$500K
Founders & team
Investors
Y Combinator, Base10 Partners, Shine Capital, 20VC Fund
#9
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$20Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Provider of integrated solutions across telecom, banking, cybersecurity, cloud, and fintech. The company comprises engineers, operators, and innovators. They offer services to secure users and transactions. The team leverages experience from multiple industries.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 21how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 34%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 39%Market
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Oct 2025)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond United States
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Crosspoint Capital Partners, Amigos Venture Capital, Singtel
Tech stack
CloudflareCookieyesCore-JsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHsts
#10
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$35Mraised▾
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
Provider of automated sales tax compliance for e-commerce and SaaS businesses. The platform offers services for monitoring tax liability, registration, filing, and remittance. It also provides exemption certificate management and a tax engine for accurate rate calculation. The platform integrates with billing systems to calculate taxes across jurisdictions.
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series C$35M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#11
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2005 · 13 employees$32.5Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2005 · 13 employees
Provider of identity security automation platform for disconnected applications. The platform extends enterprise-grade controls to applications, reducing risk and meeting compliance requirements. It automates workflows, eliminating manual security tasks and connecting applications to existing security stacks. The platform integrates with various applications, providing security and control. It offers credential management, lifecycle management, and privileged access management.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 17k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Integrations Engineer
Funding rounds
- May 2025Series B$40M
- Aug 2023Series A$17M
- Feb 2022Series A$12M
- Sep 2020Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Bowery Capital, AV8 Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Incubate Fund, Carnrite Ventures, Vela Partners
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 9 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 9 employees
Cloud based business incorporation, compliance management and tax automation platform. Its platform helps cross-border companies of all sizes monitor and remediate their compliance needs in most markets around the globe. It compliance filings, corporate bank account opening and more. It allows users to incorporate a business, subsidiary, or a country office in different countries. It offers a dashboard to send messages, upload documents, and track incorporation progress. Offering includes compliance monitoring, compliance calendar, entities management, accountant hiring, and tax services.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series A$3.8M
- Jul 2024Series A$6.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Boost VC
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
Funding & investor landscape
$2.4Btotal disclosed funding
116companies funded
212disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Accel5 rounds
Felicis Ventures4 rounds
Notable founders
Patrick Cronin
Co-Founder · Vanta
Christina Cacioppo
Co-Founder & CEO · Vanta
Snir K
Founder · Petual
Snir Kodesh
Founder · Petual
Sanny Liao
Co-Founder · Fable Security
Nicole Jiang
Co-Founder & CEO · Fable Security
Dylan Ayrey
Co-Founder & CEO · Truffle Security
Dustin Decker
Co-Founder & CTO · Truffle Security
Alex Bovee
Co-Founder & CEO · ConductorOne
Paul Querna
Co-Founder & CTO · ConductorOne
Jose Muniz
Co-founder and CTO · Anzen
David Li
Co-Founder · Denki
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 research exploded from 1→66 papers, signaling rapid breakthrough activity in financial detection methods.
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
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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 classification advancements across Regtech.
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 field-share dropped 28%→16% even as anomaly detection newly emerged, suggesting oversight research lags detection innovation.
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
New York41 · +0.55
Chicago29 · +0.64
Pittsburgh21 · +0.73
Los Angeles19 · +0.57
SF Bay Area15 · +0.52
Atlanta13 · +0.53
Ann Arbor11 · +0.67
Seattle9 · +0.53
Philadelphia9 · +0.40
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 Francisco, United States?
Radar tracks 188 indexable GRC Software companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GRC Software companies in San Francisco, United States?
The GRC Software companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have raised a combined $2.4B in disclosed equity funding across 116 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GRC Software company in San Francisco, United States?
Vanta is the highest-funded GRC Software company in San Francisco, United States, with $353M in disclosed equity funding.
How many GRC Software companies in San Francisco, United States are funded?
116 of the 188 GRC Software companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GRC Software unicorns are there in San Francisco, United States?
1 GRC Software company in San Francisco, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Francisco, United States GRC Software companies?
The most active investors in San Francisco, United States GRC Software companies on this list include Y Combinator, Plug and Play Tech Center, Gradient Ventures, Accel, Craft Ventures.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
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