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Best GRC Software Companies in Seattle, United States

The 34 best GRC Software companies in Seattle, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Avalara.

34companies tracked
$612.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
19have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GRC SOFTWARE × SEATTLE

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
336kcombined LinkedIn audience
93%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in Seattle

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Avalara
Provider of cloud-based solutions for tax compliance and related services
96Innovation top 7%Tech top 14%Patents top 19%Market top 20%
All 13 signals ▾
Innovationtop 7%
Techtop 14%
Patentstop 19%
Markettop 20%
Fundingtop 20%
Globaltop 24%
Moattop 31%
Growthtop 33%
Newstop 35%
Producttop 35%
Talenttop 36%
Fin. healthtop 41%
AItop 45%
Innovation: 190 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 9 new-product events in 24 mo
Tech: 82 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100
$343M11 mo agoAcquired2,601
2,304 → 5,635 (+145%)
—TurbopackSentryApple iCloud Mail+37216 patents
Automated tax calculation, cross‑border compliance, and regulatory reporting software solutions
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2Chef
Infrastructure automation platform for applications
$111M133 mo agoAcquired43Randal SpencerProgress SitefinityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft ASP.NET+30364 patents
Innovative kitchen appliances for cutting, grinding, storing, and dispensing food items
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3MIND
Platform offering data management solutions
$41M16 mo agoSeries A—Itai Schwartz
Co-Founder & CTO
SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+196 patents
Smart building occupancy sensing and network hub integration for IoT
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4SingleFile
Platform offering legal compliance management solutions
$29M20 mo agoSeries A9————
5Strike Graph
Provider of AI-native compliance management platform for security and audit readiness
$23M34 mo agoSeries A35
35 → 41 (+17%)
Brian Bero
Co-Founder
HubSpot CMS HubSentryAmazon ALB+22——
6Integris Software
Provider of data privacy compliance and intelligence solutions
$18M84 mo agoAcquired21Raghu Gollamudi
Co-Founder & VP Engineering
———
7Shujinko
Security solution for cloud
$10M84 mo agoSeries A6——2 patents
Automated compliance provisioning for cloud infrastructures and automated digital forensic evidence collection
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8Shield Compliance
Provider of risk and compliance management solutions
$10M83 mo agoSeries A23
23 → 36 (+57%)
Noah Carey
Founder/ Executive Chairman
Cart FunctionalityWix eCommerceWix+24——
9Mesh
Cloud based integrated GRC management software for businesses
$6M32 mo agoSeed—Diego Asenjo
CEO & co-founder
HubSpot CMS HubTailwind CSScore-js+15——
10Privacy Dynamics
Cloud-based data governance management software provider
$6M58 mo agoSeed12Graham Thompson
Founder & CEO
———
11Certivo
AI powered compliance management platform
29AI top 45%Tech top 49%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 45%
All 6 signals ▾
AItop 45%
Techtop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Fundingbottom 45%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 31%
AI: Product described with: ai powered
Tech: 18 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100
$4M8 mo agoSeed—Kunal Chopra
Founder & CEO
Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+15——
12Codified
Data governance solutions for businesses
$4M35 mo agoSeed—Yatharth Gupta
Founder & CEO
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13Worksphere
Online workplace management platform for remote teams
$2M66 mo agoAcquired4————
14Signify
Provider of AI agents for product compliance, automation, and risk management
$2M27 mo agoSeed—Martin Ramirez
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+183 patents
Cryptocurrency transaction settlement and crypto-backed debit card payment processing systems
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15Vimocity
Cloud-based workforce health & safety management software provider
$1M72 mo agoSeed17
17 → 23 (+35%)
Dana Rindal
Founder
HubSpot CMS HubSentryZendesk+242 patents
Rehabilitation exercise stations for interactive health therapy (therapeutic robotics).
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16Advanced Voice Research Labs
Provider of cloud and computer vision-based platforms
$700K108 mo agoSeed71Chadd Olesen
CEO
———
17LCVista
Provider of a learning management system for accounting firms
$392K103 mo agoSeed27—SentryZendeskZURB Foundation+26——
18CoinFling
Risk management software for banks & International P2P mobile money transfer
$300K—Early Stage—Roble Musse
Co-Founder & CEO
———
19Eoscene
Web based compliance management for healthcare organizations
$294K207 mo agoEarly Stage11Geof Griebel
CEO
———
20Simple Verity
Credit risk management solutions provider
$245K160 mo agoDeadpooled—Randall Lucas
Co-Founder & CTO
———
21Koverse
Provider of mission, IT, engineering, and professional services and solutions
$199K77 mo agoAcquired59Paul Brown
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
—5 patents
Enterprise data organization, optimization, and analytics platform technologies
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Top 12 GRC Software companies in Seattle

#1
Acquired · Seattle, Washington · founded 2004 · 2304 employees
$343Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud-based solutions for tax compliance and related services. The company offers tools for tax calculation, returns filing, exemption certificate management, and e-invoicing. It serves businesses of various sizes across multiple industries. The business provides resources such as sales tax calculators, rate tables, and nexus assessments.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 7%
Tech
top 14%
Patents
top 19%
Market
top 20%
Funding
top 20%
Global
top 24%
Innovation: 190 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 9 new-product events in 24 mo
Tech: 82 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Patents: 190 patents matched (strict assignee match) · Lead CPC: G06Q30/0623
Audience (LinkedIn): 275k LinkedIn followers — 81.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Post IPO$500M
  • Aug 2021Post IPO—
  • Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$44.9K
  • Sep 2016Series D$50M
Founders & team
Scott McfarlaneFounder & CEO
Investors
Battery Ventures, Sageview Capital, Benaroya, Warburg Pincus, TCV, BIP Wealth
Tech stack
6SenseAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Client Data LayerAdobe Experience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity Service
#2
Seed · Seattle, Washington · founded 2024
$4Mraised
▾

AI powered compliance management platform. It is a platform that streamlines and automates compliance across multiple regulations, leveraging its integration with workflows. The platforms technology enables organizations to manage compliance processes, reducing the risk associated with regulatory management. It offers its solutions to a wide range of industries and use cases, from product and sustainability compliance to environmental, materials, safety, and quality management.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 45%
Tech
top 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 45%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 31%
AI: Product described with: ai powered
Tech: 18 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed$4M
Founders & team
Kunal ChopraFounder & CEO
Investors
Suffolk, Pioneer Square Labs
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCore-JsFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#3
Series A · Seattle, Washington · founded 2023
$41Mraised
▾

Platform offering data management solutions. It is a data security platform designed to manage data loss prevention and insider risk management by automating the identification, detection, and prevention of data leaks. The platform identifies sensitive unstructured data across various IT environments, including SaaS applications, endpoints, and on premises systems.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$30M
  • Oct 2024Seed$11M
Founders & team
Itai SchwartzCo-Founder & CTOEran BarakCo-Founder & CEOHod Bin NoonCo-Founder & VP
Investors
YL Ventures, ADT, CrowdStrike, FireEye, Paladin Capital, Crosspoint Capital Partners
Tech stack
Google Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceGsapHstsHubspotLottiefiles
#4
Series A · Seattle, Washington · founded 2019 · 9 employees
$29Mraised
▾

Platform offering legal compliance management solutions. It allows users to fill out reports, manage filings, and maintain internal records. It allows users to manage streamlined administrative work, and eliminates errors, and missed deadlines.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Series A$9.1M
  • Jan 2023Series A$3.2M
  • Aug 2021Seed$2.1M
  • Jul 2019Seed$15.1M
Investors
Cooley, Foundry, DLA Piper, Fenwick & West, Perkins Coie, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
#5
Series A · Seattle, Washington · founded 2020 · 35 employees
$23.4Mraised
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Provider of AI-native compliance management platform for security and audit readiness. The platform offers tools for designing security programs, managing risks, and automating compliance tasks. It provides features such as action item management, AI security assistance, and customizable dashboards. The platform supports various frameworks, including CCPA/CPRA, CMMC, GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2. It also offers integrations, pen testing, vulnerability scanning, and a self-assessment system.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers · 7 engagements/post (2.9× cohort median)
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series A$1.5M
  • May 2023Series A$10M
  • Sep 2021Series A$8M
  • Oct 2020Seed$3.9M
Founders & team
Brian BeroCo-FounderJustin BealsCEO
Investors
Madrona, Information Venture Partners, Rise of the Rest, Roundbox Global, Amplify, Revolution
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesChili PiperCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Seed · Seattle, Washington · founded 2020
$5.7Mraised
▾

Cloud based integrated GRC management software for businesses. The platform provides a multi-factor business identity solution, license verification, insurance verification, and more. It offers business entity verification solutions that verifies details such as business name, address, tax id, business website, and more. It enables users to customize the workflows to support verification requirements. It caters to property management, home services, construction, and ecommerce industries.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Seed$5.7M
  • Dec 2022Seed$5.8M
  • Jun 2020Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Diego AsenjoCEO & co-founder
Investors
Greycroft, Anthemis Group
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#7
Acquired · Seattle, Washington · founded 2008 · 43 employees
$111Mraised
▾

Chef provides an infrastructure automation platform for applications. The software is used to streamline the task of configuring and maintaining the company's servers and can integrate with cloud-based platforms such as Rackspace and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to automatically provision and configure new machines. It manages and automates large-scale infrastructure that includes features such as multi-tenancy, role-based access control, and reporting. The clients include Facebook, Nordstrom, Disney, and General Electric.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 34k LinkedIn followers — 10.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2015Series E$40M
  • Dec 2013Series D$38M
  • Mar 2012Series C$19.5M
  • Jun 2010Series B$11M
Founders & team
Randal Spencer
Investors
DFJ Growth, Battery Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Amplify Partners, Citi Ventures, Ignition Partners
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflare
#8
Seed · Seattle, Washington · founded 2024
$2.1Mraised
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Provider of AI agents for product compliance, automation, and risk management. These agents streamline regulatory processes across various consumer product industries. The agents review formulas, artwork, and regulatory filings automatically. The platform offers features such as annotations, catalog, file manager, checklists, and traceability. It facilitates collaboration, organizes feedback, expands knowledge, and provides smart file management.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$2.1M
Founders & team
Martin RamirezCo-Founder & CEOJonathan DelgadoCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
FUSE, AI2 Incubator, Founders' Co-op
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#9
Seed · Seattle, Washington · founded 2023
$4Mraised
▾

Data governance solutions for businesses. It offers data governance tools to help organizations automate various aspects of managing a governance program, such as data catalogs and business glossaries, data mapping and classification, workflow management, collaboration, process documentation, and the development of data governance policies.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Seed$4M
Founders & team
Yatharth GuptaFounder & CEO
Investors
Madrona, Vine Ventures, Soma Capital
#10
Acquired · Seattle, Washington · founded 2016 · 21 employees
$17.5Mraised
▾

Integris Software is a provider of data privacy compliance and intelligence solutions. The product offered by the company is a platform that leverages machine learning, big data, and distributed computing to visualize the location and security controls around all the personal information stored in the enterprise IT. The solution can be either deployed on-premise or in the cloud and focuses on addressing the privacy management requirements as per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy regulations.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Series A$3M
  • Jun 2018Series A$10M
  • Jan 2018Series A$1.5M
  • Apr 2016Series A$3M
Founders & team
Raghu GollamudiCo-Founder & VP Engineering
Investors
Madrona, Amplify Partners, Keeler Investments Group, Antecedent Ventures, Ignition Partners, Aspect Ventures
Tech stack
Adobe Experience ManagerJavaUnpkgJqueryCdnjsHsts
#11
Seed · Seattle, Washington · founded 2018 · 12 employees
$5.6Mraised
▾

Cloud-based data governance management software provider. It offers features such as information identification, automated NL & NLP sensitive data, task measured risk management, and also allows the creating of privacy-based datasets. The company caters to the de-identification of data, data-based audit sharing, and vendor access management.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Seed$4M
Founders & team
Graham ThompsonFounder & CEO
Investors
Geometry Venture, Hypergrowth Partners, Slack, Crosscut Ventures, Root Ventures, Activation Fund
#12
Series A · Seattle, Washington · founded 2018 · 6 employees
$10.3Mraised
▾

Shujinko provides a security solution for the cloud. Product offered by the company enables to build a secure and compliant cloud environment. It provides the facility of audit and automates the evidence collection, Self-service portal enables the developers to build secure cloud environment without worrying about the compliance.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Series A$7.5M
  • Oct 2018Seed$2.8M
Investors
Unusual Ventures, VAS Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Vulcan Capital, Defy, The Gramercy Fund

Funding & investor landscape

$612.5Mtotal disclosed funding
21companies funded
58disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Madrona3 rounds
Pioneer Square Labs3 rounds
Alumni Ventures2 rounds
Amplify Partners2 rounds
Aviso Ventures2 rounds
Battery Ventures2 rounds
Founders' Co-op2 rounds
Foundry2 rounds
Ignition Partners2 rounds
ADT1 rounds

Notable founders

Scott Mcfarlane
Founder & CEO · Avalara
Kunal Chopra
Founder & CEO · Certivo
Itai Schwartz
Co-Founder & CTO · MIND
Eran Barak
Co-Founder & CEO · MIND
Brian Bero
Co-Founder · Strike Graph
Justin Beals
CEO · Strike Graph
Diego Asenjo
CEO & co-founder · Mesh
Randal Spencer
· Chef
Martin Ramirez
Co-Founder & CEO · Signify
Jonathan Delgado
Co-Founder & CTO · Signify
Yatharth Gupta
Founder & CEO · Codified
Raghu Gollamudi
Co-Founder & VP Engineering · Integris Software
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
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 Seattle, United States?
Radar tracks 34 indexable GRC Software companies headquartered in Seattle, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GRC Software companies in Seattle, United States?
The GRC Software companies in Seattle, United States on this list have raised a combined $612.5M in disclosed equity funding across 21 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GRC Software company in Seattle, United States?
Avalara is the highest-funded GRC Software company in Seattle, United States, with $343M in disclosed equity funding.
How many GRC Software companies in Seattle, United States are funded?
21 of the 34 GRC Software companies in Seattle, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GRC Software unicorns are there in Seattle, United States?
None of the GRC Software companies in Seattle, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Seattle, United States GRC Software companies?
The most active investors in Seattle, United States GRC Software companies on this list include Madrona, Pioneer Square Labs, Alumni Ventures, Amplify Partners, Aviso Ventures.
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