Vanta's AI-Driven Compliance Platform Secures $150M Funding, Valuation Soars to $4.15B

Wellington-led funding boosts Vanta's valuation by 69% in a year

July 23 (Reuters) - Online security and compliance management platform Vanta was valued at $4.15 billion in its latest fundraising round, up from $2.45 billion just a year ago, as investor appeal of risk-mitigating software rises in tandem with cyber attacks. The $150 million Series-D round, led by new investor Wellington Management, brings Vanta's total external funding to $504 million, Vanta said on Wednesday. Businesses' increasing reliance on cloud and artificial intelligence technologies has also amplified their exposure to cyber attacks. As they expand across borders, they also have to deal with compliance requirements that vary greatly by nations. In recent months, hacker targets have included retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L), opens new tab, tech behemoth Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab and insurer Aflac (AFL.N), opens new tab. "Vanta's AI-driven platform is moving beyond the standard for security and compliance -- with real-time, continuous verification that's essential for every industry in today's business environment," said Matt Witheiler of Wellington Management. Venture financing arms of major corporations also participated in the round, indicating industry validation. These included Goldman Sachs Alternatives, J.P. Morgan, CrowdStrike Ventures and Atlassian Ventures - whose parent Atlassian (TEAM.O), opens new tab is a Vanta customer as well. The AI boom has helped U.S. startups attract investment in the first half of 2025, even as venture capital firms struggled to raise money, according to a Pitchbook report. Vanta's previous funding round in July 2024, led by Sequoia Capital, had valued it at $2.45 billion, implying a 69% rise in valuation in a year. Founded in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo, Vanta helps over 12,000 clients across 58 countries in automating compliance and security procedures. Its newly launched AI agent can help teams finish security reviews 81% faster, the company said. Vanta employs more than 1,000 people across its offices in Dublin, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney. Reporting by Ateev Bhandari and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sahal Muhammed Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

Compliance startup Vanta valued at $4.15B in new $150M round - SiliconANGLE

Vanta Inc., a startup that helps companies comply with privacy and cybersecurity regulations, has raised $150 million in fresh funding. Wellington Management led the Series D investment. It was joined by more than a half dozen other backers including the venture capital arms of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Atlassian Corp. The round, which was announced today, boosts Vanta's valuation from $2.45 billion last July to $4.15 billion. Before a tech firm can sell its software to enterprises in a given industry, it has to demonstrate that the offerings comply with the industry's data protection standards. San Francisco-based Vanta has built a cloud platform that eases the task. The software can be used to bring a company's systems into compliance with more than 35 security and privacy standards. Most data protection frameworks comprise a collection of best practices that companies must implement to achieve compliance. For example, the widely adopted SOC 2 standard usually requires software makers to implement multi-factor authentication. Vanta compares a firm's infrastructure against the best practices outlined in a given data protection standard and highlights any gaps it finds. The company's platform visualizes the compliance data it collects in dashboards. Workers can use an artificial intelligence assistant, the Vanta AI Agent, to ask questions about the data. For example, a user could ask the assistant whether the finance team's password management policy aligns with SOC 2 requirements. After a company brings its systems into compliance with a data protection standard, it must undergo an audit to verify the results. Vanta provides a tool for sharing compliance evidence with auditors. The feature allows auditors to request the records they require for an evaluation, as well as share the results of the evaluation once it's complete. Vanta also enables companies to share compliance data with prospects. Using the platform, a software maker can create a portal that highlights which data protection frameworks it implements and how. The portal removes the need for potential buyers to manually request that information, which Vanta says can speed up the sale process. If a prospect nevertheless opts for manual data requests, Vanta provides an AI tool that can automatically answer compliance questions. It also allows software makers to request compliance information from their own suppliers. The platform automates tasks such as reminding a supplier to fill an outstanding compliance questionnaire. "Today, Vanta AI can automatically draft more than 80% of your questionnaire responses, and our AI-generated answers are accepted 95% of the time, so you can complete security reviews 81% faster," Vanta founder and Chief Executive Officer Christina Cacioppo wrote in a blog post today. The company's platform has been adopted by more than 12,000 organizations. Those customers include Atlassian, Snowflake Inc. and other major tech firms. Vanta says that they use its software to keep more than 200 million assets in compliance with data protection frameworks. The company will invest its newly raised capital in product development. It plans to build features that will make it easier to understand how a company complies with data protection standards. Additionally, Vanta is working on a new version of its AI assistant that can only answer questions but also take actions on the user's behalf.