Headquarters
San Diego, CAFounded
2020CEO / Founder
Adam MarkowitzEmployees
501-1000Funding
Series C — $328MProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
8.0/10Website
www.drata.com/Profile updated
Drata is a security compliance automation platform founded in 2020 in San Diego by Adam Markowitz, Troy Markowitz, and Daniel Marashlian. The platform provides continuous control monitoring for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and other frameworks with 180+ integrations.
Drata serves more than 7,000 customers, competing with Vanta and Secureframe. It has expanded into trust centers, AI risk, and vendor risk management.
The company has raised approximately $328 million, including a $100 million Series C in 2024 at a $2 billion valuation, led by ICONIQ Growth.
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Who Drata competes with, and how they differ.
Vanta runs the same continuous-monitoring SOC 2/ISO 27001 automation model as Drata and crossed roughly $100M ARR around the same period; the two are the largest players competing head-to-head for mid-market and enterprise compliance budgets.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedSecureframe targets the same SOC 2/ISO 27001 automation workflow but leans more on AI-assisted evidence collection and skews toward smaller, faster-growing startups than Drata's more enterprise-weighted customer base.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedSprinto focuses on SMB and mid-market compliance automation with a lower-cost, faster-implementation pitch than Drata, competing on price and speed-to-audit rather than platform breadth.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedHyperproof sells compliance-operations software for enterprise GRC teams managing many frameworks at once, overlapping with Drata's enterprise tier but with less emphasis on continuous automated evidence collection.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedOneTrust is a much larger privacy-and-GRC suite (consent management, data mapping, third-party risk) that overlaps with Drata mainly at the enterprise GRC layer rather than core SOC 2 automation.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedKey milestones in Drata's history, with sources.
Surpasses $100M ARR with 7,000+ customers
Drata announced it crossed $100M in annual recurring revenue with 7,000+ customers across 60 countries, reached roughly 3.5 years after launch.
drata.comAcquires SafeBase
Drata acquired customer-facing security review platform SafeBase, integrating its Trust Center capability into Drata's compliance platform.
soc2auditors.orgAcquires Harmonize
Drata acquired identity/access governance startup Harmonize.io, adding access provisioning, deprovisioning and mobile device management capabilities; Harmonize CEO Johnny Kinder joined Drata's product team.
drata.comSeries C — $200M co-led by ICONIQ Growth and GGV Capital
Drata raised a $200M Series C co-led by ICONIQ Growth and GGV Capital, doubling its valuation to $2B roughly a year after its Series B.
drata.comSeries B — $100M led by ICONIQ Growth
Drata raised a $100M Series B led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Alkeon Capital and Salesforce Ventures, reaching a $1B valuation about 10 months after launch.
drata.comSeries A — $25M led by GGV Capital (now Notable Capital)
Drata raised a $25M Series A led by GGV Capital (now Notable Capital).
tracxn.comSeed — $3.2M led by Cowboy Ventures
Drata raised $3.2M in seed funding led by Cowboy Ventures with participation from Leaders Fund and SV Angel.
prnewswire.comLaunches SOC 2 compliance automation platform, emerging from stealth
Drata emerged from stealth and launched its continuous SOC 2 compliance automation platform, alongside a $3.2M seed announcement.
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