Vanta

About Vanta

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Vanta

All products by Vanta reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

VantaAI Compliance

Automate security compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and more

Free7.2/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Vanta

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Vanta's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 2.0 points — The Finance Lead was the hardest to convince, The Decision Maker the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Vanta competes with, and how they differ.

Drata8.0/10

Closest direct competitor with a near-identical continuous-monitoring compliance-automation model; pushes harder into enterprise accounts with a broader integration marketplace versus Vanta's roots in YC/startup security compliance.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Secureframe7.9/10

Same SOC 2/ISO 27001 automation model at smaller scale, competing more aggressively on price for early-stage startups than Vanta.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

OneTrust7.6/10

Originated as a privacy-management platform and now spans broader GRC, targeting large-enterprise privacy/legal buyers rather than the startup security-compliance teams Vanta built its base with.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Sprinto7.6/10

Compliance automation aimed at SMBs and startups at a lower price point, with stronger traction in the APAC/India market than Vanta.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Vanta's history, with sources.

1. Jul 23, 2025Funding

   Series D — $150M led by Wellington Management at $4.15B valuation

   Wellington Management led a $150M Series D, up from a $2.45B valuation a year earlier, even though Vanta had not yet spent most of its Series C proceeds.

   forbes.com
2. Jul 17, 2025Acquisition

   Acquires Riskey, a third/fourth-party risk monitoring startup

   Vanta acquired Riskey to add continuous, AI-powered vendor risk monitoring to its Vendor Risk Management product, replacing static point-in-time assessments.

   businesswire.com
3. Jul 24, 2024Funding

   Series C — $150M led by Sequoia Capital at $2.45B valuation

   Sequoia Capital led Vanta's Series C with new investors Goldman Sachs Alternatives growth equity and J.P. Morgan, bringing total funds raised to $353M since 2021.

   businesswire.com
4. Jun 8, 2022Funding

   Series B — $110M led by Craft Ventures at $1.6B valuation, reaching unicorn status

   Craft Ventures led a $110M Series B with Sequoia and Y Combinator participating, making Vanta a unicorn less than a year after its Series A.

   siliconangle.com
5. May 4, 2021Funding

   Series A — $50M led by Sequoia Capital at ~$500M valuation

   Sequoia Capital led Vanta's first institutional round; Sequoia partner Andrew Reed joined Vanta's board. The company had already helped 1,000+ companies with SOC 2 audits and passed $10M ARR.

   forbes.com
6. 2018Founded

   Founded by Christina Cacioppo and Erik Goldman

   Former Dropbox employees Christina Cacioppo and Erik Goldman founded Vanta in Y Combinator's Winter 2018 batch to automate SOC 2 compliance monitoring.

   en.wikipedia.org