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Vanta

Automated compliance and security provider

501-1000 employees
  • B2B
  • Security
  • Compliance
  • SaaS
  • Cyber Security
  • Automation
369 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

Company mission

To secure the internet and protect consumer data.

Insights

Female leader
Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

38% female employees

20% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

The security auditing process is usually very time-consuming, taking hours to complete, and it is often difficult for start-ups to invest time into such a process. Yet, the benefits of security accreditation are enormous, mainly as many such businesses are working globally and need ways to demonstrate security compliance to one another. Vanta works specifically with start-ups to help them complete and pass security audits such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

The company is a compliance portal and security monitoring platform that businesses use to assess their risk levels. Vanta carries out a pre-audit of a company's digital security and highlights areas that need to be worked on before a full analysis of all threats is carried out. Other businesses such as Datadog or PagerDuty offer similar security monitoring services, but Vanta monitors its customers throughout the year, allowing any issues to be identified and addressed early on.

Vanta has found a valuable cybersecurity niche within the giant SaaS market. Companies such as Lattice, Clubhouse, and Calm are all customers, demonstrating a growing trend for companies to manage their cybersecurity proactively, which Vanta should be able to take advantage of to further grow and develop into the future.

Benefits

  • Health & Wellness: Vanta values the health and well-being of our teammates and offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for teammates and dependents. Vanta is excited to provide an additional range of benefits that holistically support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
  • Work Your Way: Enjoy a remote-first setup if you're in the US, or go hybrid at our international offices
  • Paid Parental Leave: Industry competitive paid parental leave for all parents
  • Time Away: Industry competitive and generous PTO policy
  • 401K Plan: 401k matching contribution plan

Company values

  • Put customers first: We center our customers and their needs in our work, and invest in long-term relationships with them
  • Presume good intent: We naturally support and uplift our teammates and partners. We are kind to and respectful of Vanta’ns, partners, customers, and even competitors - and we presume good intent, especially with teammates.
  • Bias for action: We make decisions and act quickly even in the face of uncertainty. When we get new information, we’re comfortable with reversing decisions as long as we move quickly so we can iterate and learn
  • Lead with resilience: We don’t let day-to-day volatility knock us off course - we operate with resilience and fortitude. We see rapid change as an opportunity to continue redefining an industry in service of our customers
  • Decide with frameworks: We develop and use frameworks to evaluate alternatives neutrally, focus requests for feedback, explain the “why” behind decisions, and ensure that similar decisions in the future are made consistently
  • Do what it says on the tin: We hold ourselves to the highest standards, and are truthful, humble, and accountable, especially when we (inevitably) make mistakes along the way

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Sep 2022

$40m

SERIES B

Jun 2022

$110m

SERIES B

$203m

Total funding

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Founders

Worked in Investment at Union Square Ventures, before becoming a Professor at the School of Visual Arts. Co-founded Nebula Labs, and worked in Product Management at Dropbox.

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