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Automated Security ComplianceFounded 2018
Reviewed by Swet Parvadiya
Company data updated: October 2026
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Vanta Company Profile: Business Model, History & Strategy

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Vanta is a San Francisco compliance automation and trust management company founded in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo and Erik Goldman. It connects to 400+ systems to collect audit evidence, reported over $300 million in ARR in April 2026, and was valued at $4.15 billion in July 2025.

How Vanta makes money: Vanta sells annual software subscriptions. Price depends on company size, the number of compliance frameworks a customer needs and which modules it adds, such as Trust Center, questionnaire automation and vendor risk…

Revenue & employeesCEO historyFoundersBusiness model
Annualized run-rate (2026)$300M
CEOChristina Cacioppo
Founded2018
IndustryAutomated Security Compliance
By Swet ParvadiyaLast reviewed:
Data sources: annual reports, SEC filings, methodology
Industry:Automated Security Compliance

Vanta key figures

Vanta's latest revenue figure is $300M (2026). This is an annualized run-rate from Vanta, not audited fiscal-year revenue.

Source: Vanta · Last reviewed October 2026

Current chief executive
Christina Cacioppo
In the role since 2018 (8 years)
Documented transactions
3
Between 2023 and 2025
Founded
2018
8 years ago
Where was Vanta founded?
Vanta was founded in San Francisco, California, United States in 2018.
When did Vanta start?
Vanta was founded in 2018.
How old is Vanta?
Vanta is 8 years old as of 2026.
In-Depth Analysis
149 words · 1 min read

What Vanta sells

Vanta connects to a customer's cloud accounts, identity provider, code repositories and HR tools, runs automated tests against security controls, and stores the results as audit evidence for frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA. Around that core it sells a Trust Center, security questionnaire automation, third-party risk management and the Vanta Agent, an AI assistant for GRC teams.

Growth and funding

Vanta reported about $100 million ARR in August 2024 and more than $300 million in April 2026, with 16,000+ customers. It raised a Sequoia-led $150 million Series C at $2.45 billion in 2024 and a Wellington-led $150 million Series D at $4.15 billion in July 2025.

Acquisitions

Trustpage (January 2023) and Riskey (July 2025) both extended Vanta's security-review and vendor-risk products.

Competition

Its closest rivals are Drata, Secureframe and Sprinto; larger GRC vendors such as OneTrust and ServiceNow compete for enterprise accounts.

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Vanta Key Facts

CompanyVanta
Financials$300M (annualized run-rate, 2026)
Valuation$4.2B (private company, last reported)
Last reviewedBy Swet Parvadiya, Founder & Editor - October 2026
Founded2018
Founder(s)Christina Cacioppo, Erik Goldman
CEOChristina Cacioppo
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
IndustryAutomated Security Compliance

Vanta Company Profile: Business Model, History & Strategy

"Vanta began by automating SOC 2 evidence collection. By April 2026 it reported more than $300 million in ARR, roughly triple its 2024 level."

Vanta is a San Francisco compliance automation and trust management company founded in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo and Erik Goldman. It connects to 400+ systems to collect audit evidence, reported over $300 million in ARR in April 2026, and was valued at $4.15 billion in July 2025.

Founded

2018

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Vanta was founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo and Erik Goldman, who had worked together at Dropbox.

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Business Model

Vanta sells annual software subscriptions. Price depends on company size, the number of compliance frameworks a customer needs and which modules it adds, such as Trust Center, questionnaire automation and vendor risk…

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Vanta has completed 3 documented acquisitions. Explore the full acquisition history and strategic rationale behind each deal.

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Vanta grows by selling more frameworks and modules to existing customers, moving upmarket into larger companies, and adding products around the audit itself: Trust Center, security questionnaire automation, vendor risk…

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Frequently Asked Questions About Vanta

What does Vanta do?

Vanta automates security compliance. It connects to a company's systems, tests controls and collects audit evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and other frameworks, and also sells trust center, questionnaire and vendor risk products.

Who owns Vanta?

Vanta is privately held and backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Craft Ventures and Wellington Management. It is not publicly traded.

Where is Vanta headquartered?

San Francisco, California.

Which companies use Vanta?

Vanta names Atlassian, Snowflake, Samsara, Cursor and Harvey among more than 16,000 customers.

Who founded Vanta?

Vanta was founded in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo, a former product manager at Dropbox who realized that B2B startups were losing massive sales simply because they couldn't quickly prove their security posture.

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