DataGrail

datagrail.io

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

200

Security

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

DataGrail is a San Francisco-based B2B SaaS company that helps organizations discover personal data, automate privacy requests, manage consent, assess privacy risk, and comply with regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. Its platform is designed for privacy, legal, security, and compliance teams.

Primary product

DataGrail Privacy Platform / Privacy Control Center, including Live Data Map, Request Manager, Consent Management, Privacy Assessments, Risk Register, and the Vera AI privacy agent.

Founded

2018

Headquarters

225 Bush Street, Suite 360, San Francisco, California 94104, United States

Team size

51-200

Work style

Remote

Industry

Software development

Sub-industry

Privacy management, data governance, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity SaaS

Offices

225 Bush Street, Suite 360, San Francisco, California

164 Townsend Street, Suite 12, San Francisco, California

Business model

B2B SaaS

Enterprise software

Subscription software

Quote-based enterprise contracts

Funding

Stage

Series C / growth-stage private company

Total raised

$84.2M

Latest round

Series C · Oct 2022

Latest amount

$45M

Series C

Oct 2022 · Third Point Ventures

$45M

Series B

Mar 2021 · Felicis Ventures

$30M

Venture financing

Nov 2019 · American Express Ventures

Series A / additional financing

Jul 2019 · Cloud Apps Capital Partners

$5.2M

Series A

Sep 2018 · Cloud Apps Capital Partners

$4M

Angel

May 2018 · Peter Kazanjy

$200K

People & investors

Leadership

Daniel Barber

Co-founder & CEO

Ignacio Zendejas

Co-founder; current public executive title unclear

Eric Brinkman

Chief Product Officer

Cathy Polinsky

Chief Technology Officer

Amy Reagan Hollo

Chief Operating Officer

Chris Deibler

VP of Security

Jordan Tucker

VP of Sales

Founders

Earl Hathaway

Co-founder

Investors

American Express Ventures

Basis Set Ventures

Cloud Apps Capital Partners

Thomson Reuters Ventures

Work & culture

The company emphasizes customer-first behavior, transparency, ownership, continuous learning, open feedback, and a mission framing privacy as a human right. Careers materials describe a distributed work environment with flexibility and family-friendly management practices. Third-party employer data is more mixed, with a reported employer rating of approximately 3.9/5.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Public job materials do not provide a consistent company-wide compensation framework. Third-party commentary suggests benefits are relatively strong, particularly healthcare and time off, while cash compensation is generally described as market-aligned or mid-market for growth-stage SaaS; sales compensation may vary substantially with quota attainment. Specific salary ranges and equity terms are not reliably available.

Benefits

Work from anywhere

Flexible PTO

Generous holiday schedule

One-week winter break

Eight company wellness days / DataGrail Days

Healthcare plans, including dental and vision

401(k) plan

Remote office stipend

Monthly reimbursement for home-office, hardware, internet, phone, or coworking expenses

Annual professional-development stipend

Conferences and workshops

Product & market

Pricing

Quote-based enterprise pricing. Public third-party descriptions indicate pricing depends on data-subject volume, request volume, integrations, selected modules, and implementation requirements; DataGrail does not publish standard pricing.

Differentiators

—Large integration network, described by the company as 2,500+ integrations
—Continuous Live Data Map and risk visibility rather than periodic manual mapping
—Automation of data subject requests across customer systems
—Integrated consent management, privacy assessments, risk tracking, and request workflows
—Risk Intelligence technology intended to detect shadow IT and vulnerable personal-data locations
—No-code consent and workflow capabilities
—Vera AI privacy agent with permission-controlled, privacy-specific automation
—Optional customer-hosted deployment capabilities and agent/agentless connectivity

Technology

AWS

Amazon ECS

Amazon S3

AWS Secrets Manager

Terraform

React

React Native

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Ruby

Kotlin

Java

Angular

Snowflake

SQL

Databricks

OAuth

Google Tag Manager

Google Consent Mode

Customers

Salesforce

Dexcom

Databricks

Instacart

Overstock

New Balance

SHEIN

Compass

Carvana

FanDuel

HubSpot

Okta

NETGEAR

Reformation

Twilio

Competitors

OneTrust

BigID

Transcend

Ketch

Osano

TrustArc

Privacera

Relyance AI

Didomi

Exterro

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$200M-$300M annual revenue estimate from third-party company-data aggregation; not company-disclosed and should be treated as low-confidence

Signals & risks

Layoff

Nov 2023

Multiple former employees publicly reported being affected by a DataGrail reduction in force in late November 2023. The company did not appear to publish an official layoff announcement or headcount figure.

Source

Layoff

Dec 2023

A former employee publicly described being laid off as part of a DataGrail workforce reduction.

Source

Other

Apr 2025

CEO Daniel Barber publicly discussed the departure of one of DataGrail's three original founders, stating that he and Ignacio Zendejas continued the company journey.

Source

Other

Jan 2025

A former senior enterprise sales leader announced his departure from DataGrail. This is an individual executive/employee departure and not evidence of a company-wide reduction.

Source

Latest news

DataGrail Recognized as a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software

DataGrail · Nov 2025

DataGrail said IDC MarketScape recognized it as a Leader for the second consecutive year, citing automation, integration, ease of use, and customer success.

Consumer Demand for Data Privacy Surges, Driving Up Business Costs as Data Deletion Requests Rise

DataGrail · Jun 2025

DataGrail's 2025 report reported an 82% year-over-year increase in deletion requests, a 43% increase in estimated DSR-processing costs since 2023, and continuing consent-compliance gaps.

Reflections on a Year of Growth and Innovation

DataGrail · Feb 2025

The company reported double-digit customer-base growth in 2024, new customers including Harry's, Quince, and MLS, product enhancements to Live Data Map, and continued investment in consent and risk management.

DataGrail Redefines Data Privacy With New Consent Product

PR Newswire · Jun 2024

DataGrail announced a no-code consent-management product intended to unify consent collection, preference management, and regulatory compliance.