Employee-reported reduction affecting about 14% of the company, or approximately 53 employees. This is a historical layoff signal, not evidence of a current reduction.
SourceAutomated security monitoring platform for compliance certifications.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 2, 2026
Vanta is a privately held software company founded in 2018 that helps businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security, privacy, compliance, risk, and audit automation. Its platform monitors connected systems, gathers evidence, manages frameworks and vendor risk, automates questionnaires, and presents security proof to customers.
Primary product
Vanta Agentic Trust Platform: an AI-powered trust-management/GRC platform covering automated compliance, continuous controls monitoring, risk and third-party risk management, questionnaire automation, Trust Center, audit preparation, privacy, and AI governance.
Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, USA (655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600, San Francisco, CA 94111)
Team size
1,000–2,000 (third-party/current LinkedIn-derived estimate; official company count unavailable)
Work style
Flexible
Industry
101 jobs at Vanta
Software Development / Computer Software
Sub-industry
Security compliance automation, GRC, trust management, privacy and third-party risk management SaaS
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private company; Series D
Total raised
$504M
Latest round
Series D · Jul 2025
Latest amount
$150M
Jul 2025 · Wellington Management
Jul 2025 · Wellington Management
Jul 2024 · Sequoia Capital
Series C [Vanta announcement / TechCrunch](https://www.vanta.com/resources/vanta-announces-series-c)
Jul 2024 · Sequoia Capital
Aug 2023 · Craft Ventures
Jun 2022 · Craft Ventures
Series A [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vanta)
May 2021 · Sequoia Capital
May 2021 · Sequoia Capital
Apr 2018 · Y Combinator
Seed [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vanta)
Jan 2018 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Product Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Jadee Hanson
Chief Information Security Officer
Founders
Investors
Vanta describes itself as remote-first in the US and hybrid in international offices. Its published principles are Put customers first, Win as one team, Bias for action, Lead with resilience, Decide with frameworks, and Do what it says on the tin. Public engineering and careers material emphasizes continuous learning, customer impact, security-minded execution, and regular connection for distributed teams.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
US job postings publicly provide role/location-specific base-pay ranges and equity; third-party compensation data indicates high total compensation for engineering roles, but company-wide compensation figures are unavailable. Public labor-filing data indicates H-1B/PERM sponsorship activity, which is role- and location-dependent rather than universal.
Benefits
Pricing
Custom quote / sales-led SaaS. Vanta's official pricing page asks customers to request a demo and personalized pricing; the EULA supports subscription plans and trial services. Third-party procurement estimates commonly place annual subscriptions in the five-figure range, but those estimates are not official list prices.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $300M+ ARR as of April 2026, company-reported; this is recurring revenue, not independently verified GAAP annual revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
775.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Employee-reported reduction affecting about 14% of the company, or approximately 53 employees. This is a historical layoff signal, not evidence of a current reduction.
SourceVanta acquired Riskey, a vendor-risk monitoring company, and integrated its real-time third- and fourth-party risk technology into Vanta's Vendor Risk Management product.
SourceBusiness Wire · May 2026
Vanta announced recognition as a Forrester Wave Leader in its first inclusion, citing continuous controls monitoring, broad integrations and automation-first GRC capabilities.
Fortune · Apr 2026
Fortune reported on Vanta's $300M ARR milestone and the demand for monitoring and governing unsanctioned AI tools in companies.
Vanta · Apr 2026
Vanta announced that ARR exceeded $300M, tripling since 2024, with growth accelerating across the prior four quarters and more than 16,000 organizations supported.
Vanta (product updates) · Feb 2026
Vanta released notable product updates including Internal Request Lists, public evidence collection for Trust Centers, AWS GovCloud/Federal compliance support, and enhancements to the Vanta AI Agent (memory, contextual queries, corrective-action suggestions) to improve audit control and federal compliance capabilities [Vanta product updates](https://www.vanta.com/resources/new-in-vanta-february-2026).
Vanta · Jul 2025
Vanta announced its $150M Series D at a $4.15B valuation; Reuters reported Wellington Management led the round and cumulative external funding reached approximately $504M.