58 Compliance Based Startups To Follow In 2021

December 24, 2020

This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best Compliance startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of the Compliance industry and around the world. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.

We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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1. Secureframe

The idea behind this startup: Secureframe is a provider of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance automation software for compliant security.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Compliance, Information Technology, SaaS, Security, Software

Founders: Natasja Nielsen, Shrav Mehta

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2. Fyllo

The idea behind this startup: Fyllo offers compliance cloud enterprise grade software and database services for the cannabis industry.

Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Industries: Cannabis, Cloud Computing, Cloud Data Services, Compliance, Software

Founders: Aristotle Loumis, Chad Bronstein, Erik Shani

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3. Sym

The idea behind this startup: Sym is a security workflow platform that solves the intent-to-execution gap between policies and workflows.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Compliance, Developer Tools, Security

Founders: Adam Buggia, Jonathan Bass, Yasyf Mohamedali

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4. Havoc Shield

The idea behind this startup: Havoc Shield is a fast and effective cyber security program for small businesses.

Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Network Security, Security

Founders: Brian Fritton

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5. Laika

The idea behind this startup: End-to-end compliance and audit management for modern companies

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Industries: Compliance, Information Technology, Software

Founders: Austin Ogilvie, Eva Pittas, Sam Li

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6. Frontegg

The idea behind this startup: Frontegg is one-stop-shop platform for SaaS applications, providing a full set of SaaS building block features for quick integration.

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Industries: Compliance, Developer Platform, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Software

Founders: Aviad Mizrachi, Sagi Rodin

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7. Strike Graph

The idea behind this startup: A compliance SAAS solution simplifying cyber security certifications. These certifications dramatically improve revenue for B2B companies.

Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, SaaS

Founders: Brian Bero, Justin Beals

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8. 6clicks

The idea behind this startup: Your complete Risk & Compliance Operating System, including award-winning mobile app and world-first AI engine.

Headquarters: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Legal Tech, Risk Management, Software

Founders: Andrew Robinson, Anthony Stevens, Louis Strauss

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9. Yoho

The idea behind this startup: Yoho connects, engages, and instructs frontline employees for more effective task management, skill development, and information sharing.

Headquarters: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Industries: Compliance, Mobile Apps, Productivity Tools, Psychology, SaaS, Software, Training, Translation Service, Video Chat, Video Streaming

Founders: Jan Princen, Olivier Verhage, Robert Kehres

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10. EalaX

The idea behind this startup: Advanced Simulation & FinCrime Analytics

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Compliance, Information Technology, Machine Learning

Founders: Edgar Lopez-Rojas

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11. InCountry

The idea behind this startup: InCountry is a data residency-as-a-service platform that enables global data compliance for international business.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Compliance, Data Storage, Information Technology

Founders: Peter Yared

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12. Privacy Tools

The idea behind this startup: Privacy compliance platform, based on AI/Blockchain, which helps global companies to keep compliant with the data protection requirements.

Headquarters: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Legal, Legal Tech, Network Security, Privacy, Software

Founders: Aline Deparis, Marison Souza

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13. HARPOCRATES Solutions

The idea behind this startup: Provider of Forward Compliance and Data privacy as a service for B2B and B2C Customers in context of GDPR.

Headquarters: Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Industries: Cloud Computing, Compliance, Information Technology, Legal Tech, Privacy, SaaS

Founders: Jan Jensen, Jascha Hajek, Martin Foerster

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14. TargetDocs

The idea behind this startup: TargetDocs – A catch-all inbox for project teams, so files never fall through the cracks

Headquarters: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Industries: Communications Infrastructure, Compliance, Construction, Document Management, SaaS

Founders: Emon Haider, Joseph Leiva, P.E.

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15. VComply

The idea behind this startup: VComply is a governance, risk, and compliance management solution provider.

Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States

Industries: Compliance, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Risk Management, SaaS, Software

Founders: Harshvardhan Kariwala

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16. Heights Labs

The idea behind this startup: The only compliance and investigations platform for following the money at scale to eliminate global financial crime.

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Industries: Compliance, Law Enforcement, National Security, Software

Founders: Unknown

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17. SkyPoint Cloud

The idea behind this startup: Privacy-first customer 360, privacy compliance (CCPA, GDPR etc.) and data de-identification enterprise cloud platform.

Headquarters: Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Compliance, Machine Learning, Privacy, SaaS, Software

Founders: Tisson Mathew

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18. Fieldguide

The idea behind this startup: Fieldguide is modern collaboration and workflow software for audit and advisory firms.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Accounting, Compliance, Information Technology, Professional Services, SaaS, Software

Founders: Chris Szymansky, Jin Chang

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19. Soveren

The idea behind this startup: Modern Data Privacy Infrastructure

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Developer Platform, PaaS, Privacy, SaaS, Software

Founders: Andrey Zhulin, Dmitry Zhulin, Peter Fedchenkov

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20. ByteChek

The idea behind this startup: ByteChek is helping make compliance suck less.

Headquarters: Miami, Florida, United States

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Risk Management, SaaS, Software

Founders: AJ Yawn, Jeff Cook

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21. Praxis Labs

The idea behind this startup: Praxis reimagines corporate bias training, integrating research-backed curriculum with cutting edge VR technology

Headquarters: Stanford, California, United States

Industries: Compliance, Corporate Training, E-Learning, EdTech, Education, Human Resources, Software, Training, Virtual Reality

Founders: Elise Smith, Heather Shen, Melina Lopez

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22. Nossa Data

The idea behind this startup: Nossa Data digitises company ESG reporting and data management across multiple frameworks, to reduce cost of capital and compliance.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Compliance, Financial Services, Internet, Software

Founders: Unknown

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23. OmniCann

The idea behind this startup: OmniCann is building the next generation of software suites tailored for the cannabis industry.

Headquarters: Ukiah, California, United States

Industries: AgTech, Compliance, Consulting, CRM, Education, Information Services, Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, SaaS

Founders: Daniel Cook, Josh Holfeltz, Matthew Browning, Paul Taylor

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24. rThreat Inc.

The idea behind this startup: The future of Breach and Attack Simulation Platform

Headquarters: Bellingham, Washington, United States

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Information Technology, SaaS, Software

Founders: Daniela Applegate, Hugo Sanchez, Jesus Garcia

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25. Sawayo

The idea behind this startup: Sawayo is a company developing a Saas Compliance und Workflow Automation solution for SME’s

Headquarters: Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Industries: Apps, B2B, Compliance, Information Services, Internet, Productivity Tools, SaaS, Small and Medium Businesses, Software

Founders: Andreas Wieczorke, Benjamin Reif, Bjarne C. Wilhelm

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26. Tauruseer

The idea behind this startup: The Confidence Cloudâ„¢ | Continuous Assurance Platform helps manage the true risk performance of cloud native products.

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Industries: Cloud Security, Compliance, Cyber Security, Information Technology, InsurTech, Risk Management, SaaS, Software

Founders: Jeremy Vaughan

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27. Visualyst

The idea behind this startup: Visualyst helps video creators, regulators, and distributors manage compliance checks faster than ever before.

Headquarters: Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Industries: Compliance, E-Commerce Platforms, Fashion, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Shopping, Software

Founders: Miguel Silva

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28. fiskaly

The idea behind this startup: unified fiscalisation services for the european markets

Headquarters: Vienna, Wien, Austria

Industries: Compliance, Information Technology, Point of Sale, Retail Technology, Software

Founders: Johannes Ferner, Patrick Gaubatz, Simon Tragatschnig

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29. Speik

The idea behind this startup: Speik is a voice security solution that delivers complete protection from call recording, archiving and PCI phone payments.

Headquarters: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Industries: Compliance, Fraud Detection, SaaS, Security

Founders: Unknown

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30. Castellum.AI

The idea behind this startup: Automating Watchlist Compliance

Headquarters: Manhattan, New York, United States

Industries: Compliance, FinTech, SaaS, Software

Founders: Julian Vasilkoski, Peter Piatetsky

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31. Kivera

The idea behind this startup: Kivera is the next generation of cloud compliance tooling providing deep visibility and protection across your cloud deployments.

Headquarters: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Industries: Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Security, Compliance

Founders: Neil Brown, Vernon Jefferson

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32. Pima.app

The idea behind this startup: Pima simplifies the process of sending confidential documents and agreements to your prospects and customers.

Headquarters: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Industries: Compliance, SaaS, Security, Software

Founders: Martin Cozzi

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33. Fintact

The idea behind this startup: Fintact enables effortless customer-onboarding. Perform AML checks and due diligence investigations in an instant.

Headquarters: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

Industries: Compliance, Information Technology, SaaS, Software

Founders: Unknown

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34. 1StopVAT

The idea behind this startup: VAT experts for your tax compliance anywhere you go

Headquarters: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania

Industries: Compliance, Enterprise Software, Software

Founders: Unknown

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35. Vendict

The idea behind this startup: Vet your Vendors in minutes. Use automation for your Vendor risk to be on track.

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Industries: Compliance, Privacy, Supply Chain Management

Founders: Michael Keslassy

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36. Neighborhood Watch® for Corporations

The idea behind this startup: Workplace Risk Engagement System | Digitized Expert Interviews

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Commercial Insurance, Compliance, Cyber Security, Fraud Detection, Human Resources, Insurance, InsurTech, Risk Management

Founders: Scott LaVictor

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37. AMLBot

The idea behind this startup: RegTech, Finance, Cryptocurrency, Risk Management

Headquarters: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Industries: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Compliance, Cryptocurrency, Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, FinTech, Fraud Detection, Risk Management

Founders: Slava Demchuk

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38. Aerobyte Cyber Defense

The idea behind this startup: Aerobyte’s ensures that every byte of information is protected even if your organization is compromised

Headquarters: Tampa, Florida, United States

Industries: Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Compliance, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Identity Management, Network Security

Founders: Howard Hellman, Kevin Beierle, William Tabor

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39. Control.My.ID

The idea behind this startup: Platform providing consumers with transparency and control of their privacy and providing enterprises with regulatory compliance &. security

Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, United States

Industries: Compliance, Identity Management, Privacy, Reputation, Security

Founders: Emad Fanous

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40. ONBORD

The idea behind this startup: SaaS RegTech

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Compliance, Credit, Risk Management, SaaS

Founders: Unknown

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41. Pact

The idea behind this startup: The only cannabis compliance platform to optimize, automate and report every state and local sales tax, business tax and excise tax.

Headquarters: Bend, Oregon, United States

Industries: Accounting, Cannabis, Compliance, Developer APIs, FinTech, Internet, SaaS, Software

Founders: Matt Kern

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42. Izwan & Partners

The idea behind this startup: Corporate/commercial, technology, venture capital, private equity, and startup law firm in Kuala Lumpur

Headquarters: Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Industries: Compliance, Consulting, Legal

Founders: Izwan Zakaria

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43. CCPA Toll Free

The idea behind this startup: CCPA Toll Free makes Simple Privacy. Manage CCPA and GDPR Requests. Meet Deadlines. Track Compliance.

Headquarters: Claymont, Delaware, United States

Industries: Compliance, Legal Tech

Founders: Julian Salama, Marc Mandel

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44. Interview Invite

The idea behind this startup: Online learning platform providing Job Search Training Courses, Career Insights and Message Templates for New Grads & Job Seekers

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Industries: Communities, Compliance, Enterprise, Freelance, Human Resources, Internet, Recruiting, SaaS, Social Recruiting

Founders: Chad Stieglitz

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45. Zebra Software Limited

The idea behind this startup: ZEBSOFT is a SaaS GRC Governance Risk & Compliance software platform

Headquarters: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Industries: Compliance, Risk Management, Software

Founders: David Bowman and Stephen Bloomfield

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46. NOCAP Sports

The idea behind this startup: NOCAP Sports is an End-to-End Software Solution that Makes Cutting-Edge Technology Available to all Name, Image and Likeness Stakeholders.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, eSports, FinTech, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Software, Sponsorship, Sports

Founders: Nicholas Lord

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47. GRCHive

The idea behind this startup: Governance for the digital age.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Risk Management, Software

Founders: Derek Chin, Michael Bao

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48. Auditflow.io

The idea behind this startup: The Audit as a Service Platform for IT and Cybersecurity Professionals

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Privacy

Founders: Luis Gomes de Abreu

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49. ZeroTolerance

The idea behind this startup: ZeroTolerance is your remote AML department. We give all KYC/KYT tools, AML framework and our experts to cover ALL your AML requirements

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Compliance, FinTech, Fraud Detection, Identity Management, Legal Tech, Machine Learning, Risk Management, SaaS

Founders: Victor Dan

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50. Sellout

The idea behind this startup: Compliance for Cannabis

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Cannabis, Compliance, Software

Founders: Matt Frisbie, Scott Robinson

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51.Privatica

The idea behind this startup: Privatica is a customers data management platform, designed to manage customers, leads and visitors data.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Data Integration, Data Visualization, Legal Tech, Privacy

Founders: Unknown

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51.Privatica

The idea behind this startup: Privatica is a customers data management platform, designed to manage customers, leads and visitors data.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Data Integration, Data Visualization, Legal Tech, Privacy

Founders: Unknown

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46. Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists New York City Chapter

The idea behind this startup: Professional Association

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Association, Compliance

Founders: Joseph Bognanno

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47. Compliance Sign

The idea behind this startup: AI and ML tool for compliance, regulatory, and policy operations assisting people and never fully automating.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Compliance, FinTech, Insurance, Legal Tech, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, SaaS

Founders: Mark Lorkowski

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46. licens.io

The idea behind this startup: Compliance and risk management solutions for builders, buyers, and sellers of software and data

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Information Technology, Insurance, Risk Management, Security, Software

Founders: Unknown

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55. Traceer

The idea behind this startup: The fastest solution for checking Bitcoin addresses and BTC transactions on fraud.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Bitcoin, Compliance, Cryptocurrency, Finance, FinTech, Mobile Apps

Founders: Stan Chernukhin

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56. audaxly

The idea behind this startup: Saas

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Legal Tech, SaaS, Software

Founders: Ioana Stoica

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57. SecureBucket

The idea behind this startup: Revolutionary real-time data compliance

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Big Data, Compliance, Data Mining, Information Technology, Internet, Software

Founders: Unknown

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58. OneIntegral

The idea behind this startup: SaaS Fintech company specializing in enabling enterprises comply with Financial regulations and standards like IFRS, INDAS etc.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Compliance, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, InsurTech, PaaS, SaaS

Founders: Dilip Ramadasan, Dilip Ramadasan

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