Strike Graph is a technology company.
Strike Graph has raised $21.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Strike Graph has raised $21.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Strike Graph has raised $21.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Strike Graph's investors include Madrona Ventures, Revolution, Sierra Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tom Williams, Seguin Ventures.
Strike Graph is a cybersecurity compliance company founded in 2020 that builds an AI-powered Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform.[1][2][5] The platform automates evidence collection, risk management, and control mapping for over 30 security frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and CMMC, serving startups, mid-market firms, and enterprises in sectors including AI technology, health tech, financial services, manufacturing, and life sciences.[1][3][6] It solves the problem of manual, error-prone audits by enabling continuous compliance monitoring, reducing effort, and allowing organizations to design tailored security postures without full-time teams—helping over 300 customers achieve certifications.[1][4][5] Pricing starts free for basic use, with Certify at $9,000/year and Scale at $18,000/year, integrating seamlessly with tools like Jira, AWS, Azure, and GitLab.[3]
Strike Graph was founded in 2020 by Justin Beals, who recognized the inefficiencies of traditional audits involving manual spreadsheet reviews by non-experts.[1][2] Beals, drawing from experience in security operations, launched the company to automate compliance through machine learning that analyzes evidence against requirements, dramatically improving accuracy and speed.[2] Early evolution focused on shifting from costly, time-consuming audits to AI-driven testing; three years post-launch (around 2023), they developed Verify AI for evidence management and expanded to support multiple frameworks with configurable mappings.[2][4] Pivotal traction came from assisting organizations in autonomous compliance, combining SaaS with expert customer success teams for concierge-like support.[1][6]
Strike Graph rides the wave of AI-driven DevSecOps and zero-trust security, where exploding regulations (e.g., GDPR, CMMC) meet complex, distributed tech stacks in AI, cloud, and health sectors—making manual compliance untenable.[1][2][4] Timing is ideal amid rising cyber threats and audit demands post-2020, as businesses scale without security teams; market forces like automation mandates and multi-framework needs favor its graph-based AI that handles relationships between controls, evidence, and systems at enterprise scale.[4][6] It influences the ecosystem by democratizing compliance for startups (low-cost entry) to enterprises, fostering "compliance as a strength" via continuous readiness, and pushing competitors toward AI integration.[1][5]
Strike Graph is poised to dominate AI-native GRC as regulations proliferate and AI adoption accelerates, with expansions into agentic AI for full audit automation and deeper integrations for emerging frameworks like those for generative AI risks.[4][5] Trends like real-time compliance in multi-cloud/zero-trust environments and SBOM mandates will fuel growth, potentially doubling its 300+ customer base via Scale-tier enterprise wins.[1][3] Its influence may evolve from niche enabler to ecosystem standard, empowering autonomous security programs—turning compliance from burden to competitive edge, much like it did from day one with Verify AI.[2][4]
Strike Graph has raised $21.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Venture Round in December 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2023 | $2.0M Venture Round | Madrona Ventures, Revolution, Sierra Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tom Williams | |
| May 1, 2023 | $7.0M Venture Round | Madrona Ventures, Revolution, Seguin Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tom Williams | |
| Sep 1, 2021 | $8.0M Series A | Madrona Ventures, Revolution, Seguin Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tom Williams | |
| Oct 1, 2020 | $4.0M Seed | Madrona Ventures, Revolution, Sierra Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tom Williams |