DataGuard
A fast-growing European compliance-as-a-service platform with real, verifiable certification outcomes for customers and strong institutional backing, operating in a durable but competitive category.
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Compliance-as-a-service (software plus human experts) is a moderate productization of existing compliance consulting practice.
Triple-digit growth in demand with multi-year operating history serving companies across Europe and the US.
Over EUR80M total raised, including a EUR61M Series B led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital in 2022.
Productizes and scales compliance consulting rather than creating a fundamentally new category.
Helps customers achieve verifiable, independently-audited certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2), providing real evidence of outcomes.
Privacy and compliance requirements are durably relevant and expanding as global regulation grows.
Why CISOs Should Care
DataGuard gives mid-market companies an all-in-one platform combining software and human experts to achieve and maintain privacy, information security, and compliance certifications like GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2.
What Makes It Different
Blends a SaaS compliance platform with outsourced privacy/security officer expertise (compliance-as-a-service), targeting mid-market companies underserved by enterprise GRC tools.
The Matrix Verdict
63/100 — INCREMENTAL INNOVATOR
A fast-growing European compliance-as-a-service platform with real, verifiable certification outcomes for customers and strong institutional backing, operating in a durable but competitive category.
Editorial Note: Claims vs. Verified Findings
Founding year is cited as 2017 by some sources and as a 2018 platform launch by others.
Sources
- As demand for compliance and security soar, DataGuard tops up with EUR61 million -- Tech.eu -- https://tech.eu/2022/09/22/as-demand-for-compliance-and-security-soar-dataguard-tops-up-with-eur61-million/
- DataGuard Raises EUR61 Million Series B -- DataGuard -- https://www.dataguard.com/press/dataguard-series-b-funding-announcement
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