69 Best Tax Compliance Startups to Watch in 2026

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Tax Compliance Startups

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There are 421 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $13.6b. The average funding per company in this subset is $197.0m.

Last update to the database: May 19, 2026. See changelog.

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$351.2m

Money raised

AI-powered platform designed to prevent fraud and financial crime.

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$583.6m

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TriNet Zenefits is a software as a service (SaaS) company providing a digital human resources platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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$267.5m

Money raised

Immuta is a Boston-based provider of a cloud-native data governance platform for organizations to automate data access control, security, and privacy compliance.

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$3.2b

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Bolt, previously Taxify, is a technology start-up and developer of an on-demand transportation platform.

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4

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$107.0m

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TrustArc is a San Francisco-based developer of privacy compliance and risk management software for GDPR, CCPA, and related regulations.

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10

Funding Rounds

$447.0m

Money raised

Interos is a Virginia-based company developing a logistics assurance platform designed for supply chain risk management, through a breakthrough AI SaaS platform.

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$252.0m

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Kandji is a San Diego-based device management software company developing a device management platform for Apple devices.

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Funding Rounds

$655.6m

Money raised

Chainalysis is a company that provides tools for cryptocurrency analysis, compliance, and investigation.

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$82.0m

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Bionic is a company founded in 2019 by Idan Ninyo.

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$635.0m

Money raised

KnowBe4 is a Clearwater, Florida-based platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks.

4

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$179.0m

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A technology company offering an internet of things (IoT) platform for the biopharmaceutical and medical technology industries.

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8

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$373.3m

Money raised

Quantexa is a company that enables institutions to make better decisions using their data.

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13

Funding Rounds

$620.3m

Money raised

Directory-as-a-Service (DaaS) company to securely connect user identities to devices, networks, apps, files, & data.

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6

Funding Rounds

$426.5m

Money raised

Seismic is a computer software company co-founded in 2010 by Douglas Winter, Ed Calnan, Fred Xie, Marc Romano, and Nasser Barghouti.

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$827.1m

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Operator of an on-demand transit company designed to provide car pooling services. The company's platform dynamically matches passengers with available seats, instead of entire vehicles, creating a virtual bus service, while keeping trip durations similar to a private taxi, enabling passengers to be picked up and dropped off in a continuous stream, without taking riders out of their way to accommodate other passengers.

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5

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$57.2m

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A company offering a business intelligence and risk management platform.

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$120.7m

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data.world is a Austin, Texas-based developer of a data catalog platform that combines a knowledge graph with data discovery, data governance, and insights from that data.

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4

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$92.2m

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A cybersecurity company offering cybersecurity and security rating services.

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$55.5m

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Nightfall identifies business-critical data across SaaS, APIs, and data infrastructure so it can be managed and protected.

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$72.0m

Money raised

AlgoSec is a Ridgefield Park, New Jersey-based developer of network security software automating security policy management and business applications and ensuring security compliance.

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$44.4m

Money raised

Osano is a data privacy platform founded in Austin, Texas by Arlo Gilbert and Scott Hertel.

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$38.8m

Money raised

A software company offering a mobile application for managing tax-free 529 education saving plans.

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$84.6m

Money raised

A company building training software for workforce for companies

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2

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$45.0m

Money raised

Nillion is a decentralized privacy solutions provider founded in 2021 by Andrew Masanto.

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5

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$261.3m

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Tech company solving bookkeeping for startups and small businesses

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8

Funding Rounds

$28.3m

Money raised

Hazy is a machine learning company creating statistically controlled synthetic data for fraud detection and risk modeling.

8

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$474.5m

Money raised

Trulioo is a Vancouver-based company offering an electronic identity verification platform.

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$22.3m

Money raised

Hyperproof is a cloud-based compliance operations software.

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$62.0m

Money raised

ClearTax is a financial technology company providing solutions for income tax filing, GST and mtual fund investments. It participated in the S14 cohort of Y Combinator.

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$184.7m

Money raised

Tessian (formerly Checkrecipient) is an artificial intelligence email security platform.

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$73.0m

Money raised

Fourthline, founded in 2017 by Krik Gunning and Chris van Straeten, provides an artificial intelligence (AI)-based compliance and know your customer (KYC) platform for financial technology companies.

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4

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$48.0m

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Hearsay Systems (formerly Hearsay Social) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) digital marketing platform for financial services that uses predictive analytics to help financial advisors automate marketing tasks.

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3

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$502.0m

Money raised

Rubrik is a cloud data management company providing recovery and application development solutions for enterprise data management.

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12

Funding Rounds

$296.1m

Money raised

BigID is a cybersecurity company developing a platform for data protection and privacy compliance.

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11

Funding Rounds

$225.0m

Money raised

Elliptic is a blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions provider founded in 2013 by Tom Robinson, Adam Joyce and James Smith.

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5

Funding Rounds

$61.6m

Money raised

Talend is a software vendor specializing in big data integration founded by Bertrand Diard.

7

Funding Rounds

$74.0m

Money raised

HappyCo is a company founded in 2011 by Jindou Lee.

3

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$124.0m

Money raised

A company that has created a software solution for businesses to monitor their security effectiveness. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

7

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$335.8m

Money raised

TaxBit is a Draper, Utah-based company developing software that automates the calculations required for crypto tax reporting.

4

Funding Rounds

$72.7m

Money raised

Theta Lake is a video classification startup dedicated to addressing the challenges organizations face in managing increasing video content and communication.

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Funding Rounds

$222.0m

Money raised

SafetyCulture is a software for mobile workplace safety and quality management.

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7

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$17.6m

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RegTech platform that helps organizations manage compliance and regulatory documents.

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6

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$77.1m

Money raised

Ensighten is a customer data tracking platform and tag management technology vendor headquartered in San Jose, California. The company sells a customer data platform which includes visitor tracking and marketing products.

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$11.5m

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Sprinto is a San Francisco-based software company developing a full-stack compliance automation software to help companies obtain SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance.

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$52.0m

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Centrify is a company that offers Identity and Access Management and Privileged Identity Management to secure access across computer network and cloud computing environments. The company was formed in 2004. It is located in Santa Clara, California.

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$176.6m

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UJET is a customer interaction platform founded in 2015 by FV, Jnv Edu, Anand Janefalker, Rhonda S Peace, Chi H Pham, Chuma Okeke, Thomas Lee Brown, Gustavo Motta, Bogdan Nicolae and Anand Janefalkar.

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$8.0m

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Trustero is a Palo Alto, California-based compliance as a service (CaaS) provider offering a SOC 2 Type 1 or Type 2 compliance platform for business deals and performing compliance checks across an organization.

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4

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$95.0m

Money raised

OpenSesame is a Portland-based company focusing on e-learning courses for workforce development.

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5

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$53.1m

Money raised

A company offering an online cannabis retail management platform for dispensaries.

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7

Funding Rounds

$52.4m

Money raised

Protenus is a company that participated in the DreamIT Ventures - Health Baltimore 1/1/14 cohort .

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$85.1m

Money raised

Fenergo is an Ireland-based company providing client lifecycle management, AML/KYC compliance, and client data management solutions for investment, corporate, commercial, and private banks.

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$40.0m

Money raised

IDnow is the world's fastest, most flexible and most secure identity verification platform, delivering instant verification of the identity documents used by 7 billion people.

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$24.0m

Money raised

Company providing consultation for security standards and regulatory compliance for technology startups

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2

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$11.9m

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Strike Graph is a compliance SaaS solution simplifying cyber security certifications.

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8

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$30.9m

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Coinfirm is a Blockchain Analytics company.

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3

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$33.9m

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A software company supplying open-source management software and infrastructure for open-source development teams.

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4

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$47.0m

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HyTrust specialises in security, compliance and control software for virtualization and cloud environments.

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$16.2m

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PassFort is a technology company with an online platform where businesses can streamline the process of onboarding customers. It is located in London, England, and was founded in 2015.

3

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$8.1m

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Apiax transforms complex regulations into digital compliance rules, which are constantly up-to-date and verified, accessible via an API.

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2

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$18.0m

Money raised

Symmetry Systems is a provider of data store and object-level security (DSOS) solutions that give organizations visibility into, and unified access control of, their most valuable data assets.

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3

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$8.0m

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Bunker is a San Francisco-based small business insurtech company founded by Chad Nitschke.

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$20.0m

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Resolver's Integrated Risk Management platform helps plan and prepare your organization to limit the likeliness or impact of security risk and compliance events from occurring.

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$18.0m

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SecureAuth is an Irvine, California-based provider of access control solutions for premises, cloud and web applications, and resources. Solutions include multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, adaptive authentication, and self-service tools. The company provides both cloud-based and virtual appliances.

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$14.0m

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Software for marijuana cultivators, manufacturers, processors, and distributors.

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$20.4m

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Tookitaki is a company offering a compliance management software founded in 2015.

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$5.0m

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DueDil is a due diligence tool and business information platform.

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$2.4m

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LegalTegrity is a group of compliance experts, lawyers, and consultants who assist small- to medium-sized enterprises with various legal issues in the workplace.

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$2.2m

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A software company offering a digital identification and e-signature service platform.

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6

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$557.5k

Money raised

Brighter AI Technologies is a German artificial intelligence startup with a facial burring product used to protect consumer identities.

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