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Very Good Security funding, valuation and investors
Data tokenization and secure custody platform for sensitive information.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
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Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
Not publicly disclosed
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · San Francisco, California, USA
Overview
Very Good Security (VGS) provides data tokenization, alias, and secure vault services so companies can collect and transmit sensitive data (payment cards, bank accounts, PII) without storing it in their own environments. Founded by Mahmoud Abdelkader and James Gattre, VGS raised growth funding with Andreessen Horowitz participation. Customers integrate VGS vault APIs to reduce PCI and compliance scope while maintaining data utility through aliased tokens.
Why Very Good Security is interesting
VGS lets startups handle card and PII without touching raw data — a16z growth rounds as fintechs and merchants outsource vault complexity.
Product & use cases
VGS vault captures sensitive data in secure environments and returns aliased tokens — letting clients operate on tokenized values while VGS holds raw secrets.
- Fintechs reducing PCI scope for card data
- Merchants tokenizing payment credentials
- Companies securing PII and bank account numbers in SaaS products
Key facts
- a16z growth-stage portfolio company
- Data tokenization and alias vault for PCI/PII
- Used by fintechs and enterprises to reduce compliance scope
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Developer-friendly vault APIs with compliance certifications — faster integration than building in-house HSM infrastructure.
Tokenization-as-a-service competes with payment networks and modern API-first rivals; VGS wins on multi-use-case vault (not just cards) and enterprise certifications.
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Basis Theory direct
Developer-first tokenization platform.
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Stripe Vault / network tokens incumbent
Payment processor native tokenization.
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In-house PCI environments incumbent
Higher compliance burden and cost.
Notable stories
- VGS popularized 'show us your card data without touching it' for fintech startups — vault-as-a-service let engineers ship payments without becoming PCI auditors (company positioning).
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