Veza
Veza sells identity security software that helps enterprises manage access controls and compliance. The company has raised $233M and employs 195 people.
The growth story
Veza grew from 67 to 195 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $233M along the way, most recently a Series D in April 2025.
About
Veza provides a platform that visualizes and monitors access entitlements across enterprise systems. It helps companies manage identity security for privileged users, SaaS applications, and non-human identities, aiming to enforce least privilege access policies.
The company has raised $233M in funding, most recently in a Series D round in 2025. With 195 employees, Veza serves major clients like Wynn Resorts, Intuit, and Blackstone.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Veza's largest function with 65 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate employee retention.
The Veza org chart
Tarun Thakur (CEO, Chairman, & Co-Founder) leads 45 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 64 (-26% YoY), Sales 25 (-54% YoY), Operations 16 (-6% YoY), Business Development 15 (-17% YoY), Arts and Design 10 (-23% YoY), Information Technology 9 (-44% YoY).
Talent flow
Veza recruits heavily from Microsoft, Okta, and VMware, with 9, 8, and 7 hires respectively. Alumni frequently move to ServiceNow, with 52 former employees now working there.
Most common previous employers of Veza staff: Microsoft (9), Okta (8), VMware (7), Dell Technologies (7), IBM (6), Palo Alto Networks (6). Former Veza employees most often moved to ServiceNow (52), Lumos (6), Cyera (5), Obsidian Security (5), Palo Alto Networks (4), Zscaler (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Veza mafia
Veza alumni have founded 8 companies, including Multiply (36 staff) and Avarra (26 staff). Other startups include Clario, TenetX, and Fanfaire.
8Ashish Warty, was Chief Development Officer (CDO) until 2025Scot McIntosh, was VP Engineering until 2023Yousuf Khan, was Advisor until 2022Santosh Kumar, was Senior Director of Product Management until 2025Alexis Reardon, was Regional Sales Manager, Enterprise until 2022Vijay K., was Advisor / Special Projects until 2024
Dan Hollinger, was Principal Product Manager until 2026
Matthew Romero, was Technical Product Marketing Manager until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 51% direct, 42% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Veza: Sales (53), Python (Programming Language) (49), Virtualization (49), Security (48), Java (46), Microsoft Office (46), SQL (43), Software as a Service (SaaS) (40).
Where the team actually sits
Veza people are concentrated in California, United States (17), Slovenia (12), San Francisco Bay Area (11), United States (11).
Search footprint
Veza attracts about 2,039 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $41K a month if bought through ads. It gained 596 ranking keywords and lost 331 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Veza has 195 employees as of September 2026.
Veza has raised $233M in total, most recently a Series D round in April 2025.
Veza was founded in 2020 by Tarun Thakur, Maohua Lu Ph.D, Robert Whitcher.
Tarun Thakur (CEO, Chairman, & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Veza's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Veza staff are Microsoft (9 people), Okta (8 people), VMware (7 people).
Former Veza employees most often move to ServiceNow (52), Lumos (6), Cyera (5).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at Veza, including Multiply, Avarra, Clario.
Veza attracts about 2,039 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $41K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Veza staff are Sales, Python (Programming Language), Virtualization, Security, Java.
Veza staff are concentrated in California, United States (17), Slovenia (12), San Francisco Bay Area (11).
Veza has about 64 people in Engineering, down 26% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Veza has about 25 people in Sales, down 54% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 118 current and 290 former Veza profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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