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VGS (Very Good Security)

Payment card tokenization vault, network tokens and card management APIs for merchants and fintechs

Pace
5:20/kmSteady2.25
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
—
Last week
#430
Move
▼ 68
Peak
#430
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#420#456#492#430Oct 18#482Oct 25
Pace score
02462.3Oct 182.3Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

VGS (Very Good Security) runs in the Steady lane (5:20/km): 132 of 196. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.
Total raised
~$105Msee rounds ↓
Founded
2016
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Storing card data means heavy PCI compliance, breach risk and lock-in to one payment processor

What they do

Payment card tokenization vault, network tokens and card management APIs for merchants and fintechs

Traction 10B+ tokens stored (doubled in 12 mo); claims ~1/3 of e-commerce touched

Hiring trend

Open roles
18
Headcount
~207 (Revelio); LinkedIn shows ~490

Flat, ~207 staff (Revelio, +1% YoY); open roles 11 → 20 in 2026

Hiring in

  • SF Bay Area
  • Canada
  • Remote (US)

Funding

Last round
$60M
Stage
Series C
Date
Dec 2020

Led by Vertex Ventures US, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs Growth

Distance

Half · edge: hard to leave

A leading independent, processor-agnostic token vault with 10B+ tokens and Visa as partner and investor; cards stored in the vault are hard to move, but Stripe, Adyen and the card networks offer tokenization directly and headcount has been flat since 2023.

Sources: VGS: Surpasses 10 billion tokens stored (Sep 2026) ↗ · VGS: Expanded Visa partnership for AI-driven commerce (Apr 2025) ↗ · Revelio Labs: VGS headcount 2023–2026 ↗

Open ops roles

No ops roles open right now

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

Funding historyTotal raised ~$105M

  1. Dec 2020Series C$60MLed by Vertex Ventures US verygoodsecurity.com ↗
  2. Oct 2019Series B$35MLed by Goldman Sachs crn.com ↗
  3. Aug 2018Series A$8.5MLed by Andreessen Horowitz verygoodsecurity.com ↗
  4. 2016SeedLed by Vertex Ventures US medium.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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