DataGrail

DataGrail is a data privacy software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It automates the operational side of privacy programs, covering consumer rights requests, personal data discovery across connected systems, risk assessment and consent. The company is independent and venture-backed, led by co-founder Daniel Barber.

The founders launched the company as GDPR took effect, starting with right of access and deletion requests before broadening into data mapping and privacy impact assessments. Cloud Apps Capital Partners provided early funding in 2018, Felicis Ventures led a 30 million dollar round in 2021, and Third Point Ventures led a 45 million dollar Series C in 2022 with Thomson Reuters Ventures participating, taking total funding past 80 million dollars. A consent management product followed in 2024.

DataGrail at a glance:

• Founded: Founded in 2018 by Daniel Barber, Ignacio Zendejas and Earl Hathaway, with Barber serving as chief executive since the company started.
• Headquarters: San Francisco, California, the base since the founders started the business on the San Francisco peninsula; no other offices are published.
• Ownership: Independent and venture-backed, with Third Point Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Next47, Thomson Reuters Ventures and Cloud Apps Capital Partners invested.
• Legal Technology Portfolio: Sells DataGrail, listed in this directory, a privacy platform covering data subject requests, data mapping, risk assessment and consent management.
• Market Focus: Serves mid-market and enterprise consumer, retail and technology brands, selling to privacy, legal and compliance owners rather than to law firms.

What legal teams should know: DataGrail suits legal and privacy teams that need privacy operations automated across a sprawl of SaaS systems, rather than a broad governance, risk and compliance suite. Value depends on how many of the vendor connectors match the systems already in use, so that list is worth checking early. It remains a focused private company on venture funding, which makes diligence on roadmap reasonable.