Transcend

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  1. Social handles and URLs
  2. Key Features of the Platform
  3. Brief history of the product
  4. Executive team
  5. Competitors
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    • Transcend is a data privacy infrastructure platform that helps companies programmatically manage user data privacy and automate compliance with global regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and more. Its key differentiator is its code-based, engineering-first approach, which deeply integrates into a company’s tech stack to discover and orchestrate personal data across disparate systems automatically, rather than relying on manual workflows.

    https://transcend.io

    Social handles and URLs

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    Key Features of the Platform

    • Data Discovery and Classification: Automatically scans databases, data warehouses, SaaS tools, and internal services to find and classify personal data, creating a real-time data map.
    • DSR Automation: Provides a complete, end-to-end solution for automating data subject requests (DSRs) for access, erasure, and portability without manual intervention.
    • Consent Management: A comprehensive platform for managing user consent and preferences for cookies, tracking technologies, and data processing activities across web and mobile applications.
    • AI Governance: Discovers and maps data flowing into AI models, enabling organizations to manage AI-related data usage, assess risks, and fulfill data deletion requests for training data.
    • Assessments (PIA/DPIA): Streamlines the process of conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) with built-in templates and collaborative workflows.
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    Brief history of the product

    Transcend was founded in 2017 by Ben Brook and Mike Farrell. The company publicly launched in 2019 with a vision to give individuals more control over their personal data by building a programmatic, engineering-centric solution to privacy challenges. Instead of focusing on manual checklists and workflows, their approach was to treat privacy as a technical problem that could be solved with code and automation.

    The company raised a $25 million Series A funding round in 2020 led by Index Ventures and Accel. In 2022, Transcend secured an additional $40 million in a Series B round led by StepStone Group, with participation from previous investors, to further expand its platform and market presence.

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    Executive team

    • Ben Brook: Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
    • Mike Farrell: Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
    • Kate Parker: Chief Operating Officer
    • Omri Klinger: VP, GTM & Business Operations
    • Phyllis Fang: Head of Marketing
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    Competitors

    • OneTrust: A market leader known for its broad, all-in-one platform covering privacy, GRC (governance, risk, and compliance), and ethics.
    • BigID: Focuses heavily on data discovery, classification, and security, using machine learning to identify sensitive data across an organization’s data landscape.
    • Securiti.ai: Positions itself as a “Data Command Center,” combining data privacy, security, governance, and compliance functions into a single platform.
    • TrustArc: A long-standing company in the privacy space that offers a range of solutions from privacy management software to certifications and consulting.
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