Compliance made simple, for everyone: Our $16.5M Series A Milestone

Today, we’re sharing a major milestone for the heyData community: We’ve closed a $16.5M Series A funding round, led by Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC).

For us, this isn't just about growth – it’s about doubling down on our core promise. We believe that protecting a company shouldn't be a complex, exclusive task for experts. It should be intuitive, automated, and, above all, simple for everyone involved.

Real-world compliance for real-world teams

Most companies treat compliance like a "black box" – something expensive and intimidating that lives in a spreadsheet. We’re here to change that. This investment allows us to keep building tools that fit into your actual workday, not tools that create more work.

As our co-founder Miloš Djurdjević puts it:
"We’re building heyData for the reality of modern business. This round gives us the fuel to bring IT security and compliance together in one place, so you can stop coordinating tasks and start feeling in control."

Why the timing is right

We had originally planned this step for later in 2026, but the world is moving fast, and we need to keep up the pace of innovation. Between new European regulations and the rising complexity of digital threats, businesses need simplicity now.

Daniel Deutsch explains our focus moving forward:
"Our goal is for compliance to stop feeling like an 'extra' project and start feeling like a clean, natural process. We’re investing this capital into reducing friction – more automation and more clarity, from your first setup all the way to the audit."

What’s changing for you?

This funding is being funneled directly into three areas designed to make your life easier:

• United Security & Compliance: We’re expanding heyData’s IT security features. By merging security and compliance on a modular platform, we will finally bring you the all-in-one compliance solution 2.0.
• More Frameworks, Less Manual Work: We are adding more compliance frameworks and deeper integrations. Our goal is simple: if a task can be automated, it will be.
• Scaling Simplicity Across Europe: We’re taking our proven model in the DACH region and expanding across the continent, helping more companies scale without the traditional compliance overhead.

Martin Bastius highlights why this matters for your brand:
"Compliance is a badge of trust. We want to ensure you can prove that trust to your customers at any time, with a system that grows as fast as you do."

A big thank you to our community

To our customers: Thank you for the honest feedback that keeps us grounded. Please keep telling us what’s standing in your way.
To our partners and investors: Thank you for believing in a future where compliance is a standard, simple part of doing business.

We’re excited for the road ahead.
– The heyData Team