IntelliGRC, a GRC platform designed for MSPs and MSSPs, has announced the completion of a $3.5m seed funding round aimed at accelerating the development of its provider-focused cyber compliance technology.
The $3.5m seed round, which closed on 31 January 2026, was co-led by Kyle Hanslovan, co-founder and CEO of Huntress, and Blu Ventures. Additional backing came from a range of cybersecurity operators and industry figures, including Jennifer VanderWeir and James VanderWeir of Vandy Advisors, John Ferrel of Huntress, SaaS Ventures, Early Light Ventures, Kevin Blake of Integris, Rashaad Bajwa of Integris, Steven Freidkin of Ntiva, Ryan Bonner of DEFCERT, Hypershift Technologies, and Dustin Bolander of Cyberdrain and Beltex Insurance.
Several advisors, partners and customers also participated in the round, with some investors choosing to remain private. Blu Ventures venture partner and former Huntress CFO Marcos Torres will join IntelliGRC’s board.
IntelliGRC develops technology that helps service providers manage governance, risk management and compliance activities on behalf of their clients. The platform focuses on enabling MSPs and MSSPs to deliver Governance, Risk Management and Compliance as a Service (GRCaaS) to organisations operating in regulated sectors. By embedding automation and intelligence into compliance workflows, the company aims to help service providers standardise processes that are traditionally manual and resource intensive.
The company’s approach centres on replacing the reliance on scarce subject matter experts with automation and artificial intelligence embedded throughout the compliance lifecycle. IntelliGRC’s platform integrates intelligent content, automated evidence collection and mapping, continuous monitoring of controls, and structured remediation guidance. The goal is to enable service providers to scale compliance programmes efficiently while maintaining alignment with increasingly complex regulatory requirements.
The newly secured capital will be used to expand IntelliGRC’s AI capabilities and further develop its Intelligent Control Library (ICL) alongside its asset-centric data modelling framework. The company also plans to increase integrations with tools used across the MSP ecosystem, expand parameter-driven remediation capabilities, and grow its sales, customer success and enablement teams. Additional investment will support education initiatives and partner programmes designed to help service providers operationalise cyber compliance services.
The company also positions its mission around making robust cybersecurity practices widely accessible rather than limited to organisations with large budgets. By equipping service providers with a multi-tenant platform designed for compliance delivery at scale, IntelliGRC aims to make strong cybersecurity hygiene a baseline standard for organisations operating in regulated sectors such as the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).
IntelliGRC founder and CEO Ozzie Saeed said, “Closing this round is a pivotal step in scaling IntelliGRC and further supports our mission in democratizing high-quality governance, risk, and compliance accessible at scale. Most modern GRC systems were built on the promises of automations, automated evidence, and vast amounts of integrations, while still requiring the use of SMEs. We are building an intelligent, automated, continuously adaptive platform designed for scale and for the realities of service providers, drawing on our own trench-level experience. IntelliGRC transforms compliance from a subjective, manual obligation into a tangible, data-driven strategic advantage for MSPs, the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) via CMMC, and the customers they protect.”
Cooley partner Andy Lustig said, “It has been a privilege to support IntelliGRC on their seed round, and we are very bullish about what lies ahead. I was introduced to Ozzie and the IntelliGRC team by Kyle Hanslovan, CEO and co-founder of Huntress, one of the brightest minds in the cyber industry. Given the way customers are responding, it’s clear that excitement around IntelliGRC’s CMMC/GRC solution is well placed, as they are solving a critical pain point for companies navigating complex regulatory requirements.”
IntelliGRC founder and CEO Ozzie Saeed added, “At the end of the day, you can have all the cutting-edge security solutions in place, and when (not if) things go wrong and data confidentiality is compromised, you only have two things you can rely on: your cyber liability insurance and how well you can demonstrate ‘Due Care’ and ‘Due Diligence’ when facing accusations of negligence. We believe we are arming our partners with the ability to consistently demonstrate Due Care and Due Diligence, so their customers can rest assured that compliance is actively managed and maintained.”
Saeed also said, “Our investors’ conviction in this vision is a powerful validation of the problem we’re solving and how we’re solving it. Their belief doesn’t just fuel our growth; it amplifies our ability to help MSPs deliver enterprise-grade security and compliance to small and midsized businesses, who are the backbone of our economy and the DIB. We’re honored by their vote of confidence, and I’m incredibly excited for the future we’re building together as we help service providers raise the security bar for the DIB, for SMBs, and beyond.”
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