This week, TechCrunch’s top security editor Zack Whittaker interviewed  Sequoia partner Andrew Reed and Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and CEO of Vanta. Cacioppo started Vanta in 2016 has taken on the important work of compliance and security automation, closing its Series B in October 2022. 

On today's episode, we talked about:

• Why startups should focus on compliance early
• The value of making SOC 2 easy and low-cost for comapnies
• And what VCs are looking for in a company focusing on compliance

As always, Matt Burns closed out the show with questions from the audience and a round of Pitch Practice. Don't forget - you can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel and stay tuned for more TechCrunch Live!

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