Transcend: Transcend Launches New Plans for Startups & Mid-Market Companies

Privacy leader enables rapid adoption of next-gen privacy toolset to solve governance challenges as efficiently as possible. SAN FRANCISCO, April 07, 2025 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Transcend, the fastest-growing privacy platform 1 , today announced plans specifically designed for high-growth startups and scale-up privacy teams. These teams can now tackle their most pressing privacy, data, and AI governance challenges efficiently with streamlined access to the Transcend platform's essential features and functionality. "Since day one, we've been focused on encoding privacy controls directly into business systems, with a unique approach centered around the full privacy lifecycle of personal data," said Ben Brook, Transcend CEO and co-founder. "But too often we see smaller companies defaulting to manual privacy approaches instead of leveraging the best tools from day one. While this limitation is certainly impacted by cost constraints, the larger issue has been the absence of appropriately packaged offerings that demonstrate immediate value for these companies' specific early stage challenges." "Privacy excellence shouldn't be exclusive to Fortune 500 companies. Our new offerings empower all teams to adopt industry-leading privacy solutions immediately, while establishing a scalable foundation for tomorrow's evolving requirements," said Brook. Transcend's new offerings gives start-ups and small privacy teams out-of-the-box access to the privacy and governance solutions they need to quickly stand up and scale their privacy programs: Transcend Privacy Rights: Your one-stop shop to handle all user privacy rights, with industry-leading automation for DSR, complete cookie and consent management, and the ability to collect and provide personalized experiences based on users' preference choices. Transcend Data Discovery & Classification: Transform your data visibility with automated identification and classification of personal data across your tech stack. Gain the insights you need to categorize sensitive data, strengthen security controls, and identify policy violations or high-risk data patterns. Included in both plans is the Transcend Core Platform , which is everything these teams need to build the fundamentals of their privacy program , including data inventorying, identifying and documenting processing activities, and privacy compliance assessments of products, services, and vendors. The Transcend Core Platform includes unlimited integrations, unlimited seats, single sign-on, audit logs, SOC 2 & ISO 27001 reports, and our implementation and support team-as well as early access to beta product releases. "We're consistently hearing from startup privacy teams overwhelmed by disconnected tools and fragmented processes that consume their limited resources. While they want to invest in scalable solutions that support business growth, many believe such options are only accessible to large enterprises," says Kate Parker, Transcend's President. "Our new startup-specific plans provide right-sized tools in streamlined options, making it possible for these emerging companies to build robust privacy infrastructure from the beginning and grow with confidence." These new offerings formalize the repeated examples of efficient privacy maturity Transcend has delivered for fast-growing companies. One such example is GoCardless , a global bank payment company that helps over 100,000 businesses globally to collect and send payments without the stress, chasing or expensive fees. Before Transcend, while using a legacy privacy tool, GoCardless experienced significant hurdles in trying to build and scale a privacy program that was agile and tech-forward. Since implementing Transcend, the GoCardless team has navigated regulatory complexity more effectively, supported key strategic business initiatives faster, and increased executive confidence in the business's compliance program. "Transcend's platform has saved us from countless hours of manual datapoint labeling, and manually governing consent and preference management," noted Kat Vetrakova, Head of Privacy & Security at GoCardless. "Beyond that, their dedicated partnership gives us confidence that we can continue to manage privacy projects efficiently and handle new requirements." For privacy teams interested in learning more about Transcend and today's new plans, visit transcend.io to learn more and schedule a call. About Transcend Transcend helps the world's largest companies better govern their data-reducing risk, improving operational efficiencies, unlocking growth, and building trust. Transcend customers go beyond the patchwork and manual offerings of today to realize an easy, efficient, and secure governance program at scale. In addition, Transcend's platform incorporates standard-setting data protections that security-conscious brands have come to expect, including an on-premise security gateway, end-to-end encryption (E2EE), and more. Transcend was named 'Leader' in Data Privacy Management on G2 and 'Major Player' in the 2023 IDC MarketScape report Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software. Founded in 2017 by Ben Brook (CEO) and Mike Farrell (CTO), Transcend is headquartered in California's Bay Area. Endnotes: 1 : Fastest growing based on YoY revenue growth compared to companies cited in IDC's Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software Market Shares, 2023: OneTrust Still at the Top with Competition Heating Up (IDC #US50798323, June 2024) View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250407339257/en/ Contacts Media contact: Andrew Moon press@transcend.io