About Thoropass The Thoropass story is one familiar to most growing companies Thoropass was born in 2019 after years of seeing how compliance was both a good, essential thing but also an unnecessary blocker to innovation. Our sole mission became fixing that common problem. Our advantage icon-arrow Connect with us icon-arrow Past, present, and future Where did we come from and how did we get here? The Thoropass story begins in 2019 and has been evolving ever since, guided by our primary goal: To ensure compliance is never a blocker to innovation. In the beginning, there was Laika Sam Li, Eva Pittas, and Austin Ogilvie founded Laika in 2019 to solve the pain points felt by tech leaders pursuing compliance. They built a comprehensive solution to serve as a single source of truth for organizations to manage audit readiness. Our origin story icon-arrow The evolution of Laika to Thoropass The Founders quickly realized a robust platform that streamlines audit “readiness” is part of the solution—but not all of it. They had a bold idea: Integrate the audit into the process. With that, Thoropass was born. Our evolution icon-arrow The future and the OrO™ Way The OrO Way is a first-of-its-kind approach to removing the friction and complexity associated with traditional infosec compliance processes and IT audits. Designed to maximize transparency and efficiency while ensuring the highest quality reports and attestations, The OrO Way is the way of the future. Our commitment to excellence icon-arrow Our beliefs These core tenets drive the purpose of everything we do Compliance is a good thing It’s not a drag, but an enabler for growth. It’s worth your time and energy. Service requires impeccable performance We take pride in thorough work; standing on a solid foundation is the only way forward. Partnership lightens the load We’re the experts so you don’t have to be and we’ll support you throughout your journey. Innovation deserves to happen We want to see your organization’s growth follow its natural course and won’t allow compliance to get in your way. Our success is our customers’ success The numbers speak for themselves Our experienced auditors, streamlined processes, and smart technology have realized incredible results 500+ audits are conducted annually by our in-house auditors 100% of technical control evidence submission is automated leveraging the integrations that matter most 50+ Fortune 500 companies have requested and accepted Thoropass reports 5 stars from hundreds of reviewers on G2 Our Founders Meet our co-founders Each of our co-founders brings unique and complementary experience and expertise to the table. Sam Li Eva Pittas Austin Ogilvie CEO Sam Li Before Thoropass, Sam was an EIR at Bain Capital Ventures after running Zinc Platform, a YC-backed InsurTech startup as co-founder and CTO. He studied CS at the University of Virginia and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Sam is an avid traveler and takes cooking very seriously. President Eva Pittas Before Thoropass, Eva founded BRCG, a boutique consulting firm after a 20+ career at Citigroup where she was a Managing Director leading IT control, compliance, and vendor management. Eva enjoys playing tennis, traveling, and spending time with her large extended family. She is a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business and has a passion for supporting women’s professional growth initiatives. Executive Chairperson Austin Ogilvie Before Thoropass, Austin was CEO of Yhat, a data science company acquired by Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) in 2017. At Alteryx, Austin oversaw machine learning products. Austin is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He enjoys whitewater kayaking and bluegrass music. We fixed audits Say goodbye to the “old” way of doing audits and discover a better way—The OrO Way Say goodbye to piles of spreadsheets and inefficient manual processes and hello to The OrO Way—a revolutionary closed-loop compliance and audit solution powered by smart technology and expert guidance. Learn more about the OrO Way icon-arrow Join our team icon-arrow Insights and achievements Discover our leadership’s point of view and successes in the world of infosec compliance Recent press releases and articles discussing big announcements and important opinions on all things infosec compliance. Product Thoropass announces revolutionary new multi-framework support One audit, multiple frameworks Thoropass announces revolutionary new multi-framework support icon-arrow Announcement Thoropass announces The OrO Way A revolutionary, end-to-end approach to infosec compliance and audits Read the release icon-arrow Partnership Thoropass joins the AWS Marketplace Offering customers more flexibility by including the Thoropass offering in the AWS Marketplace. Learn more icon-arrow Accessibility POV: HealthTech compliance should be accessible to all How Thoropass is lowering the barrier of entry for HealthTech companies to achieve comprehensive compliance Read Eva's perspective icon-arrow Funding Thoropass (formerly Laika) raises $50 M Series C Led by Fin Capital, our Series C helps us continue to innovate and serve customers even better. Learn more icon-arrow
