SOC 2 for Fintech Startups Under 20 Employees

Your enterprise
deal is waiting
on your SOC 2.

We get fintech startups SOC 2 certified. Fully done for you. Gap assessment, policies, evidence, auditor managed. Three meetings for leadership. A few async questions for your team. Blaecwood handles everything else.

Book a Call How It Works
60
Days to Type 1 ready
Policies written · Evidence collected · Audit-ready
6mo
Minimum observation period for Type 2
Done for you · Auditor managed · Required before Type 2 audit
12mo
Ongoing compliance monitoring
Quarterly check-ins · Drift alerts · Renewal-ready
3
Meetings for leadership. Async questions for your team.
Type 1 fast track included · No charge until you proceed to Type 2

The enterprise deal is already there. SOC 2 is the only thing standing between you and it. Blaecwood removes that blocker so your team can stay focused on the product.

0
fintech startups certified and counting

Who We Help

Built for the fintech
startup closing its
first enterprise deal.

You are under 20 people. You do not have a CISO. An enterprise prospect, investor, or bank partner has asked for your SOC 2 report and the clock is running. That is exactly who we built this for.

01 / THE DEAL

You need SOC 2 to close a deal

An enterprise procurement team gated your contract on a SOC 2 Type 2 report. You have a real timeline and no internal compliance person. Blaecwood handles everything so your team keeps shipping product.

02 / THE AUDIT

You are heading into an audit unprepared

Your audit window is approaching and you are not confident your evidence, policies, or controls will hold up to scrutiny. We assess exactly where you stand and close every gap before the auditor sees anything.

03 / THE RAISE

Your investors need proof

Growth investors and institutional funds increasingly require a verified compliance posture before diligence closes. SOC 2 Type 2 answers their questions before they ask them and removes a blocker from your raise.

The Problem

Every week without
SOC 2 is a week
the deal waits.

Fintech founders trying to DIY SOC 2 lose months to confusion, auditor uncertainty, and evidence collection that never gets done. The cost is not the compliance work. It is the revenue sitting on the other side of it.

01

An enterprise buyer asked for your SOC 2 report and you do not have one.

02

You do not know where to start — which controls apply, which policies you need, or how evidence collection actually works.

03

By the time most founders learn about the 6-month observation period, they have already missed the deal window. The clock only starts once controls are in place. Every week without them is a week added to the back end.

04

You do not know which auditor to hire or how to manage them through the audit without getting blindsided by exceptions.

05

Your engineers cannot stop shipping to run a compliance program no one on the team has done before.

How It Works

One engagement.
Everything done for you.

Core Service
SOC 2 Type 2 Done For You

We run the entire process from day one to certified. Leadership attends three meetings: kick-off, mid-audit check-in, and final readout. Your team will receive occasional async questions via Slack or email — we coordinate those directly. Everything else is ours.

01
Readiness Assessment and Gap Analysis
We map your current controls against SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria and identify every gap before the auditor does. You know exactly where you stand from day one.
02
Policy and Controls Library
Every security policy your audit requires, written and customized for your company, your architecture, and your team. Not templates. Done.
03
Evidence Collection and Management
We build and manage the full evidence package — automated and human-controlled. You never touch an auditor request list.
04
Auditor Selection and Full Liaison
We select the right auditor for your scope and handle all communication throughout the audit. Leadership attends three meetings. Your team fields occasional async questions via Slack — we coordinate directly with them so nothing lands on you unexpectedly.
05
Ongoing Compliance Monitoring
After certification, we monitor your compliance posture with quarterly check-ins and drift alerts. You stay clean for your renewal audit and future due diligence.
Start Here · Free
SOC 2 Type 1 Fast Track
Full readiness assessment, controls mapped, all policies written and ready. 60 days. No charge. Everything carries forward if you proceed to Type 2.
How to Start

Book a 30-minute call. We assess where you are, scope the engagement, and give you a clear path to certified. No pitch, no pressure.

Book a Call

Client Results

Founders who got
certified and closed.

We had a contract with a regional bank on the table and they gated it on a SOC 2 Type 2 report. I had no idea where to start. Blaecwood mapped everything, wrote the policies, and managed the auditor from start to finish. We got certified and closed the deal. I showed up to three calls. That was it.

Marcus T.
Co-Founder and CEO · Payvault

We were heading into our Series A and our lead investor flagged compliance as a diligence risk. Blaecwood turned that gap into a closed item before it became a problem. The process was invisible to our engineering team. We kept shipping and came out certified on the other side.

Priya S.
CEO · Clearfund

About

Kehinde, Founder of Blaecwood
Kehinde
Founder · Security and Compliance · Toronto, Canada

Blaecwood is a specialist compliance practice with one focus: getting fintech startups SOC 2 Type 2 certified so they can close the enterprise deals that are waiting on that report.

Kehinde brings over 10 years of security and compliance experience and has advised over 8 fintech companies and counting. Every Blaecwood engagement is led by a senior practitioner with real audit experience, not handed off to junior staff. The approach is direct: assess where you actually are, configure the right tooling, and manage everything through to certification.

Compliance is not a checkbox. It is the commercial unlock your enterprise pipeline is sitting behind.

Senior-led, start to finish One practitioner owns your engagement from day one to certified

Fintech specialist SOC 2 for startups is the only thing we do in North America

Fully done for you Three meetings for leadership. A few async questions for your team. Blaecwood handles the rest.

Fixed scope, no lock-in One engagement, one outcome

SOC 2 Type 2.
Done for you.
Start to certified.

Start with a free Type 1 fast track. If you move to Type 2,
Blaecwood handles everything through to certification.

Start Your Free Assessment How It Works