Very Good Security
Founded 2015 · 492 employees on LinkedIn · 13 known investors
VGS is a payment tokenization and credential management platform that secures sensitive payment data for Fortune 500 companies, merchants, fintechs, and banks. The company provides card management, PCI-compliant vaults, and network value-added services to reduce fraud, increase authorization rates, and enable compliant data handling across industries.
Also known as VGS
Founders & leadership
Very Good Security was founded in 2015 by Marshall Jones.
Investors · 13
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Very Good Security (VGS) operates a payment tokenization and card management platform that stores and enriches payment data on behalf of its clients. Its Card Management Platform is offered through a single API integration and bundles network tokens, an account updater, card attributes (full PAN lookups extending beyond traditional BIN data), 3-D Secure authentication and account validation services including card verification, CVC verification, AVS and ANI.
Alongside the card platform, VGS markets solutions for PCI compliance, payment orchestration across multiple processors, card issuance, omni-channel loyalty, protection of personally identifiable information under regimes such as GDPR and CCPA, open banking data sharing aligned to CFPB requirements, an independent vault and general-purpose tokenization. The stated aims are to reduce a client's PCI scope, retain data ownership, improve authorization rates and mitigate fraud, for example by issuing merchant-specific tokens and receiving automatic card updates directly from card network integrations.
More recently the company positions itself as infrastructure for agentic commerce, describing its role as closing the data gap between consumers, AI agents, merchants and payment service providers so that transactions can be completed by both agents and merchants while remaining compliant.
Business model
VGS sells API-based tokenization, vaulting and card data services to businesses that handle payment credentials, and also works through a partner program in which partners resell or embed VGS capabilities such as PCI compliance, card lifecycle management and an independent vault.
Traction
Reports 9 billion tokens held globally and 10 billion monthly interactions, and says it powers Fortune 500 organizations. One customer states VGS saved nearly $1M and six months of development time.
Latest developments
Launched an agentic commerce payments toolkit and expanded messaging around agentic commerce infrastructure connecting consumers, agents, merchants and PSPs; published guidance on configuring its Account Updater solution, PCI DSS v4.0 and card attributes; and was recognized on the 2025 CNBC/Statista World's Top Fintech Companies list.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Describes itself as a leader in payment tokenization and was named to CNBC and Statista's 2025 list of the World's Top Fintech Companies.
Positions an independent, PSP-agnostic vault and tokenization layer that lets clients own their payment data, route across multiple processors, use omni-channel aliases spanning PSPs, and pay once for network tokens rather than per PSP, while reducing PCI scope.
Technology
A single-API card management platform combining tokenization and vaulting with direct card network integrations. Components include network tokens, account updater, card attributes/full PAN lookup, selective 3DS authentication configurable by customer profile, geography or transaction size, and account validation (card verification, CVC verification, AVS, ANI). Tokenization is applied both to PCI data and to broader PII and bank account data.
Go-to-market
Direct sales via contact and sign-up motions on its website, supported by a partner program, published developer documentation, a blog, an educational video series ("Payments 201") and an events calendar. Customer testimonials cited include executives from Bilt and nekuda.
Fortune 500 organizations and businesses across eCommerce, delivery and marketplaces, restaurants, gaming, merchant enablers, crypto on/off-ramps, financial institutions and agentic commerce platforms.
Geography
States that it serves clients on every major continent.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
4 people who came through Very Good Security went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 8
by search overlap
Companies competing with Very Good Security for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsVGS announced an agentic commerce toolkit, described as a resource for companies building agentic commerce capabilities.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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primary sources listed
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Very Good Security do?
- Very Good Security (VGS) provides payment tokenization and card management infrastructure for merchants, fintechs and banks.
- Who founded Very Good Security?
- Very Good Security was founded by Marshall Jones in 2015.
- Who are Very Good Security's investors?
- Very Good Security's investors include 408 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Brighter Capital, Dnipro, GMO VenturePartners, Graph Ventures, Nyca, Nyca Partners and 5 more.