# FOSSA

> FOSSA is a San Francisco software company that helps engineering, security, and legal teams manage the open source code inside their software. Its platform automates software composition analysis (SCA), open source license compliance, vulnerability management, and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation - scanning packages, containers, binaries, and code snippets on a continuous basis. Founded in 2015 and used by companies such as Uber, Zendesk, Twitter, Verizon, and UiPath, FOSSA aims to let teams ship fast without sacrificing compliance or security.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Kevin Wang (Founder & Chairman (former CEO))
- **Team size:** Approximately 50-60 employees
- **Products:** License Compliance, SBOM Management, Code Security (SCA), Container Security, Snippet Scanning
- **Notable:** Raised roughly $35-41M in venture funding across seed, Series A, and Series B rounds, Adopted by major enterprises including Uber, Zendesk, Verizon, and UiPath, Acquired StackShare (2024) and Dawn Labs (2019)

## Products & services

- **License Compliance** — Automated detection of open source licenses, policy enforcement, and generation of attribution and disclosure reports on a continuous basis.
- **SBOM Management** — Generation, analysis, and sharing of Software Bills of Materials in SPDX and CycloneDX formats for customers and regulators.
- **Code Security (SCA)** — Software composition analysis that identifies vulnerabilities in direct and transitive dependencies, with reachability analysis to reduce false positives.
- **Container Security** — Scanning of container images for open source components, licenses, and vulnerabilities.
- **Snippet Scanning** — Detection of copied open source code snippets to manage IP and copyright risk introduced by AI coding tools.
- **FOSSA CLI** — Open source command-line scanner (MPL-2.0) that integrates dependency analysis directly into CI/CD pipelines.

## Achievements

- Raised roughly $35-41M in venture funding across seed, Series A, and Series B rounds
- Adopted by major enterprises including Uber, Zendesk, Verizon, and UiPath
- Acquired StackShare (2024) and Dawn Labs (2019)
- Recognized as a Category Innovator in the 2026 Latio Application Security Report for SBOM Compliance Management and Patch Assistance
- Maintains a widely used open source CLI scanner under MPL-2.0
- Over 10 years operating in the open source management category

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Named a Category Innovator in the 2026 Latio Application Security Report for SBOM Compliance Management and Patch Assistance.
- **2024-08** — Acquired developer tool community StackShare.
- **2024-01** — Launched Snippet Scanning to help manage IP and copyright risk from AI coding tools.

## Links

- Website: https://fossa.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fossa
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/getfossa
- GitHub: https://github.com/fossas
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/teamfossa

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Last updated: 2026-07-14