About DealCycl
We're building the investment lifecycle management platform for private markets — because founders and investors deserve tools they can trust.
Our Story
We spent our careers in security, privacy, governance, risk, and compliance — building platforms for the biggest banks on Wall Street, architecting RSA Archer, and co-founding Lockpath, a GRC platform we scaled to a PE-backed exit.
After Lockpath, we both spent significant time on the private markets side — working with emerging startups, seed-stage VCs, private equity firms, due diligence processes, cap tables, and investor reporting. What we saw was striking: private companies were struggling with a complete lack of the tools and processes that larger public companies had long taken for granted.
Then in January 2024, the dominant cap table provider was caught using confidential data to cold-contact investors about selling their shares — without asking, without permission. It confirmed what we already knew: this industry needed a platform built by people who actually understand data security at an institutional level.
So we built DealCycl — a unified platform for private companies, the investors who back them, and the bankers who help them exit. Cap table management, compliance, fund operations, and deal intelligence — all built on a foundation of data sovereignty, transparent pricing, and AI that works for you, not on you.
The Founding Team
Chris Goodwin
CEO & Co-Founder
20+ years in enterprise software, security, and GRC. Lead architect on RSA Archer. Co-founded and scaled Lockpath (acquired by NAVEX Global). Deep experience in private markets — fundraising, due diligence, cap table management, and PE-backed exits from the founder's seat.
Chris Caldwell
COO & Co-Founder
Enterprise operations leader with deep expertise in scaling SaaS companies. Operational partner in the Lockpath journey from startup to PE exit. Extensive private markets experience across startups, VC, and PE — bringing institutional knowledge of what it takes to build, scale, and ship.
What We Believe
Your data is yours
We will never use your data for anything other than serving you. No selling, no monetizing, no sharing. This is contractual, not aspirational.
Pricing should be transparent
Published pricing. No sales calls required. No surprise increases. If you have to trap customers to keep them, you've already lost.
Earn trust, don't demand it
One-click cancellation. Full data export, always. 30-day money-back guarantee. We believe the best way to retain customers is to build something worth keeping.