Sam Li

Sam is co-founder and CEO of Thoropass (f.k.a Laika), an information security compliance and audit technology startup backed by leading investors such as JP Morgan and Fin Capital. Thoropass is the modern alternative to legacy security auditors, enabling companies to get and stay compliant with information security and privacy standards, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HITRUST, HIPAA, and many others. 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 started his career at Goldman Sachs and Google in various technical roles. He studied CS at the University of Virginia and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.