Compliant on day one
Inspection-ready from the start. No six-month rollout.
Our mission
Compliant clinical ops, without the department
Deft gives lean biotech teams the training, signatures, and Trial Master File a serious trial needs — sized for the team you actually have.
Why we built Deft
The rules don't scale down
Clinical compliance tools were built for big pharma — heavy, costly, and run by teams a startup doesn't have. But a 12-person biotech answers to the same regulations as a 12,000-person one.
So lean teams improvise with spreadsheets and email until an audit forces a scramble. Deft closes that gap: the compliance backbone of a real trial, sized and priced for the team you have.
What we believe
Four principles
Built for the team you have
Fits a lean team. No seat math, no specialists required.
Predictable over powerful
Clear pricing, clear scope. A tool you can fully run.
Rigor is the point
Every signature, version, and record holds up to an inspector.
Who's behind Deft
Operators, not outsiders
Run real trials
Built by people who've worked in clinical operations, quality, and regulatory.
Built regulated software
Engineers who've shipped and validated 21 CFR Part 11 systems.
Shaped by active studies
Designed with biotech teams running live trials, not in a vacuum.
Trust & compliance
Rigor is our default
Encryption & access control
Role-based access across sponsors, studies, and sites. Encrypted in transit and at rest.
Complete audit trail
Every signature and document change is logged, timestamped, and immutable.
Your data, your control
Isolated per customer and exportable on demand. It's your trial's record, not ours.
Built for regulated trials
21 CFR Part 11 e-signatures, audit trails, and access controls are standard.
21 CFR Part 11
HIPAA
SOC 2 Type I
Security & trust →
See Deft on your trial
Live in a day — training and your Trial Master File in one place.