 For example, when reporters have reached out to auditors they did not hear back, and Voatz has insisted that these same companies sign non-disclosure agreements prior to investigating the company.Voatz was created by Nimit Sawhney in 2014, and was developed as a side project at a SXSW hackathon.As of October 2019, the startup has conducted over 31 pilots and completed a $7 million Series A in June.