Impero

What Impero does

Impero is a Denmark-based cloud SaaS company that provides governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software to enterprise finance, tax, compliance, and internal audit teams. Its platform addresses risk management, financial controls, and IT controls, with modules for Risk, Control, Reporting, Testing, and Entities, organized around the COSO framework. The application supports English, German, Danish, Spanish, and French and is delivered as a multi-tenant cloud service hosted on Microsoft Azure, with ISAE 3402 Type II, GDPR, and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance attestations in place.

The product architecture combines structured control and risk libraries, workflow automation, multi-entity consolidation (via the Entities Module), and an AI layer, branded Impero Assist, that uses natural language processing and multimodal visualization to assist in drafting control descriptions. Impero Assist is opt-in by default, runs on Microsoft Azure AI services, and is positioned so that customer data is not used for third-party model training.

Impero sells on a subscription basis, with pricing scaled by organizational size, complexity, and user count, and acquires customers through a demo-led enterprise sales motion augmented by formal partnerships with Big Four advisory firms (Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, Grant Thornton) plus Mazars and Basico. The company is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market, completed a DKK 15 million (approximately USD 2.3 million) private placement in December 2025, and operates a German subsidiary, Impero GmbH, to support DACH market expansion. Named customers include Flügger, BAUHAUS, RMIG, KNI A/S, and Dovista, with rollouts spanning multiple entities and countries.

Name

Impero

Legal name

Impero A/S

Website

https://impero.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Impero is a Denmark-based SaaS company providing cloud-based risk management and internal control solutions to enterprise finance, tax, compliance, and audit teams. Its Microsoft Azure-hosted platform centralizes risk and control workflows across multiple entities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Model Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAKAA)

Keywords

• Risk management software
• Internal controls platform
• GRC software
• Compliance automation
• Financial controls software

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarhus

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS pricing model where the platform is offered as a cloud-hosted service. Pricing is based on the size and complexity of the organization, as well as the number of users required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Impero provides a cloud-based SaaS platform that enables enterprise organizations to document risks, distribute and monitor internal controls, run control testing programs, and report on compliance progress across multiple entities. The platform is built for finance, tax, compliance, and internal audit teams and is delivered as a subscription service hosted on Microsoft Azure, with an AI-assisted feature collection (Impero Assist) currently in beta.

Product overview

Impero is a cloud-based SaaS platform offering a unified solution for risk management and internal controls. The platform consists of the core Impero Platform with five integrated modules: Risk Module (for mapping and managing risks), Control Module (for sending and managing internal controls), Reporting Module (for tracking progress), Testing Module (for testing control effectiveness), and the Entities Module (for multi-entity management). Additionally, Impero Assist is an AI-driven feature collection in Beta that provides AI-assisted capabilities for risk and control management. The platform is designed for Finance Teams, Tax Teams, Compliance Teams, and Internal Audit Teams in enterprise organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Impero Assist: AI-assisted features collection for more efficient, insight-driven risk and control management, available in BETA.
• Entities Module

Products and services

• Impero Platform Cloud-based SaaS platform that empowers finance, tax, and compliance teams to document risk, send out internal controls, test control effectiveness, and report on progress across multiple entities in one centralized system.
• Entities Module Add-on module that enables centrally governed yet locally managed risk and control operations with granular access control and clearer delegation of operational ownership across multi-entity organizations.
• Impero Assist Collection of AI-assisted features that help users construct control descriptions and visualize risks' progress against mitigating controls, currently available in beta.

Quantifiable outcome

• Implementation can be completed in as fast as 3-4 weeks
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DeloittecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor accounting and consulting firm partnered with Impero as a leading advisor. Deloitte recommends and helps implement the Impero platform for their clients requiring risk management and internal control solutions.
• Grant ThorntoncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor accounting and consulting firm partnered with Impero as a leading advisor. Grant Thornton recommends and helps implement the Impero platform for their clients.
• KPMGcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor accounting and consulting firm partnered with Impero as a leading advisor. KPMG recommends and helps implement the Impero platform for their clients.
• PwCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor accounting and consulting firm partnered with Impero as a leading advisor. PwC recommends and helps implement the Impero platform for their clients.
• BasicocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTransformation consultancy that helped RMIG implement Impero through three-week sprint workshops. Basico assists clients in digitalizing internal controls and month-end closing processes.
• MazarscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAudit and advisory firm partnered with Impero as a leading advisor. Mazars recommends and helps implement the Impero platform for their clients.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider hosting the Impero Platform. AI features are powered by Microsoft Azure AI services. All data processed by AI features remains within Azure infrastructure.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Hyperproof: Cloud platform focused on control and compliance operations (SOX, SOC, ISO); competes for the same compliance and internal-controls buyer that Impero targets, with overlapping control testing capabilities.
• Vanta: Modern compliance automation platform focused on SOC 2/ISO/HIPAA; increasingly expanding into broader GRC — a fast-growing emerging competitor for the controls and audit-readiness use cases Impero serves.
• Drata: Automated continuous compliance and GRC platform targeting the same modern buyer; partial overlap with Impero's control testing and reporting modules for fast-scaling enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• OneTrust: Large GRC and privacy platform with controls and risk modules; addresses an overlapping enterprise compliance buyer even though its core strength is privacy/consent rather than financial controls.
• Diligent (Galvanize / ACL): Established GRC suite covering audit, risk, compliance, and board reporting; targets the same enterprise GRC buyer as Impero but with a broader portfolio and installed-base incumbency.
• ServiceNow GRC: Integrated GRC module on top of the ServiceNow workflow platform; competes for the same large-enterprise risk and compliance mandates while leveraging ServiceNow's broader installed base and IT-controls footprint.
• SAP GRC: Enterprise GRC capabilities tightly coupled to SAP's ERP and finance systems; overlaps with Impero's finance-control and tax-control use cases, especially in SAP-centric multinationals.

Direct peers

• Workiva: Cloud platform purpose-built for SOX, internal controls, and financial/ESG reporting — directly competing with Impero's controls, risk, and reporting modules for the same enterprise finance and compliance personas.
• AuditBoard: Specialist platform for SOX, internal audit, and controls testing — overlaps tightly with Impero's Control, Testing, and Reporting modules and the same internal audit buyer persona.
• LogicGate: Workflow-based GRC platform for risk, controls, and compliance automation — directly comparable to Impero's Risk and Control modules and similar mid-market/enterprise target personas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ImperoAS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impero-as
• Instagraminstagram.com/teamimpero
• Xx.com/Impero_tech
• Facebookfacebook.com/Impero-AS-273016166464877

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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