Fidata

What Fidata does

Fidata Limited is a UK-based AI software company, incorporated in England and Wales in 2022 and headquartered between London (Scale Space, 58 Wood Lane) and Cardiff (International House, 10 Churchill Way), that offers a single AI-powered ESG analysis platform called GAIA. The company targets ESG investors and asset managers, financial regulators, and corporations subject to ESG scrutiny, addressing the time-intensive manual work of ESG policy compliance checking and the risk of fines, sanctions, and reputational damage from non-compliance or greenwashing.

GAIA is built around natural language processing and document-level analysis, collecting, analysing, and verifying ESG insights from any document and performing policy gap analysis against environmental, labour, and corporate governance regulations in minutes rather than days. The platform generates remediation plans and supports ongoing monitoring of investee companies without requiring increased operational effort. Its underlying architecture is described as AI-powered document processing with domain-specialized ESG expertise, but no proprietary models, patents, or data assets are publicly disclosed.

Fidata operates a B2B enterprise SaaS model monetized through subscription, with conversion driven by a "Book a Demo" CTA backed by Google Calendar scheduling — a consultative field sales motion rather than self-serve product-led growth. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, operates with 1–10 employees, and is supported by an ecosystem of partnerships including Carbon Thirteen (climate accelerator), Imperial College London's Climate Change Innovation programme, The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFI) of regulators, and Innovate UK Edge (UK government innovation support).

Name

Fidata

Legal name

Fidata Limited

Website

https://fidata.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fidata Limited is a UK-based AI software company offering GAIA, an AI-powered ESG analysis assistant that performs policy gap analysis and document-level ESG screening for ESG investors, asset managers, financial regulators, and corporations via a SaaS subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ESG Compliance Software

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG Data Platforms, Controls & Audit Readiness (Data quality, internal controls) (EUAHAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG Data, Ratings & Research (Providers, Methodologies, Analytics) (FSAAALAJ), Risk, Controls & Governance (GRC) Platforms (FSAFAOAG), ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• ESG analysis software
• AI ESG assistant
• Policy gap analysis
• Sustainability compliance
• Company ESG screening

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: AI-powered ESG analysis platform delivered as a service, likely on a subscription basis given the 'Subscribe' CTA and B2B enterprise sales motion. The platform provides policy gap analysis and ESG screening capabilities to organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Fidata offers GAIA, an AI-powered ESG assistant that performs policy gap analysis and company ESG screening for financial services professionals and regulated organizations. The platform instantly collects, analyses, and verifies ESG insights from any document at scale, identifying failures to comply with environmental, labour, or corporate governance regulations and producing remediation plans. It targets enterprise ESG investors, asset managers, financial regulators, and corporations that need to monitor investee companies for compliance and greenwashing risk.

Product overview

Fidata offers a single unified AI-powered product called GAIA, an ESG analysis assistant for financial services professionals. GAIA combines policy gap analysis and company ESG screening capabilities to help users identify compliance failures, receive remediation plans, and monitor investee companies without increasing operational efforts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GAIA: AI Advisor to move Sustainability into Action. Bespoke value creation plans from ESG assessments, policy gap analysis, and company ESG screening.

Products and services

• GAIA (AI ESG-Assistant) GAIA is an AI-powered ESG analysis platform for enterprise ESG investors, asset managers, financial regulators, and corporations. It performs Policy Gap Analysis across environmental, labour, and corporate governance regulations in minutes (rather than days), delivers remediation plans, enables Company ESG Screening by collecting, analysing, and verifying ESG insights from any document at scale, and provides ongoing monitoring of investee companies. The product targets financial services professionals who need to avoid fines, sanctions, and reputational damage from ESG failures and greenwashing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Policy gap analysis in minutes, not days
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Imperial College London - Climate Change InnovationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImperial College London's Climate Change Innovation programme is listed as a partner. This academic partnership suggests collaboration on climate and ESG research, innovation, or technology development.
• The GFI (Network of Financial Regulators)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Global Financial Innovation Network (GFI), a network of financial regulators interested in ESG analysis at scale, is listed as a partner. This indicates Fidata is working with regulatory bodies on ESG compliance and greenwashing detection capabilities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sustainalytics (Morningstar Sustainalytics): One of the largest global ESG ratings and research providers, offering ESG risk scores, screening, and regulatory reporting tools to investors. Directly comparable to Fidata's company ESG screening and policy gap analysis, but at vastly greater scale and data breadth.
• MSCI ESG Research: Provides ESG ratings, climate data, and regulatory screening tools used by the world's largest asset managers. Fidata competes for the same buyer (institutional ESG and compliance teams) with an AI-document-analysis alternative to MSCI's curated datasets.
• Bloomberg ESG: Embeds ESG data, screening, and disclosure analytics inside the Bloomberg Terminal, the dominant workflow tool for ESG investors and analysts. Fidata's instant document screening targets the same workflow, with an AI-native versus terminal-bundled positioning.
• LSEG (Refinitiv) ESG: Provides ESG scores, reference data, and screening tools widely used by asset managers, banks, and regulators globally. Competes head-on with Fidata for ESG screening and regulatory analysis workflows, bundled inside LSEG's broader financial data ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Datamaran: AI-powered platform for ESG risk and regulatory monitoring, including policy gap analysis against frameworks like CSRD and SASB. Highly comparable in product functionality to GAIA's policy gap analysis use case, with a similar enterprise/regulator focus.
• Persefoni: Climate management and accounting platform used by enterprises and financial institutions for carbon disclosure and regulatory reporting. Comparable AI-driven approach to ESG/sustainability data infrastructure for regulated buyers.
• Watershed: Enterprise platform for measuring and reducing carbon footprints, with strong regulatory reporting and audit-grade disclosure capabilities. Adjacent to Fidata's ESG policy gap analysis use case, with deeper corporate footprint data.
• Truvalue Labs (Insight360): Applies AI and natural language processing to real-time ESG data, including controversy detection and screening for investors. Direct functional overlap with GAIA's AI document analysis and ESG insight verification.

Direct peers

• Arabesque S-Ray: Combines big data and AI to provide ESG scores, portfolio screening, and regulatory reporting for asset managers. Targets the same investor/regulator buyer as Fidata, with a similar technology-led differentiation story.
• Clarity AI: AI-driven sustainability analytics platform offering ESG ratings, regulatory reporting (SFDR, EU Taxonomy), and portfolio screening for investors and regulators. Closest direct peer to GAIA in terms of AI-native, regulation-focused ESG analytics for financial institutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fidata-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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