What Deep Knowledge Group does

Deep Knowledge Group (DKG) is a London-headquartered, Hong Kong-incorporated consortium of commercial and non-profit organizations founded in 2014, operating 16+ entities across DeepTech and Frontier Technologies including AI, Longevity, BioTech, Pharma, FinTech, GovTech, SpaceTech, FemTech, and InvestTech. Its core technology infrastructure is a proprietary multidimensional Big Data Analytics and AI-driven forecasting system that powers a series of benchmarking products, most prominently the Global AI Competitiveness Index (now in six parts, covering 82 countries, 402 parameters, 19 pillars, and 8,000+ companies), supplemented by regional ecosystem maps (e.g., the Hong Kong AI ecosystem with 230+ entities mapped) and sectoral reports in finance, BioTech, healthcare, and longevity.

DKG monetizes through a mix of recurring analytics and market intelligence subscriptions across 10+ thematic analytical subsidiaries, custom enterprise and government benchmarking engagements (typically multi-year contracts negotiated per engagement), publication and licensing of research indices and the Longevity Book series, event/conference revenue, and a venture arm (active since 2014) that invests in and builds financial infrastructure for DeepTech and Longevity (Longevity.Capital, Longevity.Finance, Longevity.Cards). Its primary customer segments are governments and international organizations (acknowledged in 13+ countries), financial institutions and banks, AI and DeepTech companies (e.g., Insilico Medicine, BioMap, Prenetics, Quantum Life, Xunfei Healthcare), and a secondary base of research institutions, investors, and VCs.

The firm pairs commercial activity with techno-philanthropy, reinvesting profits into its data and analytics assets and operating ecosystem platforms (Projects Platform, PartnershipTech Platform, Marketplace Platform, Solutions Platform). Strategic distribution is anchored by a dedicated thought-leadership apparatus — reports featured across Fortune, FT, Forbes, CNN, BBC, Nikkei Asia, MIT Technology Review, and others — and by partnerships with the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council, the Artificial Intelligence Association of Hong Kong, and the World Internet Conference that translate its benchmarks into policy-facing artifacts.

Name

Deep Knowledge Group

Legal name

Deep Knowledge Ventures Ltd.

Website

https://dkv.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Deep Knowledge Group is a 2014-founded London/Hong Kong private consortium operating 16+ entities that produce proprietary Big Data analytics, AI-driven forecasting, and benchmarking indices (notably the Global AI Competitiveness Index) serving governments, financial institutions, and AI/DeepTech companies worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

DeepTech Analytics & Market Intelligence

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Feature Stores & ML Data Management (HDAAABAB), Scientific Data Management & Data Platforms (SDMS/Data Lakehouse for R&D) (HLAGAJAC)

Keywords

• Big Data Analytics
• AI Competitiveness Benchmarking
• DeepTech Forecasting
• Longevity Industry Analytics
• Ecosystem Mapping

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, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Analytics and Market Intelligence Services: DKG's 10+ thematic analytical subsidiaries provide domain-specific analytics, market intelligence, and monitoring services to enterprise clients including governments, financial institutions, and corporations seeking insights into DeepTech, Longevity, BioTech, and related industries.
2. Venture Capital and Investment Activities: The venture arm of Deep Knowledge Group has been an active investor in Frontier Science and Technology domains since 2014, with financial focus on defining and developing core investment and financial industry infrastructure for DeepTech and Longevity emergence as new asset classes.
3. Publishing and Research Reports: DKG generates revenue through publication of specialized research reports, indices, and analytical publications including the Global AI Competitiveness Index series and Longevity Book series.
4. Platform and Technology Services: Revenue from operation of proprietary platforms including the Projects Platform, PartnershipTech Platform, Marketplace Platform, and Solutions Platform providing market-ready products and projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Deep Knowledge Group is a data-driven consortium that develops multidimensional Big Data analytics and AI-driven forecasting and benchmarking systems for DeepTech, Longevity, BioTech and related industries. It sells proprietary analytical platforms (e.g., the Global AI Competitiveness Index, Big Data Analytics Dashboards, Ecosystem Mapping platforms) and provides investment and financial infrastructure for the industrialization of DeepTech and Longevity as new asset classes.

Product overview

Deep Knowledge Group (DKG) is a data-driven consortium operating as a multi-platform analytics and investment organization focused on DeepTech and Frontier Technologies (AI, Longevity, BioTech, Pharma, FinTech, GovTech, SpaceTech, FemTech, InvestTech). The company operates a unified platform architecture comprising analytical subsidiaries, financial platforms, and strategic services. Core products include the Global AI Competitiveness Index (a multi-part benchmarking system evaluating AI competitiveness across countries, cities, and sectors including finance and biotech/healthcare/longevity), and the Big Data Analytics System and Dashboards providing market intelligence across all focus domains. The portfolio includes specialized ecosystem mapping platforms for specific regions and sectors (AI in Hong Kong, AI for Finance in Hong Kong, AI in BioTech/Healthcare/Longevity in Hong Kong), financial platforms (Longevity Finance, Longevity Banking Card), project discovery platforms (DKG Projects Platform, PartnershipTech Platform, Marketplace Platform, Solutions Platform), and educational content (Longevity Book series). The company also operates open-access analytics tools and ecosystem mapping projects. All offerings are interconnected through DKG's proprietary Big Data Analytics Systems, which serve as the knowledge engine driving strategic analysis, benchmarking, and forecasting across the consortium's activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global AI Competitiveness Index: Comprehensive index tracking AI competitiveness across countries and cities globally, covering multiple sectors including finance, biotech, healthcare, and longevity
• Longevity Book
• Deep Innovation
• PartnershipTech Platform
• DKG Projects Platform
• AI Industry Ecosystem Mapping
• AI for Finance in Hong Kong

Products and services

• Global AI Competitiveness Index A multi-part benchmarking and ranking system evaluating AI competitiveness of countries and cities across enterprise activity, scientific research, human capital, governance/regulation, finance, and sector-specific applications in finance, biotech, healthcare and longevity; covers 82 countries, 402 parameters, 19 pillars, 2 special indexes, 168 sub-rankings, surveying 8,000+ companies.
• Big Data Analytics System and Dashboards Multidimensional analytics platform providing market intelligence, industry monitoring, benchmarking, and forecasting capabilities across DeepTech and Longevity sectors, with interactive dashboards and visualization tools for strategic decision-making by enterprise clients.
• DKG Projects Platform End-to-end platform enabling discovery, involvement, and investment in Deep Knowledge Group's portfolio of market-ready DeepTech and Longevity products and projects.
• Solutions Platform Comprehensive solutions platform providing access to DKG's analytical tools, methodologies, and strategic services for enterprise clients.
• AI for Finance in Hong Kong Ecosystem Platform Specialized ecosystem platform mapping the AI-finance landscape in Hong Kong, covering 230+ entities including 160 companies, 30 leaders, 50 investors, and 5 innovation hubs across lending, capital markets, infrastructure, data analytics, blockchain, and investment management.
• AI in BioTech, Healthcare and Longevity in Hong Kong Platform Ecosystem platform analyzing Hong Kong's biomedical-AI opportunity, covering institutional credibility, capital markets, cross-border leverage, and deployment capacity in regulated life sciences sectors.
• Longevity Banking Card Specialized banking card product for the Longevity finance ecosystem, enabling transactions and services within the longevity-focused financial infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• Global AI Competitiveness Index cited by Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee in opening speech at WIC Asia-Pacific Summit, establishing DKG's analytical work as a reference framework for national AI strategy.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Hong Kong Government / World Internet ConferenceflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 April 2026Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee cited DKG's Global AI Competitiveness Index in his opening speech at the WIC Asia-Pacific Summit, representing the highest-profile government citation of DKG's analytical work and validating DKG's methodology as a reference framework for national AI strategy.
• Financial Services Development Council (FSDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDKG's AI for Finance in Hong Kong report and Global AI Competitiveness Index Part 5 were launched with FSDC serving as formal Report Observer, placing DKG's analytical work inside a serious institutional and policy-facing context while preserving analytical independence.
• Artificial Intelligence Association of Hong Kong (AIHK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDKG produced the AI in Hong Kong industrial ecosystem report in cooperation with AIHK as a follow-on to the broader AI in Hong Kong report, collaborating on ecosystem mapping and analysis of Hong Kong's AI landscape.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Oxford Insights: Government AI advisory firm that publishes the widely cited Government AI Readiness Index covering 180+ countries. Directly comparable to DKG because both compete in the AI benchmarking-for-governments category and target similar public-sector buyers with national AI strategy support.
• Tortoise Media: Media and data firm that publishes the Global AI Index ranking countries on AI capacity and concentration. Directly comparable as a competing national AI competitiveness index with similar methodology dimensions and policy-citation ambitions to DKG's Global AI Competitiveness Index.
• Longevity.Technology: Media and market intelligence platform dedicated to the longevity industry, covering biotech, aging research, and investment. Directly comparable to DKG's longevity-focused subsidiaries (Aging Analytics Agency, Longevity.Capital) given the shared focus on longevity industry analytics and market mapping.

Broad incumbents

• CB Insights: Market intelligence platform focused on technology and deep-tech company data, including AI and healthcare. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering tech ecosystem mapping and benchmarking at greater scale, though it does not produce national AI competitiveness indices like DKG.
• PitchBook: Private market data and research platform covering venture, private equity, and M&A. Comparable as a broader incumbent providing deal and ecosystem intelligence that overlaps with DKG's venture-arm and ecosystem-mapping work for DeepTech and Longevity investors.
• IDC (International Data Corporation): Global market intelligence firm providing research, benchmarks, and forecasts across technology verticals. Comparable as a larger incumbent offering similar AI and emerging-tech benchmarking services to enterprise and government clients with much broader analyst coverage.
• McKinsey Global Institute: Research arm of McKinsey producing influential global indices and economic studies, including work on AI, longevity, and biotechnology competitiveness. Comparable as a much larger research organization producing government-cited indices on similar topics to DKG's Global AI Competitiveness Index.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Information services provider offering indices, ratings, and data across financial and technology markets. Comparable as an established incumbent in the index and financial-infrastructure space where DKG is positioning Longevity.Capital and its index products as new asset-class infrastructure.
• Crunchbase: Platform for discovering company, investor, and market data across the technology and venture ecosystem. Comparable as a broader incumbent providing startup, funding, and ecosystem intelligence that overlaps with DKG's AI for Finance in Hong Kong ecosystem mapping (230+ entities).

Emerging players

• StartUs Insights: Austrian data-driven intelligence platform providing innovation scouting, startup mapping, and trend analytics across emerging technologies including AI, biotech, and longevity. Comparable as a smaller, emerging competitor in technology ecosystem mapping with overlap to DKG's open-access analytics and ecosystem-mapping products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DeepTech_VC
• Facebookfacebook.com/deepknowledgegroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/deep-knowledge-ventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments13 records

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