Dragonfly

What Dragonfly does

Dragonfly is a London-headquartered geopolitical and security intelligence provider operating under its Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS) platform. The company delivers forward-looking, actionable assessments of geopolitical and global security threats to enterprise clients, combining operational ground-level reporting with strategic-level analysis drawn from an international network of human sources. Its core platform comprises Global Risk Ratings covering 25 risk categories across 200+ countries and 700 cities, the TerrorismTracker database (every recorded terrorist incident since January 2007, manually researched and quality-controlled), Watchpoints for tracking future high-impact events, a Travel Risks Monitor, Crisis Planning Intelligence, Country Dossiers, and API integration for embedding data into client systems.

Dragonfly monetizes through an enterprise B2B subscription model, targeting security and risk professionals across verticals including aviation, insurance, NGOs, and large multinational organizations. GTM is primarily consultative direct enterprise field sales with specialist demonstrations, supplemented by strategic channel partnerships (e.g., HIVE Underwriters for aviation underwriting). The company was acquired by Dow Jones, a division of News Corp, from FiscalNote Holdings for $40 million in Q1 2025 and is now integrated into Dow Jones's Risk Management portfolio within its Business Intelligence segment, operating under the DBA "Dragonfly Intelligence." Leadership includes CEO David Claridge and Chief Intelligence Officer Henry Wilkinson.

Name

Dragonfly

Legal name

Dragonfly

Website

https://dragonflyintelligence.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dragonfly (DBA Dragonfly Intelligence) is a London-headquartered geopolitical and security intelligence provider, now part of Dow Jones/News Corp, delivering forward-looking threat assessments and global risk ratings to enterprise clients in aviation, insurance, NGO, and multinational sectors via its SIAS platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geopolitical & Security Intelligence

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Threat Intelligence Services (BPAEADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Operations & Counterterrorism (BPAIAHAH), International Crisis Management & Evacuation Services (BPAIAIAK)

Keywords

• Geopolitical risk intelligence
• Security threat monitoring
• Travel risk assessment
• Crisis management intelligence
• Terrorism incident tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Security Intelligence Subscription Service: Dragonfly provides early warning and actionable assessments of geopolitical and global security threats as a subscription-based intelligence service. The platform delivers security intelligence reports, forward-looking geopolitical risk assessments, and operational risk data to enterprise clients including security teams, risk managers, and corporate decision-makers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dragonfly delivers subscription-based geopolitical and security intelligence through its Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS) platform, providing enterprise clients with forward-looking threat assessments, global risk ratings across 25 categories in 200+ countries, terrorism incident tracking via TerrorismTracker, Watchpoints, travel risk alerts, crisis planning intelligence, and country dossiers. The service is supported by an international human-source network and accessible via direct analyst engagement as well as API integration into client systems.

Product overview

Dragonfly operates as a unified security intelligence platform under its Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS), combining multiple intelligence modules into one integrated service. The platform centers on Dragonfly intelligence reports providing forward-looking security assessments, supported by Global risk ratings covering 25 categories across 200+ countries. Additional modules include TerrorismTracker (a comprehensive terrorist incident database since 2007), Watchpoints for tracking future risk events, Travel Risks Monitor for advance travel disruption alerts, Crisis Planning intelligence for emergency preparedness, and Country dossiers consolidating country-specific security intelligence. The SIAS platform enables API integration for embedding Dragonfly data into in-house systems and third-party applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS): Dragonfly's primary intelligence platform providing early warning and actionable assessments of geopolitical and global security threats and crisis risks.

Products and services

• Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS) Dragonfly's primary platform providing early warning and actionable assessments of geopolitical and global security threats and crisis risks, enabling enterprise security and risk professionals to anticipate risks and make confident security decisions.
• Dragonfly Intelligence Reports
• Global Risk Ratings
• TerrorismTracker
• Watchpoints
• Travel Risks Monitor
• Crisis Planning Intelligence
• Country Dossiers

Quantifiable outcome

• Crude prices rising 27% with Brent at around $92 a barrel - Dragonfly provides early warning on geopolitical risks affecting energy markets
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HIVE UnderwriterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026HIVE Underwriters collaborated with Dragonfly Intelligence to enhance aviation security risk management. This partnership combines HIVE's underwriting expertise with Dragonfly's intelligence services to provide better risk mitigation support to airlines and insurers. The collaboration enables HIVE to leverage Dragonfly's forward-looking security assessments for more informed underwriting decisions.
• Dow Jones (News Corp)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2025Dragonfly was divested by FiscalNote to Dow Jones (a division of News Corp) for $40 million. Dragonfly, primarily based in the United Kingdom, is now integrated into Dow Jones's global news and business information offerings as part of their Risk Management portfolio. The acquisition closed in Q1 2025 subject to antitrust clearance in Austria.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eurasia Group: Political risk advisory firm providing geopolitical analysis and consulting to corporates, investors, and governments. Comparable to Dragonfly in serving enterprise clients seeking forward-looking political risk intelligence for strategic decisions.
• Crisis24 (a GardaWorld company): Integrated risk management firm offering geopolitical intelligence, threat monitoring, travel risk, and crisis response to multinationals. Closely comparable to Dragonfly in product scope (intelligence, watchpoints, travel risk, crisis planning) and enterprise customer base.
• S-RM: Intelligence-led security and corporate investigations consultancy serving global corporates, financial institutions, and law firms. Directly comparable to Dragonfly in providing geopolitical and security intelligence on a subscription and advisory basis to enterprise clients.
• Control Risks: London-based global consultancy providing political, security, and integrity risk services to enterprises and governments. Closely comparable to Dragonfly in target customer (multinational corporations), service category (political and security risk intelligence), and delivery model (subscription intelligence plus advisory).
• Oxford Analytica: Geopolitical analysis and advisory firm now owned by Dow Jones alongside Dragonfly after being divested by FiscalNote. Sister-company peer offering comparable geopolitical and country-level intelligence to enterprise and government clients.
• Stratfor: Subscription-based geopolitical intelligence provider offering forecasts, reports, and alerts to enterprise and government clients. Directly comparable to Dragonfly's SIAS platform in delivering forward-looking geopolitical analysis via subscription.

Emerging players

• Verisk Maplecroft: Political risk, ESG, and security data provider offering country-level indices, risk ratings, and analytics to multinationals. Comparable to Dragonfly's Global Risk Ratings product line in providing structured, country-level political and security risk data.
• Pangea-Risk: Specialist Africa-focused political and security risk consultancy serving corporates with operational presence on the continent. Comparable to Dragonfly's country-by-country intelligence model with narrower geographic depth but overlapping customer use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Pinkerton: Corporate security and intelligence services firm offering investigations, monitoring, and threat intelligence to enterprises. Comparable to Dragonfly through its corporate intelligence offering within a broader physical-security services portfolio.
• Kroll: Diversified financial and risk advisory firm with cyber, security, and intelligence capabilities as part of a wider professional services portfolio. Comparable to Dragonfly through its security risk consulting practice serving similar enterprise customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dragonfly_int
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dragonfly-intelligence

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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