InGovern

Name

InGovern

Legal name

InGovern Research Services Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://ingovern.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Proxy Advisory and Corporate Governance Research

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Proxy Voting & Governance Services (FSAAAOAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

ESG/Sustainable Investment Advisory (FSAEAAAJ)

Keywords

• Proxy advisory services
• Corporate governance research
• Shareholder activism advisory
• Vote recommendations
• Governance risk monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Proxy Advisory Services: Vote recommendations covering shareholder meetings including AGMs, EGMs, Postal Ballots and Court Convened Meetings. Provides unlimited analyst access via telephone or email.
2. Corporate Governance Research and Advisory: Research and advisory services for companies and investors on corporate governance matters.
3. Shareholder Activism Services: Value enhancement services for investors and corporates, including recommendations on corporate actions and engagement with companies at various levels.
4. Governance Consulting and Education: Corporate governance consulting services and education for companies.
5. Risk Monitoring: Risk monitoring services for investors with financial or reputation exposure to companies.
6. Information Technology Solutions: IT solutions supporting corporate governance analysis and reporting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

InGovern provides proxy advisory and corporate governance research and advisory services to institutional investors (mutual funds, insurance companies, FIIs, pension funds, hedge funds, custodians, private wealth management firms, HNIs) and listed companies in India. Its core deliverable is impartial vote recommendations for shareholder meetings (AGMs, EGMs, Postal Ballots, Court Convened Meetings), delivered alongside shareholder activism advisory, governance risk monitoring, and education services. The InGovern CG Platform underpins these services as a web-based analysis and vote management system.

Product overview

InGovern is a corporate governance advisory firm offering a suite of services centered around its InGovern CG Platform—a web-based vote management and analysis system. The core offerings include Vote Recommendations (Proxy Advisory Services) for shareholder meetings, Shareholder Activism Services, Corporate Governance Research and Advisory, Risk Monitoring, and Information Technology Solutions. The InGovern CG Platform serves as the primary technology product, enabling clients to monitor shareholder meetings, access resolutions, create watchlists, record votes, and generate reports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• InGovern CG Platform A web-based analysis and vote management system for institutional investors that enables clients to monitor shareholder meetings, access meeting agendas and resolutions, create custom watchlists, receive corporate governance alerts, record votes, access InGovern analysis and vote recommendations, and generate MIS reports including SEBI submission-ready outputs.
• Vote Recommendations (Proxy Advisory Services) Impartial vote recommendations for institutional investors covering shareholder meetings including AGMs, EGMs, Postal Ballots, and Court Convened Meetings, with unlimited analyst access via telephone or email.
• Shareholder Activism Services Value enhancement services for investors and corporates, including advising on solutions for value enhancement at investee companies, recommending corporate actions, and engaging with companies at various levels to drive governance outcomes.
• Corporate Governance Research and Advisory Research and advisory services that assist investors with financial or reputation exposure to investee companies, enhancing corporate governance culture and shareholder activism in India.
• Governance Risk Monitoring Monitoring services for identifying and tracking corporate governance risks at investee companies, primarily for investors with financial or reputation exposure.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS): ISS is the world's largest proxy advisory and corporate governance services firm, providing vote recommendations, research, and governance data to institutional investors globally. It is the most direct global comparable to InGovern's proxy advisory and CG platform business.
• Glass Lewis & Co. Glass Lewis is the second-largest global proxy advisory firm, offering vote recommendations, policy research, and governance analytics to institutional investors. It directly competes with InGovern in India and is a head-to-head comparable on services, customer base, and subscription model.
• Institutional Investor Advisory Services India (IiAS): IiAS is a leading India-focused proxy advisory and corporate governance research firm serving mutual funds, FIIs and other institutional investors. It is the most direct domestic competitor to InGovern, competing for the same institutional mandates and AGMs in India.
• Stakeholder Empowerment Services (SES): SES is an India-based proxy advisor and corporate governance firm focused on voting advisory, governance ratings, and ESG research for Indian institutional investors. It targets the same Indian institutional client segments as InGovern with overlapping services.
• Manifest Information Services: Manifest is a UK-based proxy voting and corporate governance services firm providing vote recommendations and governance research to asset managers and pension funds. It is a direct peer in services, subscription model and global institutional customer base.
• Proxinvest: Proxinvest is a European proxy advisory firm offering governance research, voting recommendations, and engagement support to institutional investors. It is a direct peer in the core proxy advisory and governance research category, though smaller in scale than ISS or Glass Lewis.

Emerging players

• ProxyInsight: ProxyInsight is an independent proxy voting research and analytics provider covering global and emerging-market companies for institutional investors. Its emerging-market and ESG overlay overlaps materially with InGovern's research-driven, analytics-enabled offering.
• PRIME Database Group: PRIME Database is an Indian corporate information, primary issuance, and governance analytics provider serving institutional investors with data on Indian listed companies. It is an emerging peer with partial overlap in governance data and analytics that supports institutional investment and voting decisions.

Regional players

• Governance for Owners (GfO): GfO is a UK-based advisory firm focused on stewardship, engagement, and shareholder voting services for long-term institutional investors. It is a comparable regional peer offering overlapping governance advisory services with InGovern's activism and stewardship work.

Broad incumbents

• Eurizon Capital (Italian proxy/governance team): Eurizon Capital is a large European asset manager with a dedicated stewardship and proxy voting program that conducts in-house governance research and engagement on portfolio companies. It serves as a broad incumbent comparable that combines voting advisory and governance research functions internally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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

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