What Proxy Insight does

Proxy Insight, founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, is described in source materials as 'the leading source of information on global shareholder voting.' Co-founded by Nick Dawson (managing director) and Nick Arnott, the firm operates as a small, founder-led organization of 11-50 employees focused on aggregating and disseminating shareholder voting data, governance trends, and shareholder activism intelligence. Its positioning suggests a niche but authoritative role within the corporate governance information services market, serving institutional investors, governance professionals, and corporate issuers seeking visibility into global voting outcomes and trends.

Source materials additionally reference Diligent Corporation, a private GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) platform (legal name Diligent Corporation) that serves more than 25,000 customers across 130+ countries with an AI-powered suite spanning board management, enterprise risk, IT compliance, third-party risk, audit analytics, ethics/compliance training, and shareholder activism / executive compensation / ESG data through its Market Intelligence sub-brand. The available source material does not explicitly confirm a direct corporate relationship between Proxy Insight and Diligent Corporation, though the data blocks are presented together and the shareholder voting intelligence focus of Proxy Insight is adjacent to Diligent Market Intelligence's shareholder activism and ESG data offering.

Specific operational and financial details for Proxy Insight, including its revenue model, pricing structure, technology stack, customer segmentation, and detailed product features, are not separately disclosed in available source material. Proxy Insight's direct revenue model, customer acquisition motion, and proprietary technology capabilities cannot be characterized with precision from the available evidence, which constrains the depth of firm-level analysis.

Name

Proxy Insight

Legal name

Diligent Corporation

Website

https://proxyinsight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Proxy Insight is a New York-based, founder-led firm founded in 2013 that specializes in information and intelligence on global shareholder voting, serving institutional investors, governance professionals, and corporate issuers within the broader Diligent governance platform ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Shareholder Voting Data Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meetings (AGM/EGM) (FSACAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meeting Services (FSAFALAD), Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meeting Services (FSACAHAL), Proxy Voting & Governance Services (FSAAAOAJ)

Keywords

• Shareholder voting data
• Proxy voting research
• Corporate governance data
• Voting analytics
• Shareholder activism data

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS platform licensing for governance, risk, and compliance solutions. Enterprise pricing with flexible plans for organizations of any size.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Proxy Insight is the leading source of information on global shareholder voting. The company provides data and intelligence on how shareholders vote at company meetings worldwide, serving organizations that require detailed voting information for governance, investment stewardship, and engagement purposes.

Product overview

Diligent is a unified AI-powered GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) platform organized around four core pillars: Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Audit. The flagship Diligent One Platform centralizes all board management and GRC activities, serving as the foundational layer. Under Governance, products include Diligent Boards (board management), BoardEffect (nonprofit/higher education), Entities (subsidiary management), Community (school/government), and Diligent Market Intelligence (shareholder/ESG data). The Risk pillar encompasses AI Risk Essentials, Enterprise Risk Management, IT Compliance, IT & Cyber Risk Management, and Third-Party Risk Management (3rdRisk). Compliance offerings include Policy Manager, Due Diligence, Compliance Advisory Services, Speak Up Manager, Compliance Education, Third Party Manager, and Third-Party Risk Intel. The Audit pillar includes Internal Audit, ACL Analytics, and Internal Controls. Diligent AI is the underlying AI platform powering these capabilities across the entire suite.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Diligent One Platform: Centralize and unify all your board management and GRC activities
• Diligent Boards
• BoardEffect
• Diligent Market Intelligence
• ACL Analytics
• Diligent Institute

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of Fortune 500 companies are customers
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Manifest: Manifest is a proxy voting and ESG-focused technology vendor that streamlines voting workflows for asset managers, competing with Proxy Insight for stewardship-team budgets with a more workflow-oriented product.
• Sustainalytics: Sustainalytics provides ESG and governance research including voting-related analytics, overlapping partially with Proxy Insight's shareholder voting intelligence offering for institutional clients.

Broad incumbents

• FactSet: FactSet offers corporate governance and ownership data, including voting analytics, to investment professionals; it serves a similar buy-side client base and overlaps with Proxy Insight at the data-feed layer.
• Refinitiv (LSEG): Refinitiv, now part of LSEG, distributes ownership, governance, and meeting/voting data through its Financial content platform and is a credible alternative source for the same buyer personas as Proxy Insight.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence provides broad corporate governance, ownership, and proxy-related data feeds to institutional investors, partially overlapping with Proxy Insight's shareholder voting information offering.
• MSCI ESG Research: MSCI ESG Research provides governance ratings and voting analytics used by institutional investors, sitting adjacent to Proxy Insight's focus and frequently compared in vendor evaluations.
• Broadridge Financial Solutions: Broadridge is a large incumbent in capital markets infrastructure with proxy communications, shareholder meeting, and governance workflow capabilities, overlapping with Proxy Insight's shareholder meeting intelligence focus.

Direct peers

• Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS): ISS is the dominant global proxy advisory and corporate governance solutions provider, selling voting research, policy frameworks, and governance data to asset managers, asset owners, and corporates — the same core customer set Proxy Insight targets.
• ISS ESG: ISS ESG provides ESG and governance research, ratings, and screening, including shareholder voting analytics, and competes for governance-data budgets from the same asset-manager buyers as Proxy Insight.
• Glass Lewis: Glass Lewis is the second major independent proxy advisor, offering voting research and shareholder meeting intelligence globally. It directly competes with Proxy Insight for governance and voting-data subscriptions.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/diligent
• Xx.com/ProxyInsight

Compliance3 records

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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