Diligent - About the company
Diligent is an acquired company based in New York City (United States), founded in 2001 by Ai-Mei Zhu. It operates as a Platform that offers suite of governance solutions to help organizations streamline its board management. Diligent has raised $27M in funding from investors like Blackstone, CNT Tech and Clearlake Capital Group, with last known valuation of $*****. The company has 78 active competitors, including 10 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Govenda, DiliTrust and K2fly.
Company Details
Platform that offers suite of governance solutions to help organizations streamline its board management. It features in products such as boards, deligent AI, entities, ACL analytics, third party manager, compliance and training, risk intelligence data, due deligence, policy manager, deligent ESG and more.
- Website
- www.diligent.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@diligent.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- Danbury, Connecticut
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2001
Location
New York City, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$27M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
$***** as on Feb 14, 2016
Investors
Ranked
1st among 78 active competitors
Annual Revenue
$99.3M as on Dec 31, 2015
Employee Count
3,007 as on Apr 30, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by Insight Partners (Feb 14, 2016)
Legal entities associated with Diligent
Diligent is associated with 4 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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DILIGENT CORP CIN: 1433269 , United States, Active | Feb 02, 2016 | $99.3M (As on Dec 31, 2015) | 781 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
DILIGENT BOARDBOOKS LIMITED CIN: 6029195 , United Kingdom, Active | Dec 13, 2006 | - | 202 (As on Jan 31, 2021) | |
DILIGENT ENTERPRISE INC. CIN: 270372510 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 98 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
DILIGENT BOARD MEMBER SERVICES, INC. CIN: 261189601 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | $1M - $5M (As on Mar 25, 2009) | 231 (As on Dec 31, 2017) | - |
Diligent's acquisition details
Diligent got acquired by Insight Partners on Feb 14, 2016 at an acquisition amount of $*****.
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Diligent's funding and investors
Diligent has raised a total funding of $27M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 04, 2004. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Jan 08, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Diligent has 11 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Diligent:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jan 08, 2024 | 2908039 | Series D | 9530213 | 4096253 | 3978946 | 7787765 |
Aug 05, 2020 | 5413654 | Series D | 5517237 | 9006182 | 8881844 | |
Feb 09, 2018 | 8800501 | Series C | 2474240 | 1745957 | 8191670 |
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Diligent's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Diligent is Ai-Mei Zhu. Brian Stafford is the CEO of Diligent.
Here are the details of Diligent's key team members:
- Ai-Mei Zhu: ex-Global Talent Acquisition Specialist of Diligent.
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Diligent's employee count trend
Diligent has 3,007 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Diligent's employee count trend over the years:
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Diligent's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Diligent include Govenda, DiliTrust and K2fly. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Diligent, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Diligent 2001, New York City (United States), Acquired | Platform that offers suite of governance solutions to help organizations streamline its board management | $27M | 78/100 | |
2nd |  Govenda 2012, Pittsburgh (United States), Acquired | Cloud-based corporate governance management software provider | $5.51M | 51/100 | |
3rd | Corporate governance and data governance solution | $146M | 51/100 | ||
4th | Asset management software solutions and services | - | 47/100 | ||
5th |  Pulse Software 2011, Sydney (Australia), Acquired | Business process management and learning management solution provider | - | - | 46/100 |
6th |  Trustible 2023, Washington, DC (United States), Seed | AI based governance management platform | $7.69M | 45/100 | |
7th | Axar Digital 2006, Pune (India), Seed | Software to facilitate governance and compliance in companies | $109K | - | 44/100 |
8th |  Theia Analytics Group 2017, Washington, DC (United States), Seed | AI based governance focused intelligence engine | $1.5M | 43/100 | |
9th | Platfrom that provides data security risk assessment and smart community projects | - | - | 42/100 | |
10th |  Suntrust Resort Holdings 1956, Taguig (Philippines), Unfunded | Corporate governance management platform | - | - | 41/100 |
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Diligent's Investments and acquisitions
Diligent has not made any investments yet. Diligent has made 12 acquisitions.Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jan 14, 2026 | Acquisition | 2020 | Muiden (Netherlands) | |
May 22, 2025 | Acquisition | 2018 | London (United Kingdom) | |
Jan 11, 2022 | Acquisition | 2020 | London (United Kingdom) |
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News related to Diligent
Filter this listMedia has covered Diligent for a total of 19 events in the last 1 year, 9 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Diligent Unveils AI Board Member and Agentic GRC Workforce at Elevate 2026Business Wire•Apr 23, 2026•Diligent
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Diligent Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Third-Party Risk ManagementBusiness Wire•Apr 09, 2026•Diligent
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Y Combinator joins $31m series B for AI corporate tax startupTech in Asia•Feb 20, 2026•Y Combinator, Vybe, Massive Tech Ventures, Simple AI and 5 others
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Diligent Acquires 3rdRisk to Deliver AI-Native Third-Party Risk Management at ScaleMarTech Series•Jan 14, 2026•3rdRisk, Diligent
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Diligent Introduces Data Room Solution for Secure Collaboration and Enhanced Transaction ReadinessFinancial Post•Nov 13, 2025•Diligent
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Diligent Sets New Standard in GRC with ACL AI Studios Advanced Analytics CapabilitiesBusiness Wire•Jul 15, 2025•Diligent
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