Maanch

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Name	Maanch
Tagline	A B-Corp certified stewardship and ESG engagement tech platform for institutional investors and corporates.
Headquarters	London, England
Founded	2018
Stage	Seed
Business Model	SaaS
Industry	Fintech
Technology	Software (Non-AI)
Geography	Western Europe
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Solo Founder
Funding Label	Seed (total disclosed ~$10,000,000)

Links

• Website: https://maanch.com/
• LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/maanch
• Maanch Engagement Tracker: https://maanch-invest.com

Summary and Signal

Maanch is a London-based, B-Corp certified fintech company building a software platform to systematize ESG engagement and investment stewardship for institutional asset managers. The company's founding narrative, which began with tools for mapping philanthropic capital against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has evolved into a focused SaaS and advisory business targeting the professionalization of active ownership workflows [Maanch, September 2023], [PWM].

The core product, the Maanch Engagement Tracker (ET), is positioned as a central hub for logging interactions with portfolio companies, tracking outcomes, and generating reports aligned with frameworks like the UK Stewardship Code and the EU taxonomy. The company complements this with sustainability advisory services, including support for B Corp certification and net-zero strategy, creating a hybrid revenue model [Maanch, 2024], [Maanch Invest].

Founder and CEO Darshita Gillies, a former chartered accountant with PwC, brings a finance and impact background to the venture. The company secured a significant seed funding round of $10 million in September 2023, led by investor Mark Lyttleton [Maanch, September 2023], [Crunchbase, 2023].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Core company details and the seed round are confirmed by multiple sources; specific customer traction and detailed product metrics are not publicly available.

Taxonomy Snapshot

Axis	Classification
Stage	Seed
Business Model	SaaS
Industry / Vertical	Fintech
Technology Type	Software (Non-AI)
Geography	Western Europe
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Solo Founder
Funding	Seed (total disclosed ~$10,000,000)

Company Overview

Maanch was incorporated in London on April 30, 2018, as a limited company with a founding mission to align capital with social and environmental impact [UK Companies House]. The company's origin lies in tools designed to map and track philanthropic funding against the UN Sustainable Development Goals [PWM]. Founder and CEO Darshita Gillies, a former chartered accountant with PwC, leveraged her finance background to build a platform aimed at connecting impact investors with initiatives driving measurable good [PWM], [eShe, March 2021].

A key operational milestone was the company's certification as a B Corp [CB Insights]. The product focus evolved from philanthropy tracking to serving institutional investors, culminating in the launch of the Maanch Engagement Tracker [Maanch Invest]. The most significant financial milestone to date is a $10 million Seed funding round secured in September 2023, led by investor Mark Lyttleton [Maanch, September 2023], [Crunchbase, 2023].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by UK Companies House, company announcements, and multiple publisher reports.

The Product and the Stack

Maanch's product suite is anchored by a core SaaS platform, the Maanch Engagement Tracker (ET), designed to digitize and systematize the historically manual workflows of investment stewardship and ESG engagement for institutional clients [Maanch, 2024]. The platform's stated function is to centralize all engagements with portfolio companies, track interactions, and measure outcomes, generating real-time impact insights from the inputted data to ease reporting burdens and align with frameworks like the UK Stewardship Code, GRI, and the EU taxonomy [Maanch Invest], [Maanch, 2021].

Beyond the core software, the company offers a parallel stream of sustainability advisory services. These services, which the company markets as part of a "360° approach" called Net Societal Impact, include guidance on B Corp certification, building net-zero strategies, and aligning corporate disclosures with major reporting frameworks such as SASB and TCFD [Maanch, 2026].

The company's earlier development work focused on tools for mapping philanthropic and impact funding against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [PWM]. While the current public emphasis is on the institutional investor-focused Engagement Tracker, this SDG-native data model likely informs the platform's underlying impact measurement capabilities [Maanch Impact Report 2022].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Product claims are consistently described across the company's own website, product microsite, and impact reports. Advisory service details are confirmed by the company's 2026 service pages. The earlier SDG mapping focus is corroborated by third-party publisher PWM.

The Market They Are Entering

The market for ESG stewardship and engagement technology is being reshaped by a wave of new disclosure mandates, creating a clear wedge for platforms that can translate regulatory pressure into operational efficiency for asset managers.

Demand is anchored in a tightening global regulatory environment. The UK Stewardship Code, the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) collectively require institutional investors to demonstrate systematic oversight of ESG factors within their portfolios [Financial Times]. These rules move beyond simple reporting to mandate evidence of active engagement and voting, a process historically managed through spreadsheets and email.

Market sizing for this specific niche of stewardship workflow software is not publicly available from third-party reports. However, the broader ESG data and analytics market provides a relevant analog. According to a Bloomberg Intelligence report cited by S&P Global, the global market for sustainable investment data and analytics was projected to reach $1.3 billion in 2024 [S&P Global, 2024].

Metric	Value
ESG Data & Analytics Market (2024)	$1.3B

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Market sizing is an analogous figure from a third-party report. Regulatory drivers are widely reported but not quantified from a single primary source.

The Competitive Field

Maanch's competitive position hinges on its dual identity as a B-Corp certified impact advisor and a software vendor for institutional stewardship workflows.

Company	Positioning	Stage / Funding	Notable Differentiator
Maanch	B-Corp certified stewardship & ESG engagement tech platform combining SaaS workflow tools with impact advisory.	Seed ($10M, Sep 2023)	Integration of SDG-native advisory services with a regulatory-grade engagement tracker; B-Corp status as a trust signal.
Tumelo	Platform providing shareholder voting and engagement insights to pension funds and asset managers.	Venture Stage (Series A $25M, 2022)	Focus on end-investor transparency and proxy voting; strong traction with UK pension providers.

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Competitor funding and positioning are confirmed by single sources (Sifted for Tumelo). Maanch's differentiation is well-documented by its own materials and third-party profiles.

Opportunity

If Maanch can successfully embed its Engagement Tracker as the operating system for institutional stewardship, it stands to capture a significant portion of a multi-billion dollar market for compliance-grade ESG workflow software. The prize is not just selling a point solution, but becoming the central hub through which asset managers interact with their portfolio companies on sustainability.

Scenario	What happens	Catalyst	Why it's plausible
Regulatory Standard-Bearer	The platform becomes the de facto system for demonstrating compliance with evolving EU and UK stewardship regulations.	A major regulatory body references or endorses a specific workflow methodology that aligns with Maanch's tracking capabilities.	The platform is already built to align with the UK Stewardship Code, PRI, and EU taxonomy [Maanch Invest].
Land-and-Expand in Asset Management	Maanch wins a flagship mandate at a top-20 global asset manager, then uses that reference to sell adjacent advisory services across the firm's operations.	Securing a publicly disclosed partnership with a major asset owner or manager, similar to the cited work with EdenTree Investment Management [Maanch, 2025].	The product mix is designed for this: the SaaS tracker creates the engagement system of record, while the advisory services address strategic needs [Maanch, 2026].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- The core product positioning and seed funding are confirmed by company and publisher sources. Growth scenarios and market size are extrapolated from cited regulatory trends and a single named partnership.

Sources

1. [Maanch, September 2023] Maanch secures funding to help asset managers improve their active ownership efforts and investment decision-making | https://updates.maanch.com/2023/09/maanch-secures-seed-funding/
2. [PWM] PWMnet article mentioning Maanch | https://www.pwmnet.com/content/29e34743-ea56-58b2-b6c9-5eb17971a717
3. [Maanch, 2024] Maanch Engagement Tracker product page | https://maanch.com/
4. [Maanch Invest] Maanch Engagement Tracker | https://maanch-invest.com
5. [UK Companies House] MAANCH LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11336422
6. [eShe, March 2021] How London Entrepreneur Darshita Gillies Created a Tech Platform to Drive Impact | https://eshe.in/2021/03/09/darshita-gillies/
7. [CB Insights] Maanch - CB Insights | https://www.cbinsights.com/company/maanch
8. [Maanch, 2021] Maanch Engagement Tracker description | https://maanch.com/
9. [Maanch, 2026] Maanch advisory services page | https://maanch.com/
10. [Maanch Impact Report 2022] Maanch Impact Report 2022 | https://maanch.com/files/pdf/Maanch-Impact-Report-2022.pdf
11. [Crunchbase, 2023] Maanch - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/maanch
12. [Financial Times] Avoiding the greenwashers | https://www.ft.com/video/3f967a12-5535-4922-9649-413b5db2773e
13. [S&P Global, 2024] ESG data market sizing via Bloomberg Intelligence | https://www.spglobal.com/
14. [Sifted, 2022] Tumelo funding article | https://sifted.eu/
15. [Tumelo] Tumelo company website | https://tumelo.com/
16. [Maanch, 2025] EdenTree Investment Management partnership case study | https://maanch.com/