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MARK Labs
Techstars '16Washington, US · Founded 2015 · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Mark Labs provides shareholder engagement analytics and management software to institutional investors seeking to influence corporate behavior toward environmental and social outcomes. The company serves asset managers and asset owners engaged in active ownership and corporate stewardship.
Also known as Mark Labs · Mark Labs, Inc.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Mark Labs, Inc. is a Washington, DC-based software company focused on shareholder engagement analytics and management for institutional investors. Its platform, described as the "ESG Engagement Engine," is designed to support data-driven active ownership — the practice by which an institutional investor uses its position as a stakeholder to engage portfolio companies and influence corporate behavior on environmental and social matters.
The product allows users to identify ongoing corporate engagements across a portfolio or market-wide and filter them by company, industry or engagement topic; to automatically log, track, initiate, join and escalate engagements; and to co-engage with other investors through a collaborative platform. Additional features include data visualization and auto-generated stewardship and engagement reports, engagement management tooling intended to handle thousands of concurrent engagements, integration of the data and engagement management system into an existing CRM, and a cloud-based secure engagement portal that complements existing communication channels.
Underlying the platform is a proprietary stewardship and engagement database compiled from stewardship reports, engagement reports, regulatory filings and media reports, maintained using a combination of human and artificial intelligence, and made available through data feeds and APIs.
Founding story
Mark Labs was co-founded by Kevin Barrow (Co-Founder and CEO) and Jennifer Rimbach (Co-Founder and COO) as a mission-driven software company whose stated aim is to "give capital a voice" by equipping financial capital with tools to build an equitable and sustainable private sector.
Business model
Mark Labs sells a software platform and underlying stewardship/engagement data sets to institutional investors, with access provided through the platform as well as data feeds and APIs, and with the option to integrate its data and engagement management system into a customer's existing CRM. The website's primary conversion path is a demo request.
Sale of access to its software platform and stewardship/engagement data, including via data feeds and APIs.
Traction
The company states its work has earned the trust of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Development Program, and that it is building relationships with asset managers and asset owners. It was one of five startups selected for the second cohort of the Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator in November 2021, each of which received a $100,000 investment. A third-party business directory lists 15 employees and a revenue range of $1–10 million.
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Market position
Mark Labs targets the ESG stewardship and active-ownership segment of investment software, serving asset managers and asset owners that must respond to client and regulatory demands for sustainable investing and transparent, ESG-compliant operations.
The company positions its proprietary stewardship and engagement database — assembled from stewardship reports, engagement reports, regulatory filings and media reports and maintained with a mix of human and artificial intelligence — as a distinct data set for identifying risks and opportunities, alongside collaborative co-engagement functionality that lets multiple investors engage the same portfolio companies.
Technology
A cloud-based platform combining a proprietary stewardship and engagement database with engagement workflow tooling. Data is sourced from stewardship reports, engagement reports, regulatory filings and media reports, and is continuously updated using both human and artificial intelligence. The system supports data visualization and report generation, CRM integration, a secure engagement portal, and delivery of data via feeds and APIs.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly to institutional investors via its website with a demo request, and states it is building relationships with leading asset managers and asset owners while rolling out its product lineup. It has a dedicated Head of Sales and participated in a corporate-backed accelerator that pairs founders with executive mentors.
Institutional investors, specifically asset managers and asset owners engaged in stewardship and active ownership; earlier positioning targeted corporations, foundations and philanthropists with large giving budgets.
Geography
Headquartered in Washington, DC (K Street NW).
History
The company states it has been building solutions linking financial capital with technology to achieve sustainability outcomes since 2016. An earlier positioning described the company as a social impact data aggregator serving charitable funders and impact investors, with a platform launched for corporations and foundations with large giving budgets. In November 2021 the company was named to the second cohort of the Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator, powered by gener8tor.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsMark Labs, Inc. was one of five startups chosen for the 2021 Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator powered by gener8tor. Each participating startup receives a $100,000 investment and works with gener8tor and Northwestern Mutual through a 12-week program that includes executive mentorship.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does MARK Labs do?
- Washington, DC software company providing ESG stewardship and shareholder engagement analytics to institutional investors.
- Who are MARK Labs's investors?
- MARK Labs's investors include Techstars.
- Where is MARK Labs headquartered?
- MARK Labs is headquartered in Washington, US.