"The briefing they produced changed the shape of our board discussion. For the first time, we were arguing about the right things."
Loka Intelligence turns fragmented market signals into decisions you can act on. We help boards, strategy teams and investors see what's really happening — before it's obvious.
Six practices, each designed for the moments where clarity is scarce and consequences are real.
Structured monitoring of your market — competitors, customers, regulators, disruptors — synthesised into quarterly briefings that inform strategy.
Learn moreDeep dives into specific competitors: positioning, cost base, go-to-market motion, and where they're vulnerable.
Learn moreScenario planning and horizon scanning for boards that need to test strategy against more than one plausible future.
Learn moreCombining primary research, public data, and proprietary sources into a single evidence base your team can trust.
Learn moreOngoing counsel to chairs and NEDs — an independent intelligence function without the overhead of building one.
Learn moreCommercial and market diligence for investors and acquirers — evidence-led, discreet, and fast where it matters.
Learn moreMost intelligence fails not because the data is wrong, but because it never reaches the room where decisions are made. We're built to fix that.
Every claim we make is grounded in a source we can name. If we don't know, we say so — because credibility is the only currency that matters.
Automation does the heavy lifting. Senior analysts do the judgement. Nothing reaches you without passing through both.
Our work often sits beside sensitive strategy. Everything we do is confidential, and we publish nothing without written consent.
We deliver in the format that fits your governance — not the format that's easiest for us. Briefings, memos, dashboards, verbal counsel.
Client names withheld where confidentiality applies. Sector descriptions are accurate; details are anonymised.
Mapped the emerging competitive set — including non-bank challengers — and identified where the bank's positioning was being eroded by adjacent players.
Read case noteIndependent market diligence on a mid-market acquisition target — validating the investment case against primary customer evidence.
Read case noteFeedback from the strategy, investment and board leaders we work with. Names used with permission.
"The briefing they produced changed the shape of our board discussion. For the first time, we were arguing about the right things."
"We engaged Loka for diligence on a target the market loved. They came back with evidence the market had missed. We walked away from the deal."
"Anil has a talent for making the complicated feel obvious. That's rare. Our strategy team uses Loka as an extension of itself."
"Discreet, disciplined, and unafraid to say the uncomfortable thing. Exactly what you want from an intelligence partner."
"Their market maps have become a standing item at our quarterly reviews. They tell us what to watch, and why."
"The quality of the thinking is what stands out. They don't hand you a report — they hand you a point of view you can defend."
Essays on market intelligence, strategy and the discipline of thinking clearly in uncertain conditions.
Most market intelligence fails not because it's wrong, but because it never reaches the room where decisions are made.
Read moreMost companies define their competitive set too narrowly. The threat usually comes from the edges of the map.
Read moreThe gap between what a target tells you and what its customers tell you is where the real risk sits.
Read moreTell us what you're weighing. We'll tell you honestly whether intelligence can help.