9fin

9fin was founded in London in 2016 by Steven Hunter and Hussam El-Sheikh out of direct frustration experienced inside major banks: billion-dollar decisions in debt markets were still being made by reading PDFs, opening fragmented data rooms and cross-referencing information spread across emails and spreadsheets. The problem was not a lack of data — it was that data was slow, opaque and unreliable. 9fin's answer is an AI-native platform that integrates proprietary data, real-time news, analytics, document extraction and intelligent workflows in a single environment. The technology automatically reads and structures complex documents — covenants, credit agreements, pricing sheets — making them searchable and comparable in seconds instead of hours. The model is hybrid: AI and expert analysts, credit journalists and legal specialists work together to ensure reliability, because in debt markets a mistake is not a bug but a wrong financial decision. The growth strategy is vertical: 9fin starts with European leveraged finance, then expands to high-yield bonds, distressed debt, private credit, CLOs, asset-based finance and investment grade, with coverage across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. In 2025 it acquires Bond Radar, adding 20 years of historical data on primary debt markets. In 2026, the $170M Series C led by HarbourVest brings the valuation to $1.3 billion, with over 300 institutional clients and 350 people in the team.