What 9fin does

9fin is an AI-native information and analytics platform serving credit professionals across global debt capital markets. Founded in London in 2016 by former J.P. Morgan banker Steven Hunter and former Deutsche Bank engineer Huss El-Sheikh, the company consolidates real-time news, expert journalism, structured debt data, and AI-powered workflows into a single platform covering leveraged finance, distressed and restructuring, CLOs, private credit, and asset-based finance.

The core product comprises two integrated layers: the 9fin Platform (Data & Analytics, News & Analysis from 130+ reporters, plus Covenant Explorer, Document Search, Dockets, and Company Profiles) and 9fin AI (AI Chat, Research Grid, and Earnings Call Summaries). The AI is purpose-built on a proprietary corpus of 20+ years of deal history — extended by the March 2025 Bond Radar acquisition which added another 20 years of international issuance data — with every output cited and traceable to source. The platform operates as SOC 2 Type II audited, with Zero Data Retention controls for model providers.

9fin monetizes via annual SaaS subscriptions priced on a quote basis, targeting investment banks, asset managers, law firms, and advisory firms through enterprise field sales. The company serves 300+ institutions including top-10 global investment banks and 80% of credit trading desks, with named clients spanning BNP Paribas, KKR, UBS Asset Management, PSP Investments, Allen Overy Shearman, and Milbank. Following a $170 million Series C in March 2026 at a $1.3 billion valuation (unicorn status), 9fin has expanded from London to New York, Belfast, and Hong Kong, with ARR estimated at approximately $50 million and reported multiple consecutive years of 100% ARR growth.

Name

9fin

Legal name

9fin Limited

Website

https://9fin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

9fin is an AI-native platform providing real-time news, data, and analytics for global debt markets. It serves 300+ banks, asset managers, law firms, and advisory firms with cited AI workflows across leveraged finance, distressed debt, CLOs, private credit, and asset-based finance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Data and Analytics

NAICS

Credit Bureaus (561450), Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (5223), Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (522390)

SIC

Finance Services (6199), Asset-Backed Securities (6189)

akta.pro primary industry

Credit & Underwriting Data Services (alt data feeds, affordability, bureau augmentation) (FSAGACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transaction Analytics & Cash-Flow Insights (risk signals, forecasting) (FSAGACAG), Underwriting Automation & Income/Employment Verification (FSAGAHAD)

Keywords

• Debt market intelligence
• Credit analytics platform
• Covenant analysis software
• Leveraged finance data
• Distressed credit coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Platform Access: SaaS subscription model providing access to the 9fin platform, data, analytics, and AI tools. The platform serves over 300 banks, asset managers, law firms, and advisory firms globally. Multiple consecutive years of 100% ARR growth reported.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

9fin provides an AI-native SaaS platform delivering real-time news, data, and analytics for global debt capital markets. The platform combines proprietary data extraction, expert journalism, and AI-powered workflows—including AI Chat, Research Grid, and Earnings Call Summaries—to help credit professionals at banks, asset managers, law firms, and advisory firms analyze leveraged finance, distressed debt, CLOs, private credit, and asset-based finance instruments.

Product overview

9fin is an AI-native unified platform for global debt markets, combining proprietary data, expert journalism, and AI-powered workflows in a single integrated system. The core offering consists of the 9fin Platform (providing Data & Analytics, News & Analysis, and AI Workflow Tools) and 9fin AI (featuring AI Chat, Research Grid, and Earnings Call Summaries). The platform covers five key market segments: Leveraged Finance, Distressed & Restructuring, CLOs, Private Credit, and Asset-Based Finance. Key features include Covenant Explorer, Document Search, Dockets, Company Profiles, and a Restructuring Database. The platform serves over 300 financial institutions globally with comprehensive coverage across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 9fin Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 5x efficiency improvement in day-to-day analysis and business development
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bond RadarcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2025Acquired Bond Radar, a data provider for international bond and loan markets. The acquisition added 20 years of historical data and expanded geographic reach into emerging markets including Asia and Latin America. Supports APAC launch in April 2026.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg LP: Bloomberg Terminal is the dominant data, analytics, and workflow platform for credit market professionals. Direct competitor to 9fin across credit data, covenant research, and leveraged finance news/analytics; serves the same investment banking, asset management, and law firm customers with a much broader but less specialized offering.
• Refinitiv (LSEG): LSEG/Refinitiv is a broad financial data incumbent offering Workspace, IFR, and credit data products across rates, credit, and fixed income. Competes with 9fin on credit fundamentals, deal data, and league tables for investment bank and asset-manager customers, though with less specialization on distressed and covenant workflows.
• S&P Capital IQ Pro: S&P Capital IQ Pro is a major financial data platform offering credit analytics, capital structure data, and ratings-adjacent analytics for corporates and financial institutions. Targets the same buyside, banking, and advisory clients as 9fin and competes on credit data depth, though with a more traditional, less AI-native interface.
• Moody's Analytics: Moody's Analytics provides credit data, risk analytics, and structured finance tools that serve banks, asset managers, and insurers. Competes with 9fin on credit and covenant data as well as structured finance analytics, bringing strong incumbency in regulated credit workflows but slower AI-native product momentum.

Direct peers

• Debtwire (Acuris/Intellizence): Debtwire provides proprietary intelligence on leveraged finance, distressed, and private credit, historically serving many of the same asset managers and law firms 9fin targets. Several 9fin journalists came from Debtwire, and 9fin's market coverage directly overlaps with Debtwire's products in distressed debt and private credit.
• Octus (formerly Reorg Research): Octus is the leading specialist in distressed and restructuring credit intelligence, with deep coverage of leveraged finance and LMEs. Closest direct competitor to 9fin's Distressed & Restructuring and LevFin products; 9fin's nine-year-old restructuring team is explicitly built to compete head-on with Octus.
• Covenant Review / Xtract Research: Covenant Review and Xtract Research are the established specialists in covenant intelligence and leveraged loan documentation, the same workflow 9fin's Covenant Explorer targets. Direct competitors for law firm and buyside credit teams that depend on accurate covenant extraction.

Emerging players

• PitchBook (Morningstar): PitchBook is a key data platform for private credit, private equity, and deal intelligence, increasingly used by the same credit investment teams 9fin serves. Overlaps with 9fin's Private Credit coverage, particularly among private credit funds and direct lenders evaluating deals.
• Kensho (S&P) / AlphaSense: AlphaSense is an enterprise AI search and research platform for financial and corporate professionals, increasingly used for credit and earnings workflows. Competes with 9fin AI on research automation, though AlphaSense is broader in scope and less specialized to debt-capital-markets workflows.

Regional players

• Preqin (Blackstone): Preqin is a major private-markets data provider covering private credit funds, AUM, and performance benchmarks. Adjacent competitor to 9fin for private credit coverage, with strong institutional footprint but less news-driven workflow product than 9fin.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/9finHQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/9finHQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/9fin

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors15 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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