London-based Cognitive Credit, a provider of corporate credit data, analytics and artificial intelligence tools, has secured a $40 million strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners, with continued participation from existing investor ETFS Capital. The investment was announced on October 22, 2026.
Founded in 2017 by Robert Slater, who serves as CEO, Cognitive Credit develops data and software solutions for institutional investors operating in corporate debt markets. Its platform helps credit analysts access structured financial information, evaluate corporate issuers and conduct fundamental credit research.
The company’s technology combines financial datasets, analytical tools and specialised generative AI capabilities. Its platform covers more than 3,500 corporate bond and loan issuers across the United States, Europe and emerging markets, providing credit models and access to underlying financial reports.
Cognitive Credit offers its services through a web application, REST API, Excel add-in and Claude connector, allowing institutional investors to integrate financial data and analysis into existing workflows.
According to the company, its technology supports analytical workflows at more than 80% of the world’s 25 largest asset managers by assets under management and all 10 leading global debt investment banks. Cognitive Credit also reported 240% growth in active users over the preceding three years, alongside a more than twofold increase in issuer coverage.
The new investment will support Cognitive Credit’s commercial expansion, particularly in the United States, while funding additional product development and broader coverage of corporate debt issuers.
Among its planned developments is DealConnect, a platform designed to give credit professionals access to detailed financial models for private companies that disclose information through secure data rooms. Cognitive Credit is also developing agentic AI capabilities intended to automate parts of fundamental credit research using its structured financial datasets.
As part of the investment, Chris Bon, a partner at Summit Partners, has joined Cognitive Credit’s board of directors.
