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Fitch Ventures

Venture Capital

Fitch Ventures is the equity investment arm of Fitch Group, focusing on innovative technology companies in the financial services industry.

Portfolio

2

companies


Portfolio companies

Cognitive Credit

Cognitive Credit

Cognitive Credit builds data and analytics software for corporate credit markets.

Acin

Acin

Acin provides a digital data standards and benchmarking platform for operational and non-financial risk.


Team

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Shea Wallon

Managing Director

Shea is managing director at Fitch Ventures, following investment and leadership roles at R3 CEV, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and GE Capital.

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Recent investments

Series A
£6.0M

Fitch Ventures led the Series A round to support the company as it expands its team and enters the US market.

"We are thrilled to be adding the resources and expertise of Fitch Group and XTX to the Cognitive Credit mission. Every day we strive to push the boundaries of what technology can do for credit investors, and we see huge opportunities to collaborate with our new strategic partners in this area. We have received phenomenal feedback from clients over the past year, and with this capital raise and near-term additions to the team, we couldn’t be more excited about our global expansion and further product roll-out in 2022."
— Robert Slater, CEO and Founder
Series A
£9.3M

The Series A round was led by Notion Capital with backing from Fitch Ventures and several angel investors.

"The need to digitise operational and non-financial risks is now more important than ever for the financial services sector, with the Covid-19 crisis shedding fresh light on the need for data to manage existing and emerging risks. We are seeing a collective desire from the industry for a solution built on collaboration and sharing of information and Acin’s approach is transformative in its ability to deliver this. This funding will enable us to accelerate our growth to meet the demand and needs of our clients."
— Paul Ford, CEO and Founder