# Peter Lord

> Peter Lord is the British co-founder and CEO of Codat, founded in 2017 with former MarketInvoice colleagues Alex Cardona and David Hoare. A University of Southampton computer science graduate, he worked in software engineering and product management before building a company around shared connections to business financial software. Codat later added financial analysis and, in 2026, repositioned around advisory intelligence for commercial banks.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Codat
- **Organizations:** Codat, MarketInvoice (now MarketFinance), Credit Suisse
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** Computer Science, First Class Honours, University of Southampton
- **Known for:** Co-founded Codat after building and managing accounting integrations at MarketInvoice., Led Codat during its $100 million Series C financing in June 2022., Announced Assess with 25 finance providers already using it in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2010-2013** — Studied at the University of Southampton; switched from geography to computer science and graduated with first-class honours.
- **Before Codat** — Worked at Credit Suisse, then in software engineering and product management at MarketInvoice.
- **2017** — Co-founded Codat with Alex Cardona and David Hoare; said in May that he spent approximately half his time coding.
- **2020** — Codat announced $10 million in Index Ventures funding on June 11.
- **2021** — Codat formally launched US operations and announced PayPal Ventures and American Express Ventures investments on March 2.
- **2022** — Announced Assess; Codat raised a $100 million Series C in June.
- **2024** — Codat announced Spend Insights, in production with J.P. Morgan, on April 16.
- **2026** — Codat announced an advisory intelligence platform and a BMO collaboration on May 5.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Codat after building and managing accounting integrations at MarketInvoice.
- Led Codat during its $100 million Series C financing in June 2022.
- Announced Assess with 25 finance providers already using it in 2022.
- Led Codat as it expanded from financial-data infrastructure into commercial banking intelligence; the company reported more than 350,000 financial-system connections in May 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Codat announced its advisory intelligence platform and a BMO collaboration on May 5; the announcement reported more than 350,000 connections to business customers’ financial systems.
- **2026-04** — Codat introduced a refreshed brand on April 20 to reflect its move from data access into banking insights.

## Links

- Website: https://codat.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterdeveloper/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21