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9fin
9fin is a London-based, AI-native intelligence platform for the global debt markets. Founded in 2016 by former banker Steven Hunter and former engineer Huss El-Sheikh, it uses machine learning to extract structured data from dense financial documents and pairs that data with news, analytics, and AI-powered workflows. Its platform covers leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, distressed debt, CLOs, private credit, and asset-based finance, and is used by investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, law firms, and advisors. In March 2026 the company raised a $170M Series C at a $1.3 billion valuation.
John Doherty
John 'Jack' Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of Forest Park Group, a San Mateo-based fintech building LoanOS - a permissioned blockchain settlement platform targeting the $1 trillion-plus syndicated loan market. With a Mathematical Economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania and stints in CLO credit research at Pretium Partners, he founded Forest Park in April 2019 to attack one of Wall Street's most persistent inefficiencies: syndicated loan settlement times averaging 23 days in North America and 6+ weeks in Europe. The company raised a $1.2M seed round in 2021 from EvoNexus and Advanced Blockchain AG, and its technology promises to compress settlement from T+21 to T+1, potentially increasing syndicate sizes by 25% and cutting credit costs by 4%.