# Credit Benchmark funding: rounds and investors

> Credit Benchmark has raised $34M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and Communitas Capital.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-benchmark (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Credit Benchmark*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$34M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$7.0M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$7.0M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $7.0M Oct 2018
- **Biggest round:** $20M Series B · Jul 2015
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2015 2016 2017 2018

**$7.0M** Series A

**$20M** Series B

**$7.0M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $7.0M
- **Biggest round:** $20M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.3 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Series C **$7.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Communitas Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/communitas-capital) Michael Sherwood Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jul 2015** Series B **$20M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Series A **$7.0M** *1 new* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Credit Benchmark's own website: 2 founders, 15 on the team.

**Donal Smith** Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

**Mark Faulkner** Co-Founder

- **Michael Crumpler** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dean Smith** Chief Technology & Product Officer
- **Jason Rose** Chief Information Security Officer
- **Joshua Jian** Chief Operations Officer
- **Adam Worricker** Head of Client Operations
- **Arjun Dasgupta** Head of Corporate Development & Strategy
- **Christa Ancri** Global Head of Marketing
- **Joe Proctor** Head of Banking, EMEA & APAC
- **John Michael Fryback** Head of Product Strategy & GTM
- **Marco Perea** Head of Banking, North America
- **Mats Ellefsen** Global Head of Sales
- **Piers MacWhannell** Global Head of Partnerships
- **Richard Sharp** Head of Analytics
- **Eoin Weeks** Finance Director
- **Nikki Bisenieks** Human Resources Director

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series C** 2018 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Communitas Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/communitas-capital) Michael Sherwood

## Everyone who backed them

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Communitas Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/communitas-capital) VC firm **1** round

Michael Sherwood no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=credit-benchmark).

## Quick answers about Credit Benchmark

### Who invested in Credit Benchmark?

Credit Benchmark's investors include Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, Communitas Capital and Michael Sherwood.

### How much has Credit Benchmark raised?

Credit Benchmark has raised $34M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Credit Benchmark last raise?

Credit Benchmark's most recent round was a Series C of $7.0M in Oct 2018.

### What was Credit Benchmark's biggest round?

Credit Benchmark's largest round on record is $20M (Series B), in Jul 2015.

### Who backed Credit Benchmark first?

Credit Benchmark's first round on record, in Jul 2014, was backed by Index Ventures.

### What stage is Credit Benchmark at?

Credit Benchmark's latest named round is a Series C, in Oct 2018.

### Where is Credit Benchmark based?

Credit Benchmark is based in the United Kingdom.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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