Cognism
Cognism is a London-based B2B sales intelligence platform that provides verified contact data for European markets. It has raised $127M, most recently in a Series C round in January 2022, and employs 457 people.
About
Cognism sells software that helps sales teams find and contact verified business leads in Europe. Its database tracks role changes and phone numbers to reduce prospecting errors.
The company has scaled to 457 employees since its 2015 founding. Its $127M in funding includes a Series C round in early 2022, though recent headcount growth is unclear.
Founders and leadership
Sales is Cognism's largest department with 104 staff. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years.
The Cognism org chart
Dominic Allon (CEO) leads 58 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Talent flow
Cognism recruits heavily from Amazon, Pipedrive and ZoomInfo. Its alumni most often move to HiBob, Synthesia and Semrush.
Most common previous employers of Cognism staff: Amazon (6), Pipedrive (5), A1 Makedonija (4), ZoomInfo (4), Kaspr (4), Mimecast (4). Former Cognism employees most often moved to HiBob (7), Synthesia (7), Semrush (4), Boardwise (4), FullEnrich (4), Exclaimer (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Cognism mafia
Cognism alumni have founded 19 companies, including Just Baseball Media (66 staff), APEXE3 (30 staff) and TrustedIQ (17 staff).
19Peter Appel, was Senior Sales Development Representative until 2021
Jonathon Ilett, was Vice President of Global Sales until 2025Canberk Beker, was Group Global Head of Paid Media until 2024Ryan Reisert, was Brand Ambassador / Subject Matter Expert until 2022
Nazma Qurban, was Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) until 2020
Darko Butina, was Member Board Of Directors until 2019
James Isilay, was Founder & CEO until 2025
Stjepan Buljat, was Chief Innovation Officer until 2025
Rodney Ravu, was Senior Commercial Account Executive until 2025
Jack Ballard, was Growth Marketing Development Rep until 2025
Milly Barker, was Chief Of Staff until 2023
Dom Odoguardi, was Account Executive until 2023
Omar Hammami, was Data / AI Team lead until 2025
Solal Kaufmann, was Strategic Account Executive until 2025
Liam Collins, was VP Performance Marketing until 2025
Darius L., was Commercial Account Executive until 2025Frequently asked
Cognism has 457 employees as of September 2026.
Cognism has raised $127M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2022.
Dominic Allon (CEO) sits at the top of Cognism's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Cognism staff are Amazon (6 people), Pipedrive (5 people), A1 Makedonija (4 people).
Former Cognism employees most often move to HiBob (7), Synthesia (7), Semrush (4).
At least 19 companies have a founder who previously worked at Cognism, including Just Baseball Media, APEXE3, TrustedIQ.
Computed from 237 current and 256 former Cognism profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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