Nova Credit
Nova Credit is a credit data platform that helps lenders assess risk using alternative data sources. The company has raised $159M and works with major financial institutions like HSBC and SoFi.
The growth story
Nova Credit grew from 70 to 124 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $159M along the way, most recently a Series D in October 2025.
About
Nova Credit provides banks and lenders with alternative credit data to evaluate borrowers who may be underserved by traditional scoring systems. Their platform aggregates and standardizes financial data from various sources to create compliant risk profiles.
The company has raised $159M through Series D funding as of October 2025. It employs 124 people and draws talent from financial institutions like Capital One and Goldman Sachs.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function with 17 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years among employees.
The Nova Credit org chart
Misha Esipov (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 46 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 34 (+3% YoY), Sales 16 (+33% YoY), Business Development 9 (-10% YoY), Finance 9 (+13% YoY), Operations 8 (0% YoY), Information Technology 8 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Nova Credit recruits heavily from Capital One, Pinwheel, and AppFolio. Alumni frequently move to Meta, Capital One, and Stripe.
Most common previous employers of Nova Credit staff: Capital One (4), Pinwheel (3), Simon-Kucher (3), AppFolio (3), Goldman Sachs (2), Experian (2). Former Nova Credit employees most often moved to Meta (5), Capital One (4), Stripe (3), Tunic Pay (2), Google DeepMind (2), CodePath (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Nova Credit mafia
Nova Credit alumni have founded 12 companies including Tunic Pay (56 staff) and Canopy Connect (43 staff).
14Hemant Taneja, was Board Member until 2020Nicky Goulimis, was Co-Founder & COO & Board Member until 2023Nico Barawid, was Head of International Business until 2019Tolga Tezel, was Software Engineer until 2019Catherine Jue, was Product Manager until 2020Loek Janssen, was Co-Founder & Advisor at large until 2021
Peter Alderson, was Head of Product, Cashflow until 2022
Ian McDaniel, was Engineering until 2021
Siddhartha Kochar, was Country Head - India until 2024
Philip Sørensen, was Chief of Staff to the CEO until 2024
Daniel Stewart, was Head of Strategy & Business Operations until 2024
Prashant Reddy, was Financial Services GTM until 2026
Priya Nakra, was Head of Product until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 63% direct, 5% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Nova Credit: Leadership (44), Microsoft Excel (43), Microsoft Office (39), Microsoft PowerPoint (29), Customer Service (28), Project Management (27), Python (Programming Language) (27), Communication (25).
Where the team actually sits
Nova Credit people are concentrated in New York, United States (23), California, United States (15), New York City Metropolitan Area (9), San Francisco Bay Area (7). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Nova Credit attracts about 3,351 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $15K a month if bought through ads. It gained 333 ranking keywords and lost 217 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
Nova Credit has 124 employees as of September 2026.
Nova Credit has raised $159M in total, most recently a Series D round in October 2025.
Nova Credit was founded in 2016 by Misha Esipov.
Misha Esipov (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Nova Credit's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Nova Credit staff are Capital One (4 people), Pinwheel (3 people), Simon-Kucher (3 people).
Former Nova Credit employees most often move to Meta (5), Capital One (4), Stripe (3).
At least 12 companies have a founder who previously worked at Nova Credit, including General Catalyst, Tunic Pay, Canopy Connect.
Nova Credit attracts about 3,351 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $15K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Nova Credit staff are Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Customer Service.
Nova Credit staff are concentrated in New York, United States (23), California, United States (15), New York City Metropolitan Area (9).
Nova Credit has about 34 people in Engineering, up 3% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Nova Credit has about 16 people in Sales, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 87 current and 196 former Nova Credit profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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