Forward for Specialty Finance
2025 Dealmakers – Private Credit
| LENDER | BORROWER | INDUSTRY | ROLE | AMOUNT (<$1B) | STRUCTURE | ABOUT THE DEAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Commercial Finance | Herschel Supply | Bags & Accessories | Lender | $25.0 | Senior Secured Revolving Line of Credit | To provide additional liquidity for working capital. |
| Ares Management | ID.me | Digital Identity | Lender | $275.0 | Credit Facility | To fuel ID.me’s continued acceleration |
| Blackstone Life Sciences and Blackstone Credit & Insurance | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | Biopharmaceuticals | Managers | $570.0 | Term Loan & Revolving Credit Facility | To improve financial terms to reduce interest expense. |
| Blue Owl Capital | Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | Biopharmaceuticals | Lender | $500.0 | Senior Secured Credit Facility | To advance pipeline to further extend leadership position in MASH. |
| Brookfield Asset Management & Deutsche Bank | 5C | AI Infrastructure | Lenders | $835.0 | Equity Financing & Debt Financing | To accelerate the development of data centers and scalable AI infrastructure across North America. |
| Comvest Credit Partners | Oceans Healthcare | Healthcare | Lender & Administrative Agent | $237.0 | Senior Credit Facility | To expand reach to new states |
| Fortress Investment Group | Mogo Inc | Digital Finance | Lender | $60.0 | Extension of Credit Facility | To enhance financial stability |
| HPS Investment Partners | Sunraycer Renewables | Clean Energy | Manager | $200.0 | Credit Facility | To fund current portfolio solar and battery projects as well as the acquisition of new projects |
| KKR | Powin | Energy / Battery Energy Storage | Lender | $200.0 | Revolving Credit Facility | To provide working capital & drives innovation |
| MidCap Financial | The Dixie Group, Inc. | Flooring | Lender | $75.0 | Senior Secured Credit Facility | To replace former facility with Fifth Third Bank |
| Monroe Capital | Source One Financial Services LLC | Financial Services: RV & Marine Loans | Lender | $250.0 | Loan, backed by a revolving credit facility | To support ongoing growth in the RV and marine lending space |
| Northleaf Capital Partners & Ares Management | GoldState Music | Music Rights | Lead Arrangers | $500.0 | Capital Investment | To support growth in music rights acquisitions |
| Oaktree Capital Management | B. Riley Financial | Finance | Lender | $30.0 | Amended Senior Credit Facility | To support working capital needs |
| Second Avenue Capital Partners, Funds of Ares Management | Gabe's | Retailer | Lender | $175.0 | Senior Secured Revolving Line of Credit | To support ongoing growth initiatives |
| Sixth Street, Palistar Capital | FirstLight Fiber | Telecommunications / Infrastructure | Lenders | $120.0 | Senior Secured Debt Financing | To strengthen balance sheet and provide flexibility to support growth strategy |
| SLR Business Credit | Segula Technologies USA | Aerospace, Defense, Automotive and Energy | Lender | $3.5 | Credit Facility | To continue expanding operations and respond to increasing demand |
| TPG Twin Brook | Kinderhook Industries | Finance | Administrative Agent | N/A | Refinancing | To refinance Rental Equipment Investment |
Other Dealmaker Categories
Advertiser Index
- Arch + Beam
- Ares Commercial Finance
- Asset Based Lending Consultants
- Avant Advisory
- Blank Rome, LLP
- Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
- Equify Financial
- Finsoft
- First Citizens Bank/CIT Commercial Services
- FTI Consulting
- GA Group
- Gordon Brothers
- Great Rock Capital
- Haversine Funding
- Legacy Corporate Lending LLC
- Mitsubishi HC Capital America
- Mountain Ridge Capital
- MUFG
- Northleaf Capital Partners
- Novo Advisors
- Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dodds LLP
- Phoenix Management Services, a J.S. Held Company
- PKF O’Connor Davies
- PNC Bank
- Porter Capital
- Raistone Capital
- Republic Business Credit
- Setpoint
- Solifi
- SSG Capital Advisors
- TD Bank
- The Branford Group
- Thompson Coburn LLP
- Tiger Group
- TimeValue Software
- Wells Fargo
- White Oak Commercial Finance
