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LBC Credit Partners closed LBC Credit Partners V (LBC V) and a fund raised contemporaneously, adding $808 million of equity commitments to the firm’s capital base.

CapitalPlus Construction Services provided more than $6 million in factoring facilities in March, including a $5 million construction factoring facility for a mechanical, electrical and plumbing service contractor in Ohio to address accounts payable and expand payroll.

Citizens M&A Advisory served as the exclusive financial advisor to Air Purchases of New Hampshire (API) in its sale to Munch’s Supply, a portfolio company of Charlotte, NC-based Ridgemont Equity Partners.

The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to approve Frontier Communications’ emergence from Chapter 11. Having already received all other required state and federal approvals, Frontier Communications expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in the coming weeks.

Rudy Garza joined Polar Capital in January as a director of business development covering the West Coast, while Florbela Mendez joined the company in March as vice president of business development at Phaeacian Partners, a joint venture with Polar Capital.

Runway Growth Credit Fund provided an operational and portfolio update for the first quarter of 2021. Runway Growth funded seven loans in Q1/21 and experienced partial liquidity events totaling $15.5 million.

According to a survey from FTI Consulting, 41% of bank and non-bank lenders expect strong economic growth this year, yet 70% said that the effects of Federal Reserve policy actions and benign credit market conditions will dampen default and restructuring...

In 2020, eCapital provided access to more than $4 billion in financing across 80 industries in the U.S. and Canada and also achieved an approximate 66.5% year-over-year increase in gross revenues and an approximate 56% year-over-year increase in portfolio size.

Cross River, a technology-focused financial services organization and banking-as-a-service provider, delivered a $50 million debt facility to SeedFi as part of a new partnership between the two companies.

Commercial and specialty finance veterans Mark Seigel, Evan Nadler and Tony Liobis launched Crown Partners, an independent advisory firm specializing in $5 million to $75 million senior credit facilities and loan products for U.S. companies. Crown’s principals previously led Veritas...