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The Best Companies in Specialty Finance

We asked our readers to nominate the best companies in specialty finance, and we received many remarkable nominations! In this issue, we honor — and take notes from — the best companies in the industry when it comes to DE&I, Industry Advocacy, Innovation, Leadership, and Professional Development.

Siena Lending Group

Siena Lending Group, an asset- based lending company based out of Stamford, CT, takes an innovative approach to a seemingly simple organizational mandate: to tailor unique financing solutions to complex challenges. With more than $2.75 billion committed over its more than 12 years in business, Siena is living up to its aspirations, and its ability to innovate is fundamental to driving its success.

Haversine Funding

Haversine Funding uses its team’s industry expertise along with rigorous market research and feedback from clients to address unmet needs in specialty finance. By using this approach, the firm is able to develop unique financial services for its commercial lenders. Haversine Funding provides solutions that are both innovative and adaptive to the challenges faced by its lender clients, setting it apart from other lender finance firms as a unique and productive provider in the specialty finance industry.

FGI

As a global leader in the commercial finance industry, FGI equips small and medium-sized enterprises with the tools they need to enhance their businesses. The company’s three divisions — FGI Finance, FGI Risk and FGI Technology — provide clients with flexible and customized lending, as well as risk mitigation and credit insurance solutions to support their growth. Jon Fimmen, director of FGI Technology, says the company’s consistent pursuit of impactful innovation is vital to the company’s success.

C2FO

C2FO is an on-demand working capital platform that connects businesses through an inclusive financial system, providing an easy, low-cost way for companies to increase cash flow by receiving early invoice payments from their customers. Ragui Selwanes, the company’s chief product and technology officer, says the company’s strategy for innovation is built on the company’s dedication to prioritizing customers and giving every business it works with the
working capital it needs to succeed.

Assembled Brands Capital

Through continuous innovation and investments in technology, Assembled Brands Capital, an asset-based lender specializing in providing working capital to various consumer product sectors, remains committed to empowering fast-growing businesses with the needed capital to thrive in today’s dynamic marketplace. The company works with emerging consumer products companies that sell through both e-commerce and omni-channel platforms.