Castlelake

Castlelake is a global institutional alternative investment firm established in 2005 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm specializes in deep value, asset-rich opportunities within dislocated industries, targeting investments in alternative assets, sub-performing loans, specialty finance, and special situations. With senior members possessing over two decades of experience navigating various credit cycles worldwide, Castlelake adopts a differentiated investment approach, particularly in capital-starved environments. The firm focuses its investments across several sectors, including commercial services, transportation, financial services, and energy, operating as a Registered Investment Adviser.

Pulkit Agrawal

Managing Director, Real Assets

Ricardo De Armas

Managing Director, Workouts

Brian Banschick

Managing Director, Asset-Backed Direct Lending

Richard Barnett

Partner, Capital Markets

Molly Blemker

Managing Director, Corporate Communications

Chris Buckley

Partner and Chief Commercial Officer, Aviation

Evan Carruthers

Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Max Cohen

Managing Director, Real Assets

Alex Curcio

Managing Director, Specialty Finance

Eduardo D’Alessandro

Partner, Global Real Assets and Executive Committee Member

Emre Ersenkal

Managing Director, Real Assets

Alan Gearing

Partner, North American Real Assets

Peter Glerum

Partner, Capital Formation - Private Credit

John Lundquist

Partner, North American Specialty Finance

Joe McConnell

Deputy Co-Chief Investment Officer

Alex Nixon

Managing Director Capital Markets

Rory O'Neill

Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Partner

Aadit Prasad

Managing Director, Specialty Finance

Sara Reckner

Managing Director, Treasury Management

Armin Rothauser

Partner, Asset-Backed Direct Lending and Executive Committee Member

Molly Schlax

Managing Director

Isaiah Toback

Deputy Co-Chief Investment Officer

Nick Turgeon

Managing Director, Specialty Finance

Alexander Curcio

Partner

18 past transactions

TradeBridge

Debt Financing in 2025
TradeBridge, founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, operates internationally with offices in the UK, France, Singapore, and China. The firm specializes in providing a variety of financing solutions, including invoice finance, trade finance, pharmacy finance, and supply chain finance, primarily targeting the e-commerce and healthcare sectors. TradeBridge collaborates with diverse businesses and funding partners to deliver working capital solutions tailored for entrepreneurial and growing enterprises, with a focus on revenue-based finance and payables finance to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving market.

GoByBike

Debt Financing in 2025
GoByBike is a Finnish company based in Espoo that provides employee bike rental services to facilitate commuting. Established in response to the Finnish government's introduction of bicycles as a fringe benefit in 2020, GoByBike aims to enhance employee mobility while promoting health and environmental sustainability. The company offers a comprehensive B2B service that delivers bicycles directly to workplaces, enabling businesses to support their employees' commuting needs effectively. Through its services, GoByBike contributes to a healthier lifestyle for individuals and a greener planet.

Oportun

Post in 2024
Oportun, Inc., founded in 2005 and based in San Carlos, California, is a financial services company that specializes in providing personal loans to individuals who may lack a credit score or have limited credit history. The company aims to empower its 1.9 million members by offering a digital banking platform that includes intelligent borrowing, savings, budgeting, and spending tools. Since its inception, Oportun has disbursed over $15.5 billion in responsible credit, effectively saving its members more than $2.3 billion in interest and fees. The company also offers a range of products, including unsecured and secured personal loans, auto loans, and various transaction services, all designed to help members achieve their financial goals and improve their financial well-being.

Abra Group

Debt Financing in 2024
Abra Group is an air transportation company focused on helping airlines enhance their operations and efficiencies. It provides a platform that enables airlines to reduce costs, scale their operations, modernize fleets, expand their route networks, and improve customer services and loyalty programs. By offering the largest network of complementary routes with minimal overlap, Abra Group aims to create significant economies of scale for its partner airlines, ultimately benefiting both the airlines and their customers.

YouLend

Debt Financing in 2024
YouLend is a global embedded finance platform that serves as a preferred financing solution for prominent e-commerce and payment platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and Shopify. The company specializes in providing flexible funding options for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including online retailers. Its platform offers a transparent alternative to traditional banking products, allowing businesses to access funding without fixed repayments. Additionally, YouLend provides a complimentary analysis of future revenue and costs, enabling clients to focus on business development without the delays typically associated with securing financing.

Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB

Debt Financing in 2024
SBB is a property company within social infrastructure. They operate in markets with underlying driving forces. Their property is characterized by rates and lease contracts.

ITA Airways

Debt Financing in 2024
ITA Airways is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy. It is much leaner than the group that was rescued and privatized in 2008. It has a younger fleet, its cost base is better than that of Air France, and long gone are the perks its staff enjoyed, such as being picked up by taxi from home. The company operates 52 aircraft (7 wide body and 45 narrow body), but our goal is to reach, in 2025, a fleet of 105 new generation Airbus aircraft, more efficient and greener, with an overall reduction of 750,000 tons of CO2.

YouLend

Debt Financing in 2024
YouLend is a global embedded finance platform that serves as a preferred financing solution for prominent e-commerce and payment platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and Shopify. The company specializes in providing flexible funding options for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including online retailers. Its platform offers a transparent alternative to traditional banking products, allowing businesses to access funding without fixed repayments. Additionally, YouLend provides a complimentary analysis of future revenue and costs, enabling clients to focus on business development without the delays typically associated with securing financing.

Oportun

Post in 2023
Oportun, Inc., founded in 2005 and based in San Carlos, California, is a financial services company that specializes in providing personal loans to individuals who may lack a credit score or have limited credit history. The company aims to empower its 1.9 million members by offering a digital banking platform that includes intelligent borrowing, savings, budgeting, and spending tools. Since its inception, Oportun has disbursed over $15.5 billion in responsible credit, effectively saving its members more than $2.3 billion in interest and fees. The company also offers a range of products, including unsecured and secured personal loans, auto loans, and various transaction services, all designed to help members achieve their financial goals and improve their financial well-being.

SAS Group

Post in 2023
SAS is Scandinavia’s leading airline and has an attractive offering to frequent travelers. In 2014/2015,a total of 28.1 million passengers traveled with SAS to 119 destinations in Europe, the US and Asia. Membership in Star Alliance provides customers with access to a far reaching network. Altogether, Star Alliance offers more than 18,500 daily departures to 1,330 destinations in 192 countries around the world.

Fora Financial

Debt Financing in 2023
Fora Financial, LLC specializes in providing working capital solutions for small and medium-sized businesses seeking financial support for growth and sustainability. Established in 2008 and based in New York, the company offers a range of funding options, including merchant funding, small business loans, and equipment loans tailored to various industries such as manufacturing, medical, retail, transportation, and construction. Fora Financial employs a consultative approach to understand the unique needs of each client, ensuring that financing options are customized and transparent. By focusing on enhancing access to capital for underserved business owners, the company aims to stimulate both short-term and long-term growth for its clients. Formerly known as Paramount Merchant Funding LLC, Fora Financial rebranded in July 2013 to better reflect its mission and services.

SAS Group

Post in 2023
SAS is Scandinavia’s leading airline and has an attractive offering to frequent travelers. In 2014/2015,a total of 28.1 million passengers traveled with SAS to 119 destinations in Europe, the US and Asia. Membership in Star Alliance provides customers with access to a far reaching network. Altogether, Star Alliance offers more than 18,500 daily departures to 1,330 destinations in 192 countries around the world.

TradeBridge

Debt Financing in 2023
TradeBridge, founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, operates internationally with offices in the UK, France, Singapore, and China. The firm specializes in providing a variety of financing solutions, including invoice finance, trade finance, pharmacy finance, and supply chain finance, primarily targeting the e-commerce and healthcare sectors. TradeBridge collaborates with diverse businesses and funding partners to deliver working capital solutions tailored for entrepreneurial and growing enterprises, with a focus on revenue-based finance and payables finance to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving market.

Marco

Debt Financing in 2023
Marco Capital, Inc. is a trade finance platform headquartered in Miami, Florida, that aims to provide small and medium-sized exporters from Latin America with access to working capital. Established in 2019, the platform facilitates investments in short-term trade finance receivables between Latin American exporters and U.S. importers. It promotes paperless processes, allowing users to upload documents and invoices seamlessly. The platform also incorporates support from industry experts and leverages artificial intelligence to streamline financing services and trade operations. Marco Capital focuses on simplifying the financing experience for businesses, enabling them to save time and foster growth.

OppFi

Post in 2022
OppFi is a financial technology platform that collaborates with banks to provide accessible financial products to everyday consumers. By focusing on customer service, OppFi aims to support individuals who are often denied credit by traditional financial institutions, enabling them to establish a more stable financial future. The platform has successfully facilitated the issuance of over 1.5 million loans, highlighting its role in enhancing credit access for a broad range of Americans. OppFi generates revenue through finance charges associated with installment loans and SalaryTap contracts, reflecting its commitment to making financial services more inclusive.

IMH Finans

Private Equity Round in 2022
IMH Finans AB specializes in financing operations related to movable property through various lending services aimed at small to medium-sized real estate investors and developers. The company offers a range of loan products, including operating credit, real estate loans, company acquisition financing, and specialized loans. By utilizing property as collateral, IMH Finans effectively addresses the short-term liquidity needs of its clients, facilitating efficient access to corporate financing.

Gol Transportes Aéreos

Post in 2022
GOL offers the best travel experience to its passengers, including: the largest inventory of seats and the most legroom; the most complete platform with internet, movies and live TV; and the best loyalty program, SMILES. In cargo transportation, GOLLOG delivers parcels to various regions in Brazil and abroad. The Company has a team of 15,000 highly qualified airline professionals focused on Safety, GOL's number one value, and operates a standardized fleet of 127 Boeing 737 aircraft. GOL's shares are traded on the NYSE (GOL) and the B3 (GOLL4).

Heron Resources

Post in 2017
Heron Resources Limited is an Australian company focused on the exploration and development of mineral deposits, primarily targeting base and precious metals. The company’s flagship project is the Woodlawn zinc-copper project, located southwest of Sydney in New South Wales. In addition to Woodlawn, Heron Resources also has interests in the Kalgoorlie nickel project in Western Australia and various exploration properties within the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales. The company's portfolio includes projects for zinc, copper, lead, nickel, cobalt, and gold, as well as additional projects such as Yellow Mountain, Girilambone, and Barraba-Manilla. Established in 1995, Heron Resources is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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