Hilco Global announced that Ward Mooney, a highly regarded deal originator, lender, and thought leader in the financial services sector, will join the Hilco Global executive leadership team on September 5, 2022. In this new role as Executive Vice...
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September 01, 2022, 08:01 AM
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SLR Credit Solutions announced the following promotions:Kenny Smith – Senior Managing Director: Smith is responsible for sourcing and structuring new transactions from a nationwide network of private equity firms, commercial banks, and other...
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March 12, 2021, 07:24 AM
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Solar Capital Partners announced that it will change its name to SLR Capital Partners (“SLR” or “the Advisor”), effective February 25, 2021. The new name, which utilizes a common brand across its affiliates and specialty finance investment teams...
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February 25, 2021, 08:09 AM
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Crystal Financial announced the closing of a $40,000,000 Senior Credit Facility comprised of a $20,000,000 Revolving Line of Credit and a $20,000,000 Term Loan for Basic Fun! (“the Company”). Proceeds from the transaction were used refinance existing...
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December 17, 2020, 08:13 AM
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Crystal Financial served as administrative agent on a $60 million senior term loan for Southern States Cooperative, one of the largest cooperatives offering a wide selection of products, services and growing solutions to support farmers and rural...
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December 03, 2020, 08:00 AM
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Crystal Financial announced the closing of a $27,500,000 Senior Credit Facility for True Religion Apparel, Inc. (“True Religion” or “the Company”). Founded in 2002, True Religion is a lifestyle apparel brand which aims to deliver an exclusive...
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November 12, 2020, 08:40 AM
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Crystal Financial closed a $45 million credit facility for Roadrunner Freight, a leading less-than-truckload (“LTL”) transportation provider. The Company services a diverse customer base across many industries including retail, industrial, food &...
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September 29, 2020, 08:55 AM
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Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. announced the recent closings of three transactions completing Roadrunner's divestiture of all truckload segment businesses. This includes the sale of Rich Logistics and Integrated Services, Inc. ("ISI") to an...
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August 17, 2020, 09:00 AM
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Crystal Financial, a provider of direct private credit solutions for middle market businesses, announced the following promotions and new hires to its team:
Mirko Andric was promoted to Senior Managing Director. Andric has been with Crystal since...
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February 04, 2020, 09:10 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC and Second Avenue Capital Partners LLC (SACP) announced the closing of a $40,000,000 Senior Credit Facility for JackRabbit, a leading omni-channel retailer of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories owned by affiliates of...
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October 29, 2019, 08:55 AM
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Crystal Financial closed an $80 million senior credit facility with SMART Financial, a holding company for operating subsidiaries with over 60 pawn shop locations across eight states in the United States and three provinces in Canada. SMART was...
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February 26, 2019, 07:24 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC announced the closing of a $27.5 million Senior Credit Facility for KPM Analytics Holdings, LLC consisting of a $21.0 million term loan, a $3.0 million revolving credit facility and a $3.5 million delayed draw term loan....
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January 24, 2019, 07:00 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC announced the closing of a $55.0 million Senior Credit Facility for Lacks Valley Stores, Ltd. (“Lacks” or the “Company”) consisting of a $15.0 million revolving line of credit and a $40.0 million term loan. Founded in 1935 in...
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December 19, 2018, 10:00 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC announced the closing of a $70.0 million Senior Credit Facility for Southern States Cooperative. Through a network of owned retail locations and managed cooperatives as well as an extensive wholesale distribution business and...
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June 11, 2018, 07:10 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, a provider of debt capital solutions to middle market companies, announced the promotions of five of its team members. Cheryl Carner and Evren Ozargun have been promoted to Senior Managing Director. Tyler Harrington and Kenny...
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March 29, 2018, 07:45 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC announced the closing of a $25.0 million Senior Credit Facility for Standard Diversified Opportunities Inc. (SDOI).
SDOI is a publicly-traded holding company, which invests directly in middle-market operating businesses. To...
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March 08, 2018, 07:16 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC announced the completion of a $20.0 million Senior Credit Facility for Stone Road Energy (SRE). Headquartered in Bridgeton, ME, SRE is a leading provider of fuel delivery services for both the residential and commercial markets...
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February 07, 2018, 07:07 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC announced the completion of a $45.0 million Senior Credit Facility for CARite Holdings, LLC (CARit”). Headquartered in Madison Heights, MI, the company sells and leases previously owned vehicles through their network of owned...
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January 11, 2018, 07:09 AM
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Crystal Finance LLC announced that its CEO, Ward K Mooney, plans to retire at the end of December 2017. Upon his departure Michael L Pizette, Chief Credit Officer, and Steven Migliero, Senior Managing Director, will serve as Co-CEOs responsible for...
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June 27, 2017, 07:51 AM
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Numerex Corp., a provider of enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that it recently closed a $13.5 million note purchase agreement with Hale Capital Partners, an independent commercial investment company. Hale Capital...
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June 09, 2017, 07:20 AM
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LBC Credit Partners (LBC), a provider of financing solutions to middle market companies, announced that Stephen Krawchuk has joined LBC as Managing Director and Head of LBC’s Western Region. He will be responsible for sourcing, structuring and...
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April 07, 2017, 07:10 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, announced the closing of a $26.0 million Senior Secured Facility for Gibraltar Capital Advance (GCA). Founded in 2012, the Company is one of the leading providers of cash advances to...
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January 11, 2017, 07:53 AM
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Crystal Financial acted as documentation agent for a $150 million second lien term loan and anchored the tranche with a $30.0 million commitment. This facility refinanced upcoming maturing debt and provided incremental liquidity.
Bon-Ton Stores, Inc...
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October 28, 2016, 07:14 AM
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Aéropostale, Inc., a specialty retailer of casual apparel for young women and men, today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has given final approval for the Company to access $160 million in debtor...
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June 13, 2016, 11:49 AM
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Crystal Financial announced it nderwrote a $20 million term loan for Intersections Inc. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Chantilly, VA, Intersections is a leading provider of consumer identity protection and monitoring services. In addition, the...
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May 10, 2016, 07:42 AM
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Aéropostale, Inc. took the next steps in its ongoing business transformation by filing voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The Company expects...
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May 04, 2016, 08:06 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, announced the closing of a $17 million term loan for Numerex Corp. Headquartered in Atlanta, Numerex is a leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of...
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March 29, 2016, 07:51 AM
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Intersections Inc. announced that it successfully completed a $20 million term loan financing with Crystal Financial LLC (“Crystal”). Additionally, the company noted that during the fourth quarter of 2015, it closed a private placement of 3.0 million...
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March 22, 2016, 08:02 AM
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Comvest Partners, through its Comvest Capital lending platform, and Crystal Financial LLC, a provider of debt capital solutions to middle-market businesses, announced that they have acted as Co-Agents in providing a term loan to Crest Financial....
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December 22, 2015, 07:51 AM
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Turtle Beach Corporation, a leading-edge audio technology company and #1 in gaming audio, announced the successful completion of a new $15 million term loan and amendments to its existing subordinated notes, $13.8 million of which will remain...
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July 23, 2015, 07:53 AM
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Crystal Financial announced the closing of a $12.5 million Senior Term Loan for Aquent, a subsidiary of TRI Ventures, Inc. (“TRI”). Headquartered in Boston, Aquent is the market leader in temporary staffing and outsourced project development in the...
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June 18, 2015, 07:26 AM
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Versa Capital Management, LLC announced that one of its affiliates has completed the previously announced acquisition of the business of The Wet Seal, Inc., a pioneer in young women’s fast fashion retailing through mall stores and e-commerce. The...
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April 16, 2015, 07:17 AM
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Crystal Financial announced it recently provided a $22 million first lien term loan to Remprex, LLC, a leading provider of managed technology services for the intermodal industry including Class I railroads and port operators. Its unique product...
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January 19, 2015, 07:32 AM
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Body Central Corp., the struggling women’s clothing retailer, said lender Crystal Financial LLC has terminated its $17 million credit line, dealing another blow to a company that’s already exploring bankruptcy according to a Bloomberg news story. The...
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January 12, 2015, 07:38 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, announced the closing of a $33.0 million Second Lien Term Loan for Birks Group. Founded in 1879, Birks is a leading retailer of fine jewelry, timepieces and gifts with 28 stores...
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December 17, 2014, 07:53 AM
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Working with a major national asset-based lender, Crystal Financial provided a $25 million term loan to C&K Market. The term loan is secured by a first lien on all assets, except a second lien on A/R and Inventory, which are first lien collateral for...
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September 17, 2014, 07:14 AM
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has agented and arranged a $125 million senior secured revolving credit facility for Brake Parts Inc LLC (“BPI”). In addition, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has arranged a $30 million senior term loan for BPI via a...
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September 11, 2014, 07:04 AM
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Sports Chalet is a premier, full-service specialty sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods, equipment, apparel, and footwear. The California-based retailer operates 50 stores located in California, Arizona...
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August 01, 2014, 07:31 AM
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easyhome Ltd., the Canadian leader in providing goods and financial services to the cash and credit constrained consumer, has entered into a new $200 million credit facility, replacing the company’s current debt facilities and providing $115 million...
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July 29, 2014, 07:42 AM
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The equipment and inventory formerly owned by bankrupt Quantum Foods in three Bolingbrook facilities have been sold as a turnkey operation to West Liberty Foods, L.L.C. in a $12.7 million transaction coordinated by Tiger Group, City Capital Advisors...
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June 24, 2014, 07:14 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, announced the promotion of five of its professionals. Each of these individuals have made significant contributions to the growth of the business and demonstrated exceptional...
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May 07, 2014, 07:46 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, and Crystal Financial SBIC LP announced the closing of a $20.0 million Senior Term Loan for Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. (“Alfred Music”). Founded in 1922 and headquartered in...
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March 24, 2014, 07:44 AM
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Quantum Foods, LLC, a leading independent custom provider of value-added proteins, announced that it has received bankruptcy court approval of its entry into a fully-executed Asset Purchase Agreement with Raging Bull Acquisition Company LLC. The...
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March 20, 2014, 07:24 AM
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Quantum Foods announced that it is in the final stages of negotiating a sale of substantially all its business to CTI Foods Holding Co., LLC (CTI Foods). After evaluating multiple opportunities in the process, a leader emerged with a clear strategy...
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February 19, 2014, 07:52 AM
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Ward Mooney, CEO of Crystal Financial LLC, announced today that Crystal Financial SBIC LP has received a license from the Small Business Administration to form a Small Business Investment Company and has closed its first investment in this new fund. ...
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January 29, 2014, 07:32 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, announced the closing of a $28 senior term loan for Times Publishing Company. Headquartered in the Tampa Bay area, the company is one of the leading newspaper publishers in the United...
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January 17, 2014, 07:29 AM
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Crystal Financial announced the closing of a $35 million senior term loan for Active International. Founded in 1984, Active is the world’s largest corporate trade company. As a leader in the practice of corporate trade, it delivers a comprehensive...
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August 08, 2013, 07:52 AM
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The makers of Zebit, a Big Data underwriting solution that powers financial products that bridge the gap between payday loans and traditional bank credit, announced that Crystal Financial LLC has underwritten and funded a $30 million term debt...
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July 08, 2013, 07:09 AM
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Crystal Financial announced the closing of a $57.1 million senior term loan for The Robbins Company. Founded in 1956, The Robbins Company is one of the leading developers and manufacturers of advanced, underground machinery used in tunnel...
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June 18, 2013, 07:39 AM
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iGPS Company LLC, operator and owner of the largest global pallet rental pool of lightweight, 100% recyclable plastic platforms with embedded RFID tags, today announced that it has reached an agreement for the sale of substantially all of its assets...
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June 05, 2013, 07:52 AM
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Tighter risk spreads and continuing signs of over-heating in debt markets have led some U.S. business development companies (BDCs) to look for new growth opportunities. Several BDCs, which are largely cash flow lenders to middle-market companies...
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May 15, 2013, 07:53 AM
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Crystal Financial announced it has agented an $80 million senior secured credit facility to Quantum Foods, LLC, a leading independent custom provider of value-added protein products. Proceeds of Crystal’s senior credit facility were used to repay...
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February 07, 2013, 08:04 AM
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Robert DeAngelis, a commercial finance industry veteran specializing in the consumer product and retail industries, has joined Tiger Group in the newly created position of executive managing director.
Based in the advisory, restructuring and asset...
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January 30, 2013, 07:48 AM
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Crystal Financial announced it has been acquired as a portfolio company by Solar Capital Ltd., a publicly-held business development company focused on lending to middle-market companies. Crystal will continue to operate as an independent commercial...
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January 15, 2013, 11:08 AM
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Solar Capital announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with SSP Energy Ltd., Quartz Managers LLC and Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd. to acquire Crystal Capital Financial, a commercial finance company focused on providing asset-based and...
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December 18, 2012, 08:00 AM
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Crystal Financial LLC, an independent commercial finance company, announced it has provided a C$40 million loan facility—in the form of senior secured debt—to Red Ash Capital LP, a company associated with Hilco UK Limited to facilitate the...
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October 31, 2012, 07:00 AM
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