Encina Lender Finance, closed a $50MM senior secured credit facility for Bright Money, a fintech platform that helps consumers manage their debt.Bill Laird, Head of Risk for ELF’s consumer vertical, said, “We are proud to support Petko Plachkov, Avi...
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October 02, 2023, 08:00 AM
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Encina Lender Finance (ELF) closed an inaugural $25,000,000 senior credit facility for Sparrow Financial. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Sparrow is a fintech startup lending to consumers nationwide. Bill Laird, Head of Risk for ELF’s consumer vertical...
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September 25, 2023, 08:00 AM
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Encina Lender Finance (ELF) closed an inaugural senior credit facility for Great Elm Healthcare Finance, LLC (GEHF).Headquartered in Nashville, GEHF provides healthcare operators with financing for working capital, refinancing, acquisition, and...
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August 24, 2023, 08:00 AM
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Encina Lender Finance (ELF) announced the closing of $360MM of funding commitments from nine banks. Ed Chang, CEO of ELF, said, “We are grateful for the confidence and support of our trusted banking partners, whom my colleagues and I have known and...
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August 22, 2023, 07:58 AM
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Encina Lender Finance (ELF) announced the continued expansion of its leadership team with the addition of four seasoned industry veterans. ELF is joined by Rick Snyder as Head of Originations for the Consumer Vertical, Aharon Tarnavsky as Head of...
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August 16, 2023, 08:00 AM
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Encina Lender Finance, LLC (ELF) announced continued expansion of its senior leadership team with the addition of industry veterans Jeff Carbery as Managing Director, Ryan Connorton as Managing Director, and Latonya Whitfield Stroup as Director.Ed...
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May 01, 2023, 07:50 AM
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Encina Lender Finance closed a $50MM senior secured credit facility for Mountain Ridge Capital, an asset-based commercial finance company backed by Arena Investors, LP.Ed Chang, CEO of ELF, said, “We are proud to support Mountain Ridge Capital and...
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February 14, 2023, 08:01 AM
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Encina Lender Finance announced the promotion of Dan Avnir to Chief Commercial Officer. Avnir had previously served as Managing Director, Originations.In Avnir’s new role, he will continue to lead ELF’s origination strategy across its commercial and...
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February 08, 2023, 08:02 AM
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Doc2Doc, a leading LendTech company focused on the medical space, announces the closing of a new $25 Million warehouse facility to help further growth, provided by Encina Lender Finance. "We are ecstatic to be able to help more members, and grateful...
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September 13, 2022, 07:45 AM
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Encina Lender Finance, LLC (ELF) announced a significant expansion to its executive leadership team designed to bolster the company’s position as a leading non-bank lender finance platform serving both commercial and consumer specialty finance...
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July 14, 2022, 08:00 AM
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Swift Lending (“Swift”), a national private commercial real estate lender, announced plans to expand its lending efforts through a senior credit facility provided by Encina Lender Finance.
Swift provides bridge loans to qualified real estate...
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July 07, 2022, 07:53 AM
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Stride Funding announced its partnership with Encina Lender Finance (ELF) and other top-tier credit funds to increase financial support for students pursuing high-impact bootcamp and certificate programs across the US. The $105 million senior credit...
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April 05, 2022, 07:51 AM
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Arena Investors and Encina Lender Finance (“ELF”) closed a $300 million credit facility (which includes an accordion feature) for Arena’s Corporate Private Credit business segment, which provides capital to privately-held companies.Arena has a track...
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March 24, 2022, 07:46 AM
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Encina Lender Finance (“ELF”) and Georgia Banking Company (GBC) provided a $40 million senior credit facility to Microf LLC (“Microf”), a leading provider of rent-to-own and lease-purchase solutions for residential HVAC systems. The credit facility...
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February 14, 2022, 08:01 AM
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Encina Lender Finance (“ELF”), provided a $50 million senior credit facility with an accordion feature for an incremental $50 million in potential capacity to Crossroads Financial LLC (“Crossroads”), the industry-leading provider of inventory-only...
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January 19, 2022, 07:55 AM
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Encina Lender Finance announced the addition of Dan Avnir to its Commercial team, as Managing Director; Jessica Ernst and Jeff Karlsson to its Risk team as Portfolio Manager and Senior Associate, respectively; and Denise Richardson, to its Operations...
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November 05, 2021, 07:50 AM
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Encina Lender Finance provided an inaugural senior credit facility to Urban Us Capital, a leading venture capital platform providing both structured equity and debt investments engaged in origination and servicing of asset-backed capital to...
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October 20, 2021, 07:58 AM
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Saratoga Investment Corp., a business development company, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Saratoga Investment Funding II LLC (“SIF II”), an entity formed for purposes of entering into this financing arrangement, closed a new $50.0...
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October 07, 2021, 08:02 AM
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Encina Lender Finance provided a $35 million senior credit facility to Speed Leasing Company, LLC, a technology-enabled, specialty finance company engaged in originating and servicing used motorcycle leases to consumers.Founded in 2017 and based in...
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October 06, 2021, 07:55 AM
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Encina Lender Finance provided a $35 million senior credit facility to Uown Leasing, which is a technology-enabled, consumer leasing platform focused on partnering with retailers of durable consumer goods (primarily furniture, bedding, wheel & tire...
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April 08, 2021, 08:00 AM
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Encina Lender Finance provided an inaugural senior credit facility to Doc2Doc Lending, Inc., which is a consumer lending platform focused on doctors.
The facility will be used by Doc2Doc to further scale its origination of new loan volume.Encina...
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February 17, 2021, 08:00 AM
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Encina Lender Finance provided a $25 million senior credit facility to an affiliate of LAGO Innovation Fund I, L.P., which provides venture debt financing to a range of high-growth companies participating in the “Innovation Economy”.The facility will...
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February 10, 2021, 08:00 AM
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iBorrow announced plans to expand its lending efforts through a senior credit facility provided by Encina Lender Finance and Sterling National Bank, and a direct investment provided by certain investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L...
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February 04, 2021, 08:20 AM
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