Castlelake announced the formation of Merit AirFinance, an aviation lending business which will provide debt capital to airlines and leasing companies for new and used aviation assets.Merit AirFinance seeks to provide separation between Castlelake’s...
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August 13, 2025, 07:59 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager with 20 years of experience investing in asset-based private markets, entered into an agreement with Invictus Capital Partners ("Invictus"), an alternative asset manager that specializes in...
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April 18, 2025, 07:00 AM
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Oportun, a mission-driven financial services company, announced another important step in its plans to optimize the Company’s capital structure and drive improved profitability. Following an extensive review of a range of alternatives led by the...
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October 31, 2024, 08:00 AM
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YouLend, a global embedded financing platform secured a new financing facility with funds managed by Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm that specializes in asset-based private credit. The new facility broadens YouLend's investor base in...
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October 23, 2024, 07:48 AM
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Brookfield Asset Management and Castlelake announced the closing of a $1.5 billion strategic partnership in which Brookfield has acquired a 51% stake in Castlelake's fee-related earnings and Brookfield Wealth Solutions has committed to invest into...
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September 18, 2024, 07:00 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager specializing in asset-based investing with nearly 20 years of experience in aircraft investing, leasing and servicing, entered into a sale-purchase agreement with Avolon, a leading global aviation...
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September 16, 2024, 07:48 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager specializing in asset-based private credit investments, has reached an agreement to purchase up to $1.2 billion of consumer installment loans from Upstart, an artificial intelligence (AI) lending...
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June 21, 2024, 07:45 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm specializing in asset-based opportunities and Vervent, a leading fintech servicing company, entered into a new forward flow agreement whereby certain Castlelake funds and affiliates will provide up to...
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January 12, 2024, 07:47 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm specializing in asset-based opportunities and Oportun, a mission-driven fintech, announced the entry into a new agreement whereby certain of Castlelake funds and affiliates, will provide a $200 million...
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October 23, 2023, 08:30 AM
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Fora Financial, a leading provider of flexible financing to small- and medium-sized businesses nationwide, announced the closings of a $130 million revolving credit facility and $10 million investment-grade rated corporate note. Truist Bank will...
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October 04, 2023, 07:50 AM
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Castlelake announced that Castlelake, together with a co-investor and minority partner Eltura Capital Management, has reached an agreement to purchase up to $4 billion of consumer installment loans from Upstart, an artificial intelligence (AI)...
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May 17, 2023, 07:30 AM
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Castlelake announced that Evan Carruthers, Chief Investment Officer, has been appointed the additional role of Co-Chief Executive Officer alongside Rory O'Neill, who has assumed the title of Executive Chair and Co-Chief Executive Officer....
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April 27, 2023, 07:37 AM
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Marco — the first tech-enabled trade financing platform built for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America and the United States — announced it has received a $200 million credit facility from leading middle market lender MidCap Financial...
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February 28, 2023, 07:40 AM
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OppFi, a leading financial technology platform that powers banks to help the everyday consumer gain access to credit, announced that subsidiaries of the Company have closed a $150 million credit facility with an affiliate of Castlelake L.P....
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December 20, 2022, 07:35 AM
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Castlelake announced that it completed the final closing of Castlelake Income Opportunities II, L.P. (“CIO II” or the “Fund”), with approximately $782 million in capital commitments. CIO II, an asset-based private credit product, is the successor to...
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November 04, 2022, 07:40 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager with approximately 17 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities, and Aequum Capital Founder, LLC ("Aequum"), a tech-enabled specialty finance lender, announced a partnership...
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July 29, 2022, 08:00 AM
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Castlelake announced that as part of its income investing strategy, it has reached an agreement to provide up to $155 million in fleet financing to Voyager Global Mobility ("VGM"), a leading provider to the smart mobility marketplace, for the...
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June 29, 2022, 07:11 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager with approximately 17 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities, announced that it has made a $150 million investment in Swedish specialty lender, IMH. The investment includes the...
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May 24, 2022, 07:00 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager with 17 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities, named Joe McConnell and Isaiah Toback as Deputy Co-Chief Investment Officers and Brad Farrell as Chief Operating Officer. Mr....
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April 01, 2022, 08:06 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager with 17 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities, and Chesswood Group, a specialty finance company with 40 years of experience in the commercial equipment finance market, announced...
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March 17, 2022, 07:39 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager focused on asset-rich investments in private markets, has expanded its Lending team with a number of experienced professionals, including Wilhelm Steinmark, European Head of Aviation Lending, Direct...
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November 23, 2021, 08:06 AM
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Castlelake appointed four team leaders as partners. The appointment of these partners reflects Castlelake's desire to elevate differentiated talent across the organization and continually optimize its leadership. The partners are:
Chris Buckley -...
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November 15, 2021, 07:14 AM
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Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm and experienced leader in aircraft investing, leasing and servicing, announced the creation of Castlelake Aviation Limited ("CA"), a corporate lessor of commercial aircraft that will finance a...
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September 30, 2021, 07:50 AM
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CIT Group announced that CIT Maritime Finance provided $64 million in senior secured credit facilities to Tanker Solutions III, LLC, a joint venture between Prime Tanker Management (Prime) and funds managed by Castlelake, L.P. The facilities support...
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November 04, 2014, 07:14 AM
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CIT Group Inc. announced that CIT Maritime Finance provided a $55 million senior secured credit facility to Tanker Solutions LLC, a joint venture between Prime Tanker Management and Castlelake, L.P. The facility supports the purchase of a fleet of...
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April 09, 2014, 07:35 AM
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