Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon” or the “Company”), an affiliate of Monroe Capital, and a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital-backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, today announced it has provided a $10 million venture loan facility to OneNetwork, Inc. dba Finexio, of which $5 million has been initially funded.

CIBC Innovation Banking has provided growth capital financing to Landbase, an AI-powered go-to-market automation platform. The funding will support Landbase's growth plans and product development.

AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced today the promotion of 6 individuals to the role of Partner & Managing Director and 17 to the role of Partner from across its global Turnaround and Restructuring Practice, effective January 1, 2025.

Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (Soleno) (NASDAQ: SLNO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced it has entered into a loan and security agreement with Oxford Finance LLC and its affiliates (Oxford) for up to $200 million.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. ("Berkshire") (NYSE: BHLB), the parent company of Berkshire Bank ("Berkshire Bank"), and Brookline Bancorp, Inc. ("Brookline") (NASDAQ: BRKL), the parent company of Brookline Bank, Bank Rhode Island, and PCSB Bank (the "Banks"), today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Brookline will merge with and into Berkshire in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion, or $12.68 per share of Brookline common stock, based on the $30.20 closing price of Berkshire common stock on December 13, 2024.

Serverfarm, a global data center developer and operator, has successfully increased its North American credit facility led by TD Securities to $1.637 billion, as part of its accelerated business growth backed by significant long-term commitments from hyperscale customers.

Prairie Operating Co. (Nasdaq: PROP) (the “Company” or “Prairie”) today announced it has entered into a multi-year Reserve-Based Lending (“RBL”) credit facility. The RBL facility, arranged with Citibank, N.A. (“Citi”), provides for an initial commitment of $44 million with the ability to expand up to $1 billion following production additions.

BB Energy Asia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BB Energy Group Holding Ltd (“BB Energy Group” or the “Group”), has successfully closed a USD 340 million secured digital borrowing base facility (“Facility”) to support the working capital needs of its Asian trading business.

While virtually half of respondents continue to express high levels of concern over key risk management and regulatory compliance obligations in the U.S. banking industry, those concerns are lower than in previous years, according to results of the 2024 Regulatory & Risk Management Indicator survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer.

Sound Point Capital Management, LP (“Sound Point”) is pleased to announce that it acted as Administrative Agent on a first lien, senior secured credit facility to BNP Associates, Inc. (“BNP” or the “Company”). The financing was used to support the acquisition of the Company by Godspeed Capital (“Godspeed” or the “Sponsor”).

Mount Logan Capital Inc. (Cboe Canada: MLC) (“Mount Logan” or the “Company”) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MLC US Holdings LLC (“MLC US Holdings”), as Borrower, has entered into an amendment to its existing credit agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) to upsize the facility by approximately $13.0 million, while amending the facility to, among other things, incorporate a pricing step-down mechanism as the business continues to perform, which is expected to reduce Mount Logan’s cost of debt.

The data, which has been seasonally adjusted, is based on responses from 404 senior executives at middle market firms in a survey conducted by The Harris Poll from Oct. 1 to Oct. 22, 2024, before the presidential election on Nov. 5.

Monroe Capital LLC announced it acted as joint lead arranger on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the recapitalization of Guardian Restoration Partners (“Guardian”), an existing portfolio company of Alpine Investors.

MA Financial Group Limited ("MA") (ASX: MAF) an ASX-listed global alternative asset manager with over US $6.8 billion AUM, today announced the launch of the MA Specialty Credit Income Fund (SCISX) ("the Fund") a continuously offered, closed-end interval fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading private commercial finance firm in the United States, today announced that Dan Chang has joined Rosenthal as Senior Business Development Officer.

BHI, the U.S Branch of Bank Hapoalim, B.M. and a full-service commercial bank, today announced that BHI and Bank Hapoalim are partnering on a loan which will provide $25 Million in financing to BrightNight, a renewable power company designed to provide utility and commercial and industrial customers with clean, dispatchable renewable power solutions.

Sallyport Commercial Finance is proud to announce a $750,000 full notification factoring facility for a growing client in the disposal services industry. The client offers a comprehensive range of waste management and recycling solutions in the multi-residential space.

Speritas Capital Partners today announced the closing of an $18 million asset-based revolving line of credit for a manufacturer of proprietary storage products. Speritas Capital was brought in by the client to assess financing options to pay off their current lender and to support substantial growth

In a strategic move to support innovation and growth in the agricultural supply chain sector, Hidden River Strategic Capital ("Hidden River") has announced its investment in Seedbox Solution ("Seedbox" or the "Company"), a full-service provider of reusable packaging and fleet management solutions to the seed industry.

Beacon Pointe Advisors ("Beacon Pointe") introduces its latest acquisitions of Artemis Financial Advisors ("Artemis") based in Boston, MA, and WhiteRock Wealth Management ("WhiteRock") who will be joining the existing Beacon Pointe Dallas, TX team and contributing to Beacon Pointe's collective $6B in assets under management in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.