World Class Technology Corporation (WCT) designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of proprietary orthodontic products, including self-ligating bracket systems, wires, elastics, buccal tubs, and other orthodontic supplies under its OC Orthodontics brand. WCT and its majority investor, Caltius Equity, requested that Fifth Third refinance existing debt facilities to provide for working capital to fund continued growth and future dividend distributions.

Kate Farms®, the market leader bringing plant-based nutrition into healthcare, announced today that the company has secured a $30 million senior credit facility with Pacific Western Bank to help fuel the company's further growth and expansion. The transaction follows Kate Farms' recent Series B funding round totaling $60 million and led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Main Street Advisors.

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that its Healthcare Finance business served as sole lead arranger on a $33.2 million loan to finance the acquisition of a medical office building in Brooklyn, New York. The class A medical office building is located at 902 Quentin Road, Brooklyn. Built in 2013, it features eight stories of medical office and academic space and an on-site parking garage.

Audax Private Debt announced that, as Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger, it provided a unitranche credit facility to support the acquisition of Summit Spine & Joint Centers (“Summit” or the “Company”) by MSouth Equity Partners (“MSouth”), an Atlanta-based private equity firm.

Wingspire Capital LLC (“Wingspire”) has provided a $40 million senior secured revolving credit facility to Corsicana Mattress Company as the mattress manufacturer repositions itself for growth. The revolver is part of a broader recapitalization that included the acquisition of Symbol Mattress, which allows Corsicana to further diversify its product offering. Corsicana designs and produces handcrafted mattresses in the United States under brand names including American Bedding, Renue and Nightsbridge.

Hilco Global, the world’s preeminent financial services organization, announced today that its Hilco Retail Solutions platform, in a joint venture with Gordon Brothers, has been working with HBC to launch Shopper’s Find, a new retailer that is opening in former Lord & Taylor locations. Shopper’s Find is the department store for every shopper, offering savings of up to 60% off apparel for women, men, and children, fine jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, handbags, footwear, designer furs & accessories, home décor, rugs, furniture, small appliances, mattresses, and much more.

Amerisource Business Capital announced the closing and funding of a $1,500,000 senior credit facility for a New York based video production firm. The proceeds were used to support the company’s growth.

INmune Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: INMB) (the, “Company”), a clinical-stage immunology company focused on developing treatments that harness the patient’s innate immune system to fight disease, announced today that the Company has entered into a new $15 million credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and an affiliate of SVB Financial Group. INmune intends to use the proceeds from the facility to partially fund the buyout of an option held by Xencor, Inc., resulting from INmune’s in-licensing of XPro1595 (now known by its generic name, pegipanermin) in October 2017.

Truist Securities today announced that Michael Carter has joined the firm to lead the investment and corporate banking teams and will be located in Atlanta. Carter joins Truist from RBC Capital Markets where he was most recently global head, Technology Investment Banking.

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries “Apollo”) today announced that entities, clients and funds managed by its affiliates (the “Apollo Funds”) have committed to invest up to $500 million in senior secured credit facilities originated by Victory Park Capital (“VPC”), a global investment firm with an extensive track record in asset-backed credit origination for emerging and established companies.

eCapital Corp. (“eCapital”), a leading alternative finance provider in North America to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced that it has named Kyle Wilson as Senior Vice President, Sales Director Business Development. Wilson brings more than 13 years of expertise in commercial financing to this role. He will oversee the business development team for eCapital’s Commercial Finance division in the United States and Canada.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) announced today the appointment of Randall Chafetz to the role of Vice Chairman of the firm's Global Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB) business. Chafetz will assume this newly created role in New York on June 29 and continue reporting to Masato Miyachi, Chief Executive of GCIB. In his capacity as Vice Chairman, Chafetz will lend senior relationship support to MUFG's clients worldwide, including financial institutions, institutional investors and corporate clients. He will also serve in an advisory role for GCIB's leadership around the globe.

Winston & Strawn represented Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp. (“Seven Oaks” or “SVOK”) (Nasdaq: SVOK, SVOKU, SVOKW), a publicly-traded SPAC, in its announced definitive business combination agreement with Boxed, Inc. (“Boxed” or “the Company”; legally known as “Giddy Inc. d/b/a Boxed”), an e-commerce grocery shopping platform selling bulk consumables to households and businesses, which would result in Boxed becoming a public company. The combined company will be called Boxed, Inc. upon the closing of the transaction and is expected to be listed in the U.S. under a new ticker symbol.

Ceres Global Ag Corp. (TSX: CRP) ("Ceres" or the "Corporation") a global agricultural, energy and industrial products merchandising and supply chain company, announced that it has entered into a five-year senior secured $50 million term debt credit facility with the Bank of Montreal ("BMO") that includes a $30 million term loan draw that will be used to retire the Company's term loan with Bixby Bridge Fund IV, LLC ("Bixby") along with an additional $20 million delayed draw committed term loan that will be used to fund future growth projects and initiatives.

H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $44 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased to announce that an affiliate made a significant investment in Cleo Communications (“Cleo” or the “Company”), a global provider of ecosystem integration software solutions.

Iron Horse Credit (“IHC”), a leading stand-alone inventory lender, is pleased to announce the closing of a $6,500,000 stand-alone inventory revolving line of credit to a wine and spirit importer and distributor.

Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), a full-service mutual bank with a customer-first approach and more than $5 billion in assets, today announces that its Commercial Lending team has extended financing to R.J. Forbes Painting Contractor, Inc. (R.J. Forbes) by securing a SBA 504 Loan through Bay Colony Development Corporation, a certified development company whose mission is to provide companies with fixed asset financing at affordable rates and reasonable terms.

LSQ, a leading provider of working capital solutions, announced the origination of a $1 million facility for a high-growth startup in South Florida. The healthcare business was referred to LSQ and required a sustainable solution to improve cash flow related to net 60 billing terms.

AETEA Information Technology, Inc. (“AETEA”) is a provider of IT Human Capital Management, with a strong specialization in life sciences. Founded and led by seasoned industry expert, Jeffrey Sardis, the Pennsylvania-based company has been providing contract IT solutions to a diversified client base, for over 35 years. AETEA has built a strong reputation within the marketplace as an adaptable service provider with the ability to deliver highly customized staffing solutions.

Versant Funding LLC is pleased to announce it has funded a $3 million non-recourse factoring transaction to a supplier to the oil and gas industry. Since the energy sector has rebounded from the impacts of the pandemic, this company has experienced increasing demand for their products. Meeting this demand from both new and existing customers is putting increasing strain on the company’s working capital position.