TradeCap Partners recently facilitated the closing of a $1,200,000 purchase order finance facility for an importer of household products based in Oregon. TradeCap was introduced by the Company’s financial advisor. Supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have left many retail stores with shortages of daily consumable household goods. One major retailer was in need of immediate supply of goods to fill shortfalls of product existing vendors were not delivering on time.

Versant Funding LLC is pleased to announce it has funded a $4 million non-recourse factoring facility to a manufacturer of precision airplane parts with commercial and military applications. The financial performance of this company was negatively impacted by the pandemic and the existing asset-based lender was putting pressure on the business to refinance the facility as soon as possible.

Sun Life Financial Inc. ("Sun Life") (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) today announced the completion of its 51% majority stake acquisition of Crescent Capital Group LP ("Crescent"), a global alternative credit investment manager. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Boston and London, Crescent has more than 180 partners and employees. Crescent has approximately US$29 billion in Assets under Management (approximately C$39 billion), as of September 30, 2020.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Stacey L. Rosenberg has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Finance & Bankruptcy practice group. Rosenberg was most recently a partner at Hogan Lovells. She is the 15th partner to join Sheppard Mullin in the last year.

Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, LLC ("Palladin" or "PCRP") (www.pcrp.com) announced today an investment in Leapfrog Brands, LLC ("Leapfrog" or the "Company") (www.leapfrogbrands.com) in partnership with the current owners and senior management team of Kurt Sward, CEO, Rick Ellison, President & COO, Jill Pearson, VP of Sales and Marketing, Glen Gilmore, Director of Design, Austen He, Director of Sourcing and Steve Pinelli, Director of Engineering. The partnership will provide Leapfrog with additional resources to build infrastructure to support its tremendous growth.

CBIZ CMF, the private equity consulting practice of CBIZ, Inc. and a leading national advisor to the middle market, today announces it will operate under the new brand name of CBIZ Private Equity Advisory. Having supported more than 300 private equity firms and over 1,500 portfolio companies across North America, CBIZ Private Equity Advisory offers a robust continuum of high-touch and highly specialized services for every stage of the investment lifecycle, from pre-acquisition through exit.

Portage Point Partners, LLC (Portage Point), a business advisory and interim management firm that partners with stakeholders during periods of transition, underperformance and distress, announced today that Glenn McMahon has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Glenn has over three decades of experience leading all aspects of the consumer lifestyle value stream.

Healthcare venture fundraising soared to $17 billion in 2020, a 57% increase over 2019's record, according to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world's most innovative companies and their investors. Investment in venture-backed companies also rose to a new high of $51 billion. SVB's 10th annual Healthcare Investments and Exits Report, released today at SVB's Innovate Next virtual summit, analyzes and predicts trends for global venture capital fundraising, investing and exits that shape the biopharma, healthtech, diagnostics/tools (dx/tools) and medical device sectors.

Gemino Healthcare Finance is pleased to announce it has provided a $5 million asset-based revolving line of credit to a provider of substance use disorder treatment in December 2020.

Sallyport Commercial Finance provided a $4mm accounts receivable financing facility to a sponsor-backed metal components company. Our client had their supply-chain deeply affected by COVID-19 and as a result, needed a financing partner to help with their working capital gap caused by delays in shipments out of India and China.

A manufacturing company in New York has chosen TAB Bank for a $1.8 million asset-based revolving credit facility. The new facility is extended through a multi-year agreement and will provide the means to fund growth for the company. The company is a manufacturer of woven textile and plastic parts for the automotive, aerospace, office equipment, transportation, and heavy industrial industries.

Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE: AR) ("Antero Resources") announced today the pricing of a registered direct offering of 31.4 million shares of its common stock at a price of $6.35 per share to certain holders of its 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026. Antero Resources plans to use the proceeds from the share offering and approximately $63 million of borrowings under its revolving credit facility to repurchase from such holders $150 million aggregate principal amount of its Convertible Notes in privately negotiated transactions.

NextWave HoldCo LLC, (“NextWave”), an independent holder of 2.5 GHz wireless spectrum in major U.S. metro markets, today announced the signing of a new $200 million Senior Secured First Lien Term Loan Facility (the "Term Loan") provided by Canyon Partners, LLC. NextWave is a portfolio company of Solus Alternative Asset Management and Avenue Capital Group.

Tradewind Finance has completed a $5 million export factoring facility for a meat trading company that is based in the United States and has a subsidiary in Brazil. The company exports to the Middle East, South Africa, and Asia and is using the funding to support their growth. The company needed additional credit lines to expand their business but encountered difficulty securing them.

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Monroe Capital LLC and Wells Fargo Bank provided debt financing. Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP provided legal counsel to Southfield Capital and Protos. Stifel acted as Mulligan's financial advisor. Milbank, LLP provided legal counsel to Mulligan.

SG Credit Partners continues its growth as a leading credit fund by promoting high performing team members from within. Spencer Brown and Oren Moses have each been promoted to Managing Director, Carlos Tan has been promoted to Principal and Daniel Looker and Gerardo Mora have been promoted to the role of Associate. Both Spencer and Oren joined SG Credit Partners as founding team members and today’s announcement formally recognizes their years of hard work. Spencer moved to Denver to open an office and run a critical region.

Tetra Capital, a Utah-based finance company providing factoring services for trucking companies, has been named one of the best trucking factoring companies by FactoringClub, for the third time. Over 100 factoring companies were evaluated for the awards, and winners were selected based on contract terms, integrity, quality of service, and proven track record.

Traditional bank financing was not an option due to the start-up nature of this business but that didn’t make a line of credit any less necessary. Vendors had to be paid to keep product flowing to the growing customer base. Cornerstone quickly approved and closed an expandable line of credit to provide the necessary working capital.

Texas Capital Bank announced today that it has provided a Revolving Line of Credit for Irvine, CA-based Pacific Coast Capital, LLC. Pacific Coast Capital (“PCC”), is a non-regulated specialty finance lending firm that provides asset-based lending solutions to lower and middle-market businesses across all industries. The funds will be used to support future growth.