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OakNorth deepens support for US lower mid-market businesses with acquisition of Michigan-based, Community Unity Bank

Monday March 17th, 2025

Since it began operating in the US in July 2023, OakNorth has lent over $700m to the lower mid-market Monday 17th March, 2025: OakNorth, the leading commercial digital bank for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs, today announces that it has agreed to purchase Community Unity Bank (CUB), the home-grown, FDIC-insured community bank based in Birmingham, Michigan, in […]

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Real Estate

OakNorth provides $18.4m note-on-note facility to S3 Capital to support major new residential scheme in Upper East Side, Manhattan

Tuesday February 25th, 2025

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided an $18.4m note-on-note facility to New York-based lending platform, S3 Capital.

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Real Estate

OakNorth backs joint venture between O’Shea and Galliard, with Β£22.8m loan to fund holiday lodges at Saltmoore, the new coastal luxury wellness retreat on the North Yorkshire Coast

Monday February 10th, 2025

OakNorth backs joint venture between O’Shea and Galliard, with Β£22.8m loan to fund holiday lodges at Saltmoore, the new coastal luxury wellness retreat on the North Yorkshire Coast

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Childcare & Education

Commercial property investor and developer, The Harkalm Group, to acquire eight nurseries across the UK, following Β£2.1m loan from OakNorth

Monday February 3rd, 2025

Led by CEO, Adam Harvey, The Harkalm Group, specialises in the retail, convenience, roadside and education sectors; Completing over 150 transactions in the last five years, the group has successfully invested over Β£400m to date, including over Β£30m in the UK’s early years sector; The Β£2.1m loan from OakNorth will support the acquisition of eight […]

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Real Estate

OakNorth provides Β£50m of new funding to leading entrepreneurial private equity real estate investor, Paloma Capital

Monday January 20th, 2025

Founded in 2015 by Joe Froud and Jack Pitman, Paloma Capital is a leading entrepreneurial private equity real estate investor; Paloma has raised over Β£520m of wholly discretionary capital in three value-add funds since its launch; The Β£50m of new funding from OakNorth, split across two separate transactions, will be deployed within the firm’s Paloma […]

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Real Estate

OakNorth completes Β£1.4m loan to support the acquisition and redevelopment of a vacant residential and office building in Fitzrovia

Monday January 13th, 2025

The borrowing entity, 52 Tottenham St, Fitzrovia Ltd, is owned and led by Parag Sawheny, Founder and Managing Partner of Penn South Capital, and Yoni Karako, Founder and Principal of Courtier Capital and Co-founder and former CEO of Vonder; The Β£1.4m loan from OakNorth will be used to acquire and redevelop a four-storey site into […]

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