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Birmingham headquartered, Opus Safety secures BGF and OakNorth funding to supercharge growth

Thursday July 17th, 2025

16 July 2025: Opus Safety Ltd, a tech-enabled Health and Safety, HR and Occupational Health solution provider, has secured a minority investment from BGF and OakNorth to accelerate its growth. Birmingham-headquartered Opus Safety provides services to a broad range of SMEs nationwide. Founded by John Southall, Ian Hatherly and Tom Baverstock, it has built a […]

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OakNorth provides $79m of new funding to New York-based lending platform, S3 Capital

Wednesday July 16th, 2025

Founded in 2013 by Joshua Crane and Robert Schwartz, S3 Capital is a New York-based lending platform and the private lending arm of Spruce Capital Partners; Specializing in small balance loans under $20m and large balance loans up to $300m, S3 Capital has successfully lent over $6.5b across 700+ transactions to date; The $79m of […]

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DAC Developments and Melrose Ascension Capital to develop a Class A 19-storey residential tower in Downtown Chicago, following $53m from OakNorth

Monday July 14th, 2025

DAC Developments is a Chicago-based real estate development company with a focus on multifamily residential and mixed-use ground up developments; Melrose Ascension Capital is a Chicago-based private equity real estate development and investment firm that is currently developing one million sq. ft of multifamily projects across the US; The Β£53m loan from OakNorth will support […]

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OakNorth lends $20m to joint venture between Sabal Investment Holdings and 12 North Capital to support their acquisition of three purpose-built Class A memory care facilities

Wednesday June 11th, 2025

Founded in 2009, Sabal Investment Holdings is a real estate investment manager headquartered in Irvine, California and serving institutional investors across the U.S.; Headquartered in Los Angeles, 12 North Capital is a premier senior housing investment firm, dedicated to creating supportive communities for aging populations; The $20m loan will fund the acquisition of a non-performing […]

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OakNorth completes Β£7.5m revolving credit facility to Aberdeenshire-based, livestock feed manufacturer, Harbro, to support future growth

Wednesday June 4th, 2025

OakNorth, the leading digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a Β£7.5m revolving credit facility (RCF) to leading livestock feed manufacturer, Harbro.

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New York-based commercial real estate lender, EquityMultiple, provided acquisition financing for a Class A office-led site, following $21m note-on-note loan from OakNorth

Tuesday May 27th, 2025

OakNorth, the leading digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided an $21m note-on-note facility to New York-based real estate investment firm and lender, EquityMultiple.

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