resources
In the News
Featured news
M&A activity picked up in Q4 2020
Baltimore fintech company Cerebro Capital offers a look at indicators that show commercial lending activity is picking back up after the initial pandemic slowdown. Mergers and acquisitions played a role.
Will Competition for C&I Loans Lead to Looser Underwriting?
Banks and nonbanks are expected to vie for more commercial business this year, and nonbanks already have signaled a willingness to ease lending standards in order to win business.
Commercial Lending Market Thaws in 4Q20
Cerebro Capital, a commercial loan platform, today released its Q4 2020 survey on non-bank lending for middle-market commercial and industrial (C&I) loans. The results are paired with the Federal Reserve's 4Q20 survey of commercial banks.
Recent coverage
In Her Own Words: Lacey Campbell Manages Market Shock
"While larger companies waited to have more information before changing strategies or developing new service models, we went full steam ahead on all hiring plans and strategic initiatives."
New Survey Examines $1 Trillion Non-Bank Commercial Lending Market
"Cerebro Capital, a commercial loan platform, today released its new quarterly survey on non-bank lending for middle-market commercial and industrial loans."
Main Street Loan Demand Surges on Cerebro Capital
"In the month of October alone, Cerebro clients have closed over $60 million in MSLP loans, representing the largest increase in MSLP loan activity Cerebro has seen since..."
M&A Access: An Interview with Matt Bjonerud
"Bjonerud dives deep into the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), which industries in the middle market are most interested in the program, and why...."
Should CFOs Consider Taking on Debt During This Crisis?
"It seems counterintuitive to most CFOs to take on debt during these uncertain times due to the impacts of Covid-19. After all, would taking on debt potentially..."
A $2T Credit Boom Leaves America's Smaller Firms Out
"Cerebro Capital, an online platform that allows middle-market borrowers to source credit facilities, saw a surge in demand for its services amid the tighter lending market..."
Cerebro Sees Surge of Demand for Main Street Lending
"US-based operating companies use Cerebro’s platform to predict the terms of the business loans that they are likely to get based on their performance..."
Cerebro Recognized by the Baltimore Business Journal's Best In Tech
Local fintech startup Cerebro Capital is recognized as an Up and Coming Company honoree in the Baltimore Business Journal's Best in Tech for 2020
Bracing Mid-Market Firms for Financing Volatility
"According to Cerebro Capital Founder and CEO Matt Bjonerud, middle-market corporations can struggle to manage the loans they already have..."
Cerebro Raises New Capital to Expand Its Loan Marketplace
"Designed for middle market corporate borrowers and lenders, Cerebro addresses two key components of the commercial loan process..."
U.S. Based Cerebro Secures More Venture Capital Funding
"Cerebro further noted that during the first quarter of 2020, it connected to more than 650 bank and non-bank lenders and saw the number of inquiries surge..."
Cerebro Capital Is Using Data to Help Midsize Companies Find Loans
"Over a decade working in corporate banking, Bjonerud saw that midsize companies often struggled to find loans, whereas bigger corporations had powerful yet expensive tools..."
Cerebro Capital's Trick? Automating Compliance in a Loan Marketplace
“We can show borrowers the lenders that can do the deals they want without telling the lenders that the borrowers are even looking..."
Cerebro Capital Snags Funding
"Cerebro Capital, a digital commercial loan marketplace, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding..."
Why Cerebro?
Cerebro Capital’s commercial loan management solutions optimize data on the private debt capital markets for middle market borrowers. Understand your debt capacity, get connected with new lenders and secure financing for your middle market business, all in one platform.
- info@cerebrocapital.com
-
12 W Madison St.
Baltimore, MD 21201