05Debt Financing

Debt financing for established businesses.

Flexible capital solutions for growth, acquisitions, equipment, refinancing, and working capital. Financing requirements generally from C$500K to C$50M+.

Financing RequirementsC$500K to C$50M+
Fee ModelSuccess-based
RetainerNone
Typical Close3 to 6 weeks once documentation is in order
CoverageCanada & U.S.
Our Role

Vesentra works with established businesses seeking debt capital for growth, acquisitions, equipment, refinancing, and working capital. Through our financing relationships, we help assess suitable debt structures and connect businesses with banks, credit unions, private credit funds, asset-based lenders, and other capital providers suited to the opportunity.

We focus particularly on situations that are more complex, time-sensitive, growth-oriented, or not well served by a single traditional lending channel.

Discuss a Financing Need

Primarily for established businesses with meaningful revenue, cash flow, or assets. Success-fee based. No upfront retainer.

Positioning

Vesentra is not a bank or direct lender.

We act as the origination and relationship partner, helping understand the financing requirement, frame the opportunity appropriately, and connect the business with financing sources capable of underwriting the transaction.

One conversation. A properly framed opportunity. The right lenders.

01Structures

Where a facility can sit.

01

Senior Secured

Term debt and revolvers against cash flow or assets

02

Asset-Based

Receivables, inventory, equipment and real property

03

Unitranche

Blended senior and junior economics within a single facility

04

Junior / Mezzanine

Subordinated capital where senior leverage is insufficient

The right structure is the one a lender will actually close.

Many financing processes break down because the opportunity is taken to the wrong lender or framed against the wrong credit criteria. We map the asset base and cash flow against what each lender group can underwrite, then take the file only to the groups with a real appetite for it.

  • Cash-flow and asset coverage reviewed up front
  • Structures matched to timeline, not to a product sheet
  • Introductions limited to lenders with genuine appetite
02Uses of Capital

Where the capital goes.

A

Acquisitions

Capital to fund add-ons, buyouts and partner redemptions.

B

Equipment Purchases

Financing against new or existing machinery and fleet.

C

Expansion & Growth

Facilities, new lines, geographic or capacity expansion.

D

Working Capital

Bridging receivables, inventory cycles and contract ramp-ups.

E

Refinancing

Replacing restrictive, maturing or mispriced existing debt.

F

Recapitalizations

Rebalancing the capital structure or partial liquidity.

03Process

Four steps, no noise.

01

Intake

A short call to understand the situation, timing and the amount of capital required.

02

Assessment

We review the financial profile and asset base to identify which debt structures are realistic.

03

Introduction

We introduce the business to lenders in our network suited to the structure and timeline.

04

Execution

We stay involved through term sheets, diligence and funding as the relationship partner.

Have a financing need?

Discuss a Financing Need

Primarily for established businesses with meaningful revenue, cash flow, or assets. Success-fee based. No upfront retainer.