What is specialty financing?
Specialty financing refers to customized capital solutions for borrowers, transactions, or collateral types that may not fit traditional bank lending standards. It can include asset-based lending, bridge loans, supply chain financing, private credit, equity capital, construction funding, and other structured options. These solutions are often evaluated using collateral value, cash flow, transaction strength, repayment path, and business goals.
Who can benefit from specialty funding solutions?
Specialty Funding Group is designed for entrepreneurs, business owners, investors, developers, commercial real estate operators, middle-market companies, and borrowers who need capital for growth, acquisitions, refinancing, construction, inventory, equipment, or complex transactions. It can also help companies facing timing pressure, temporary cash flow challenges, or traditional bank declines due to restrictive underwriting criteria.
How quickly can specialty financing be arranged?
The timeline depends on the financing type, collateral, documentation, and lender requirements. Stirling Capital Group emphasizes speed and efficiency by pre-qualifying and pre-underwriting opportunities before lender submission. Bridge, asset-based, and transaction-driven facilities may move faster than conventional financing, especially when the borrower has clear financials, collateral details, project information, and a defined repayment strategy.
Can Specialty Funding Group provide debt and equity capital?
Stirling Capital Group has access to both debt and equity capital through private lending sources, institutional lenders, private equity groups, and specialty finance relationships. Depending on the opportunity, clients may explore senior debt, bridge loans, asset-based facilities, mezzanine capital, preferred equity, joint venture equity, or structured capital designed to fill gaps in a broader financing plan.
How is this different from traditional bank financing?
Specialty lenders may finance opportunities that traditional banks avoid because of regulatory limits, timing constraints, collateral complexity, transitional assets, value-add strategies, or inconsistent cash flow. Stirling Capital Group evaluates multiple lending options rather than relying on a single credit box, helping clients find capital structures aligned with the transaction, borrower profile, collateral, and business objective.
What collateral can support specialty financing?
Funding may be supported by real estate, receivables, inventory, equipment, machinery, contracts, recurring revenue, intellectual property, purchase orders, invoices, or broader transaction value. For commercial real estate and development projects, lenders may also consider loan-to-value, loan-to-cost, stabilization strategy, tenant improvements, property performance, and exit options such as refinance or sale.
Does Specialty Funding Group help with real estate projects?
Stirling Capital Group supports commercial real estate acquisitions, refinancing, owner-occupied properties, bridge loans, construction, development, rental property portfolios, fix-and-flip projects, tenant improvements, sale-leasebacks, and stabilization financing. Property types may include multifamily, mixed-use, office, industrial, warehouse, retail, hospitality, senior living, student housing, renewable energy projects, and other income-producing or transitional assets.
Is there a consultation fee to discuss funding options?
Stirling Capital Group offers a free consultation to help borrowers understand potential financing paths before moving forward. During the discussion, the team reviews the borrower’s capital need, timing, collateral, transaction structure, and available documentation. This consultative approach helps determine whether a specialty lender, private credit source, equity partner, or other capital solution may be appropriate.