At ALIGN EQUIPMENT FINANCE, we provide customized financing solutions, leveraging machinery and equipment as collateral. Our borrowers use the proceeds for liquidity, restructuring or growth needs. We ALIGN with our borrowers and provide capital so our borrowers can ALIGN their business.
We leverage decades of offering innovative solutions for financing machinery and equipment and understand the difficulty of accessing capital through traditional sources. We can provide customized term loans, capital leases and other structured transactions to US and Canadian small and medium-sized businesses. Align provides capital to companies across a wide range of industries including agriculture, construction, energy, food and beverage, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceuticals, technology, and transportation.
ABOUT US
The ALIGN team brings extensive experience and expertise in providing clients with financing structures that benefit the client. We have worked together for several years and established a track record of creative financing solutions customized to meet complex needs. We are an experienced and creative lender, with a passion for helping small and medium-sized businesses and our dedicated team strives to provide value to the borrower through the life of the transaction.
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The team has participated in $200 million in originations of machinery and equipment financing transactions in the past four years.
OUR TEAM
Jordan Allen
Chief Executive Officer
Jordan co-founded Align Equipment Finance in 2014 and has been the CEO since 2018. He has more than 30 years of experience in the asset management business. While at Align, Jordan led more than 100 financings totaling more than $300M. Before joining Align, Jordan was a partner at a financial services-focused private equity and private debt firm from 2013 to 2018 and held various leadership roles with asset management firms. Earlier in his career, Jordan spent twelve years working at Equity Group Investments, the private investment firm controlled by Sam Zell, in various roles. Jordan graduated from Northwestern University Law School and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a BS in Accounting. He is a JD and CPA.
Thomas Affolter
SVP of Business Development
Tom joined Align in 2021 and has over 20 years of debt and equity investment experience in a variety of roles. Over his career, Tom has focused on middle market secured lending opportunities for ABL transactions, leveraged buyouts, refinancings, recapitalizations and turnarounds in both private equity sponsored and non-sponsored transactions. Tom has a BS in Accounting from Marquette University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Robert Richardson
SVP of Underwriting
Prior to joining Align, Rob was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President at a middle market senior lender since 2014. Earlier in his career, Rob spent five years as a Senior Asset Manager in a large regional bank’s Special Assets Group, eight years as a Loan Officer with a commercial finance company and seven years in various roles at various lenders. Rob has an undergraduate degree in Business Management & Accounting from Purdue University and a JD from Chicago Kent College of Law.
Oskar Acosta
Director of Operations
Oskar joined the Align team in 2019. He has been working in Accounting and Operations for over 25 years in various industries including manufacturing, software development and finance. Oskar has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Western Governor’s University.
FINANCING SOLUTIONS
PRODUCTS
ALIGN EQUIPMENT FINANCE is an asset-based lender providing term loans, capital leases, as well as other structured transactions that are customized to meet the borrower’s needs.
We offer competitive and attractive terms on financings between $2 million and $30 million, including:
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12 to 48 months maturity
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Limited financial covenants
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Flexible structures
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Streamlined underwriting and closing processes
We have helped a wide range of borrowers across various industries and stages of life. We provide many types of financing transactions, including:
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Restructuring
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Recapitalization
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Refinancing
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Expansion capital and fixed asset replacement
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Reorganization and liquidation
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Debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing
When called upon, we can work with banks and other lenders to acquire performing and distressed loans and leases (both individual positions and portfolios) on a secondary basis.
AREAS OF FOCUS
We lend primarily in the United States and Canada to companies across a wide range of industries, including:
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Agriculture
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Energy
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Healthcare
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Manufacturing
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Pharmaceuticals
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Construction
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Food & Beverage
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Industrial
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Mining
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Transportation
OUR ADVANTAGES
There are many benefits to working with Align:
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Experience working with referral sources
More than 80% of our prospective financings came from a referral partner. We share in the success of closing deals with our referral partners. -
Competitive, attractive lending terms
Our financing terms range from 12 to 60 months with limited covenants. -
Customized solutions
We provide financial solutions that are customized to meet the borrower’s needs. We offer competitively priced and flexible options designed to refinance the incumbent lender or to provide new capital. -
Efficient closing process
You and the borrower benefit from a streamlined underwriting and closing process, allowing companies to seize opportunities as they arise. We understand the need for urgency and our experienced team is well versed in structuring and closing financing solutions.