What i80 Group does

i80 Group is a private asset-based finance (ABF) investment firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with a regional office in London. The firm structures tailored credit solutions — including senior credit facilities and programmatic capital commitments — for companies and platforms with strong fundamentals and scalable models, targeting asset-backed sectors where conventional capital is rigid or unavailable. Its core technology is structured credit origination and ABF infrastructure, with underwriting grounded in decades of team experience across private credit, investment management, and capital markets rather than proprietary AI/ML systems.

The business model is principal credit investing: i80 deploys its own balance sheet capital (over $3 billion committed cumulatively since founding) and earns revenue primarily through interest income and structured financing returns on these facilities. Go-to-market is direct, bilateral, and relationship-driven — i80 works with companies, sponsors, and platforms to design bespoke structures rather than running a fund-management or intermediated distribution model. Customer segments span asset-backed finance recipients across fintech, B2B marketplaces, SaaS, and brick-and-mortar credit, with named partners including Yendo ($200M warehouse facility, Feb 2026), Shop Circle ($100M, Dec 2025), Lighter Capital ($100M, Nov 2025), Bonside ($100M, Nov 2025), and Nivoda ($60M, Sep 2025). Pricing and capital terms are individually structured and not publicly disclosed. Leadership comprises Founder and CIO Marc Helwani and Managing Director Edward Goldstein, supported by an 11-50 person team operating from offices at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York and 14 Hanover Square, London.

Name

i80 Group

Legal name

i80 Group

Website

https://i80group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

i80 Group is a private asset-based finance investment firm that provides structured credit solutions — including senior credit facilities and programmatic capital commitments — to growth-stage companies and platforms, operating from New York and London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Asset-Based Finance

NAICS

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Finance and Insurance (52)

SIC

Asset-Backed Securities (6189), Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Asset-Based Lending (ABL) (FSANADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) (FSACACAA)

Keywords

• Asset-based finance
• Structured credit
• Private credit
• Senior credit facilities
• Asset-backed lending

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Asset-Based Credit Solutions: i80 Group generates revenue by providing structured credit solutions to businesses, including senior credit facilities and programmatic capital commitments. Their model focuses on asset-backed finance across sectors where traditional capital can be rigid or unavailable, with returns generated through interest income and structured financing arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

i80 Group is a private asset-based finance (ABF) investment firm that provides structured credit solutions to businesses. The firm commits capital through flexible, asset-backed facilities to companies across fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, and other verticals, having deployed more than $3 billion in capital since founding in 2016. Its lending activity is anchored in senior, collateral-backed facilities tailored to the cash-flow and asset profile of each borrower.

Product overview

i80 Group is a private asset-based finance (ABF) investment firm that offers a single, unified product category: structured credit solutions. The company's core offering consists of tailored asset-based credit solutions, including senior credit facilities and programmatic capital commitments, delivered directly to companies and platforms as well as through sponsors. The focus is on asset-backed finance sectors where traditional capital can be rigid or unavailable, with a partnership-oriented approach grounded in institutional rigor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• WhiteHorse Capital: WhiteHorse Capital is a direct lender focused on asset-based lending and leveraged loan products to mid-market companies, with similar senior-secured and asset-backed structuring capabilities targeting middle-market borrowers.
• MidCap Financial: MidCap Financial provides senior-secured, asset-based, and cash flow loans to middle-market borrowers across multiple sectors. Its product set (ABL plus structured senior debt) closely mirrors i80 Group's core offerings.
• Encina Lender Finance: Encina Lender Finance specializes in asset-based and lender finance facilities to specialty finance companies and platforms, overlapping with i80's programmatic warehouse-style commitments to platforms like Yendo and Lighter Capital.
• SLR Credit Solutions: SLR Credit Solutions is an asset-based lending and equipment finance provider serving middle-market borrowers with senior-secured facilities, comparable in structure and target customer to i80 Group's senior credit facilities.
• Varagon Capital Partners: Varagon Capital provides senior-secured, unitranche, and asset-based lending to sponsor-backed and directly originated middle-market borrowers, overlapping with i80's asset-backed credit focus.

Broad incumbents

• Hercules Capital: Hercules Capital is a large, publicly traded specialty finance provider focused on venture and growth-stage debt to technology and life-sciences companies, including SaaS and fintech borrowers — overlapping with i80's Lighter Capital-style SaaS financing book.
• Runway Growth Finance: Runway Growth Finance provides senior-secured growth loans to venture and non-venture-backed technology companies, a category adjacent to i80's structured credit solutions for SaaS and platform borrowers.
• Trinity Capital: Trinity Capital provides venture debt and equipment financing to growth-stage technology and life-sciences companies, with a public-asset base and structuring capabilities comparable to i80's tech-platform financing activity.
• Ares Capital: Ares Capital is one of the largest publicly traded BDCs offering senior-secured, asset-based, and structured credit to middle-market borrowers, representing the scaled incumbent peer set against which i80's specialized ABF positioning competes.
• Carlyle Credit Income Fund: Carlyle Credit Income Fund is a publicly traded BDC managed by Carlyle providing leveraged and asset-based loans to U.S. middle-market borrowers, comparable in senior-secured product profile to i80's facility offerings.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments27 records

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