Cerebro Capital Raises Series A Round Led by JAM FINTOP After Reaching Milestone of Facilitating $1B in Loan Closings
BALTIMORE, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cerebro Capital, a fintech company transforming access to debt capital for middle market businesses and helping lenders generate new borrower relationships, is pleased to announce the completion of its Series A funding round led by JAM FINTOP. The new equity capital comes on the heels of the platform facilitating $1B in cumulative loan closings. With this new investment, Cerebro Capital plans to invest in greater lead generation capacity, expand its deal-related AI tools and lender solutions, and continue growing its capital markets team.
As part of the investment, Ryan Zacharia, Managing Partner at JAM FINTOP, will join Cerebro's Board of Directors.
"We are excited to partner with Cerebro Capital as they digitally-enable the analog process middle market companies and their lenders use to find and vet one another," said Ryan Zacharia, Managing Partner at JAM FINTOP. "We're also thrilled to help accelerate the company's growth as they develop an enterprise solution for lenders."
Cerebro Capital was founded to bridge a critical gap in middle market lending, giving borrowers an easier way to access debt capital and lenders a better way to deploy it - all through one streamlined platform. Cerebro has grown rapidly since its inception and has connected thousands of borrowers to lenders from over 2,200 lending institutions to provide loans ranging from $2 million up to $100 million. Borrowers have closed over $1 billion in loans through Cerebro's platform, and lenders have provided borrowers with over $7 billion in loan proposals to review.
"This milestone reflects the incredible momentum we're seeing from both borrowers and lenders," said Matt Bjonerud, CEO of Cerebro Capital. "JAM FINTOP's deep fintech and banking experience makes them an ideal partner as we continue to scale. We've had significant traction with their Limited Partners, closing nearly $100 million of loans with them and already signing a number of their Limited Partner banks to our new enterprise access tier."
By leveraging Cerebro's technology, borrowers gain speed, transparency, and actionable insights into which lenders best fit their unique financing needs, while lenders can source quality deals with greater precision. As its customer base expands, Cerebro is helping lenders tailor their loan programs using market intelligence and borrower demand signals captured through the platform to meet unmet demand.
About Cerebro Capital
Cerebro Capital is the premier loan marketplace for mid-sized corporate borrowers and lenders, helping the middle market efficiently secure and manage corporate financing.
By combining patented AI technology, an extensive lender network, and deeply experienced capital markets experts, Cerebro provides a proven corporate loan sourcing and placement solution that streamlines the commercial lending process, bringing data-driven efficiency to the corporate debt market.
Learn more at www.cerebrocapital.com
About JAM FINTOP
JAM FINTOP is a joint venture between JAM Special Opportunity Ventures and FINTOP Capital. The partnership brings together banking expertise and seasoned fintech entrepreneurs to invest in companies changing the way financial institutions and their customers move, track, and interact with money. For more information, visit www.jamfintop.com
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