Axel Christiansen

Managing Director, BDC Subordinate Financing - BC/Yukon

The BDC Subordinate Financing Group was founded in 1992 and helped pioneer this form of financing for small to medium size companies in Canada. Today at $375M and seven offices across the country we are the largest dedicated national fund serving this market. We survey our clients annually and in the most recent survey received a 93% satisfaction rating. I am a Managing Director, Subordinate Financing with the Business Development Bank of Canada where we provide the financing entrepreneurs require to grow, acquire and become more profitable without diluting their equity position or leveraging their personal assets. I manage a team of experienced deal writers that specialize in subordinated debt and mezzanine financing for successful small to mid-market companies based in BC. We serve exceptional companies from all industries with a focus on merger and acquisition transactions or growth related working capital support. We lend against your track record of profitability...so your ability to grow is not limited by the value of your corporate or personal assets. We provide highly flexible repayment structures...so you spend less time managing your cash flow and more time building your business. We are experienced...so if there's a way to get a deal done we will find it...and if there isn't, we won't waste your time. We are well capitalized and our mandate is to support Canadian entrepreneurs...so you know we'll be there for the next rounds and we'll be patient and supportive when times are tough.