{"id":15823,"date":"2022-02-28T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fandisentinel.com\/?p=15823"},"modified":"2024-02-14T00:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:49:02","slug":"fi-sentinel-announces-investment-by-calera-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/fi-sentinel-announces-investment-by-calera-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"F&I Sentinel Announces Investment by Calera Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tallahassee, Florida<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2013 Today, F&I Sentinel \u2013 the automotive finance industry\u2019s leading compliance solutions provider with respect to the financing of Finance and Insurance products \u2013 announced its founders have partnered with Calera Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm, in a majority recapitalization of the business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Stephen McDaniel, Co-Founder and CEO of F&I Sentinel, said \u201cWith the increasing regulatory scrutiny regarding F&I products, regulators are analyzing whether finance companies have a program in place to monitor F&I products they finance. Our CITADEL\u00ae platform offers a turn-key compliance solution that addresses the reputational, financial, litigation, and regulatory risks in connection with the sale and financing of F&I products.\u201d He added, \u201cWe are excited to partner with Calera Capital to fuel F&I Sentinel\u2019s future growth and expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Automotive finance companies, banks and credit unions face complex compliance and risk mitigation challenges,\u201d stated Paul Walsh, Senior Managing Director of Calera Capital. \u201cF&I Sentinel represented a terrific opportunity to invest behind a market-leading business that provides unique technology and services to help financial institutions successfully navigate these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Fearnow, Managing Director of Calera Capital added, \u201cF&I Sentinel adds tremendous value to all members of the vehicle financing ecosystem. We look forward to partnering with the management team to further enhance and extend the ways in which F&I Sentinel protects finance companies, dealers, and consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n

About F&I Sentinel<\/p>\n

F&I Sentinel is the automotive finance industry\u2019s leading compliance and regulatory risk mitigation solutions provider. F&I Sentinel continuously monitors marketplace developments across the United States to ensure F&I products comply with corporate financing requirements, meet fiscal viability standards, and provide value to the consumer.<\/p>\n

For more information about our innovative solutions, please visit https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel and follow us on LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/f-i-sentinel<\/p>\n

About Calera Capital<\/p>\n

Founded in 1991, Calera Capital is a private investment firm which has invested over $3.7 billion. With offices in Boston and San Francisco, Calera focuses on partnering with founders and management teams to drive significant value creation in their businesses, primarily in two industry sectors: Business Services and Specialty Industrials. Calera Capital makes substantial equity investments in middle-market businesses and works closely in support of management to build long-term sustainable value through the implementation of strategic and operating initiatives. For more information, visit: www.caleracapital.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tallahassee, Florida\u00a0\u2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2013 Today, F&I Sentinel \u2013 the automotive finance industry\u2019s leading compliance solutions provider with respect to the financing of Finance and Insurance products \u2013 announced its founders have partnered with Calera Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm, in a majority recapitalization of the business. Terms of the transaction were not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-15823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","tag-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-mode.com\/fandisentinel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}