Oquendo Capital provides preferred equity and debt instruments targeted at family owned businesses and financial investors that require funds for acquisitions, growth and shareholder reorganizations.
Founded in 2007 in Madrid, Oquendo is an independent pioneering firm in private debt management in Europe. We provide long-term financing solutions for small and medium businesses in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. Investments are structured through a wide range of instruments such as common equity, preferred equity, PIK loans, mezzanine debt or unitranche debt.
The capital we manage comes from a diversified group of institutional investors, includingpension funds, insurance companies, non-profits, and public and private investors. Oquendo invests substantially in the firms, ensuring incentives are totally aligned.
“We’ve faced relevant investments in recent years in order to develop our hospital logistics business. Oquendo has provided us the funding required to develop our business with no interference with our bank financing. We like their long term vision and have developed a long term relationship we were not expecting from a financial investor.”
JOSÉ LUIS CASTRO
CEO
Oquendo is the main private debt provider for the Spanish lower mid-market in Spain, with over €1.2 billion invested in more than 100 companies since 2008. The team has a long standing experience with a superior knowledge of the particularities of the Iberian, French and Italian markets.
Each Company and each financing event is different. Oquendo’s capital is flexible and allows to tailor its instruments and purpose to the individual requirements of companies, shareholders and financial institutions.
Oquendo is an independent firm owned by its management team and does not perform any other business which may generate a conflict of interest with its investment activity.
Oquendo has a streamlined decision making process resulting in quick and transparent feedback for each investment opportunity. The investment process includes a proactive approach to due diligence and negotiation of legal documentation.