OakNorth completes loan to Oncore IT for the acquisition of Fuse Technologies

By Bridging Loan Directory 17th June 2019

OakNorth – the bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – has provided a loan to Oncore IT, a leading managed service and cloud platform provider.

The finance has been used for the acquisition of Fuse Technologies, a London based provider of unified communications tools. The acquisition sees Oncore IT manage the support of Fuse Technologies’ 10,000 users that span a variety of industries, primarily financial services, construction and professional services. The acquisition follows Oncore IT themselves being acquired by US-headquartered managed service and cloud solution provider, Ergos, in 2016, and enables it to match the unified communications capability of Ergos in the US, in the UK.

Oncore IT is a managed service and cloud platform provider, specialising in the delivery of business critical systems and infrastructure. With secure and resilient data centres in London and Amsterdam, Oncore IT has a proven track record and an extensive client base, ranging from global multinationals to SMEs.

Michael Croft, CEO at Oncore IT, says:

“At Oncore IT, we have established a market-leading reputation by offering first class strategy, delivery and support and I am delighted to incorporate the unified communications expertise of Fuse Technologies to strengthen our UK portfolio. The acquisition was made possible following the support from the team at OakNorth. They were willing to take the time to understand our business model and vision for the future. We wanted to work with a finance provider who could provide us with the required capital we needed for the acquisition quickly so that we could get back to running our business. OakNorth was therefore the obvious partner.”

Matt Leahy, Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth, said:

“Ergos and its subsidiaries’ growth to date has been impressive, so we were delighted to have the opportunity to become their first funding partner in the UK and look forward to further supporting their acquisitive strategy going forward.”