Fintech firm, Ferovinum, unlocks further growth with the launch of a $550m securitisation program, enabling participation from Pollen Street Capital and a leading investment bank. The program also enables Ferovinum to expand operations in the US, Europe and Australia.
- Latest deal follows Ferovinum’s UK Asset Backed Lending syndicated deal with NatWest, Barclays and Shawbrook in 2023 and a successful equity funding round led by Notion Capital
- In addition to geographical expansion into the US, EU and Australia, this program paves the way for Ferovinum to offer global supply chain and inventory optimisation across SME, mid-market and large corporates within the drinks industry
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London / Houston / Dublin / Miami, 30 June, 2025: Ferovinum, the funding and supply chain platform for drinks businesses, has increased its support for the industry by securing a $550m asset backed securitisation program alongside Pollen Street Capital and a leading investment bank.
This new facility enables Ferovinum to expand and enhance its existing UK service offerings to businesses in the United States and European Union, as well as Australia later this year. The new facility greatly increases Ferovinum’s international reach to quickly provide funding to drinks businesses. This offering is transformational for these businesses in helping them fuel growth, improve cash flow, open new international markets and benefit from global supply chain efficiencies. It will also allow Ferovinum to improve liquidity and support its ambition to offer competitive rates to its customers for funding and operational efficiencies. This will be game-changing for new client territories such as the US domestic market and American operators that are export-focused. Key to the US expansion and enabled by the new debt facility is the ability for Ferovinum to offer significant storage capacity in hubs located in California, Florida, New Jersey and Texas.
Ferovinum is a unique capital and supply-chain partner to the global drinks industry. It specialises in providing funding to both brands and the drinks trade, helping them solve critical working capital problems unique to the industry that can often constrain growth. By improving cash flow and through its unique technology-driven supply chain platform, Ferovinum enables customers to seize opportunities that drive growth and seamlessly takes care of the back-end complexities and headaches that businesses encounter with moving alcohol, domestically and around the world.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Mitch Fowler, commented: “The drinks industry is currently navigating some of the most volatile trading conditions it has faced in the last 30 years. In order to thrive and take advantage of the opportunities this opens up in the space, businesses need access to flexible and capital-efficient funding solutions and an efficient global supply chain.
This deal helps support our objective to help the industry operate a more capital efficient supply-chain that allows them to focus resources on their core activities and improve margins and profitability across the value chain.”
Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer, Dan Gibney added: “By introducing the first securitisation of its kind for the drinks industry, we reinforce our commitment by providing an avenue for wholesale capital markets to support an important segment within food and beverage – an industry we are deeply passionate about and honoured to serve.
We could not be more excited about partnering with Pollen Street Capital and what it means for the industry.”
Connor Marshall-Mckie, Investment Director at Pollen Street, commented:
“We’re delighted to partner with Ferovinum as they enter an exciting new chapter of growth. The Ferovinum team have impressed us with their deep knowledge of the drinks industry and a clear understanding of the needs of their customers. The Ferovinum product is a great example of innovation in asset-backed finance, and is a perfect fit for our asset backed credit strategy. We look forward to supporting their continued success and working closely together on this journey.”
Ferovinum was advised on the transaction by PwC Lead Advisory and Debt Capital Markets, who acted as sole financial advisor, and by Linklaters LLP, who served as sole legal counsel.
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About Ferovinum:
Ferovinum is London-based and provides access to capital and supply chain optimisation on a single platform for the c.$800bn global wine and spirits sector to drive growth. Founded by Mitchel Fowler (CEO) and Daniel Gibney (CFO), Ferovinum has been operating since 2018 and has transacted over £300m of product for wine and spirits businesses to date. The platform not only provides funding to the sector, but also utilises its supply chain integration and proprietary trading software to provide bespoke tools that increase operational efficiency (through production, supply chain and inventory management tools), optimise ancillary services (such as insurance, freight, foreign exchange & payments) and connects different suppliers with all business to business channels for more efficient trading and direct market access.
About Pollen Street:
Pollen Street is a fast growing and high performing private capital asset manager. Established in 2013, the firm has built deep capability across the financial and business services sectors aligned with mega-trends shaping the future of the industry. Pollen Street operates across private equity and credit strategies on behalf of investors including leading public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, asset managers, banks, and family offices from around the world. Pollen Street has a team of over 90 professionals.
