Building Akrapoint – Nate Smith and Gary Shivers on Building a New Equipment Finance Platform

In an original interview, CEO Nate Smith outlined plans to finance transactions starting at USD 50,000 with a target average ticket of USD 500,000–600,000, alongside some larger transactions. The firm aims for at least half of originations to come from direct end-user relationships, with the rest involving specialist vendor channels. The interview also names co-founders Mike Ceroli and Paul Marollo as co-heads of sales and Neal Shannon as chief risk officer. All origination figures describe plans rather than reported historical production.