Boise, ID (October 25, 2022) – A10 Capital, a Gemspring Capital company, and a CRE lending business that originates and underwrites permanent and bridge loans nationwide, is pleased to announce that Anuj Gupta has been appointed CEO of the Boise-based company.
Mr. Gupta joins A10 with more than 25 years of experience. Previously, as President of Ready Capital’s real estate platform, Gupta was instrumental in growing originations from infancy to over $5 billion in volume across Bridge, Fixed Rate, Small-Balance Agency and Tax-Exempt Affordable financing products. Earlier, he held key leadership positions at GE Capital — where he co-led a $5 billion JV formed with the US Department of Treasury to invest in residential and commercial real estate backed securities. In addition, Gupta led GE Real Estate’s CMBS team, where he oversaw $4 billion of originations and, launched capital markets driven origination programs generating over $10 billion of incremental loan volume. Anuj began his career in investment banking at Natwest Markets and Greenwich Capital. Mr. Gupta graduated with a BA from the University of Michigan and an MA from Boston University.
Mr. Gupta brings with him extensive experience leading and growing multi-product commercial real estate debt origination platforms in addition to possessing deep capital markets, loan acquisitions and M&A acumen.
“This represents continued investment in growth of the A10 platform — we look forward to bringing broader, deeper and more flexible lending solutions to our clients in the near future.” said Jerry Dunn, Co-Founder and President of A10 Capital.
“A10 Capital has all of the key ingredients of a robust diversified real estate debt platform and there is exceptional tenure at the company amongst its key executives. I’m honored to have the opportunity to work alongside the team and help A10 achieve its strategic goals,” said Mr. Gupta.
“This culminates an extensive search for a leader with broad strategic experience in the real estate debt space who can effectively partner with the extraordinary team at A10 and drive the next stages of growth — we are very excited to welcome Anuj to the new role,” said Alex Shakibnia, Managing Director at Gemspring Capital.
About A10 Capital
Founded in Boise, Idaho in 2007, A10 Capital is a vertically integrated, full service, direct bridge, and permanent commercial real estate lender. The firm focuses on financing $5 million to $50 million+ per property and portfolio loans up to $200 million nationwide. A10 originates and services all loans in-house by A10. The company sources loans directly with Borrowers, and through the best mortgage bankers in the country. Since its inception, A10 has financed over 550+ individual transactions, totaling over $5.3 billion in senior secured bridge and permanent loans across 40 U.S. States. For more information, visit www.a10capital.com.
About Gemspring Capital
Gemspring Capital, a Westport, Connecticut-based private equity firm with $1.5 billion of capital under management, provides flexible capital solutions to lower middle market companies. Gemspring partners with talented management teams and takes a partnership approach to helping drive revenue growth and value creation. Target companies have up to $500 million in revenue and are in the aerospace & defense, business services, consumer services, financial and insurance services, healthcare services, industrial services, software and tech-enabled services, or specialty manufacturing sectors. For more information, visit www.gemspring.com.