About Us
Your Corporate Debt Advisory Partner
Lantern Capital is an award-winning corporate debt advisory firm headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, serving established businesses across North America.
Founded and led by Bav Malhi — a former commercial banker with two of Canada's leading banks and recipient of the 2024 Monitor NextGen Leader Award — the firm pairs disciplined deal structuring with real credit and capital-markets acumen, backed by a team of former bankers and credit analysts.
Recognized by the Globe and Mail among Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2022, 2023, and 2024, to date, Lantern Capital, has deployed over $2.98 billion in capital across more than 1000 advised transactions, spanning commercial real estate, equipment finance, business acquisition lending, and corporate debt structuring.
Bav Malhi
CEO & Founder
Recognized by The Globe and Mail — Canada's Top Growing Companies, 2022–2024
$2.98 Billion+
Capital Deployed
1000+
Deals Advised
North America Wide
Lender Network
Who We Work With
We work with business owners raising capital without an in-house finance team, and with the CFOs, accountants, and advisors who support them — acting as the outsourced corporate finance desk behind each of them.
Our Mission
Our mission is to democratize access to capital for businesses in North America; and we pursue it by aligning our success with yours, building Lantern Capital as the bridge between companies and a broad network of institutional and alternative lenders across the capital markets. We structure each request around how the business actually operates, then place it with the right lender, so you spend less time chasing financing and more time running the business.
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Why Everyone from SMEs to Fortune 500 Subsidiaries Chooses Us
The capital-markets desk your business can call on
Whether you're a business owner without an in-house finance team or a CFO or accountant supporting a client, we act as your corporate finance desk — sourcing lenders, structuring the request, and closing the deal. You stay in charge of the relationship; we handle the financing behind you.
We structure across the full balance sheet
When a business needs to reshape its debt or fund against the whole balance sheet, we bring senior, alternative, and specialty lenders to one table and get them working on a single structure — coordination most brokers can't do.
Our success is tied to yours
On most engagements we work on a success-fee basis — we're paid when your financing closes, not before. Our incentive is to fund your deal on the best terms, not to bill regardless of outcome. It's a deliberate model, and it's how we make access to capital more equitable.
Recognized, Connected, Trusted
Former bankers and underwriters who structure and place your financing.
Our Approach
With a commitment to full transparency, we provide clear terms and conditions, ensuring that every detail of your financing agreement is comprehensible.
We structure each request around how the business actually operates, then place it with the right lender, so you spend less time chasing financing and more time running the business.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be a leading corporate debt advisory across North America. We believe that helping businesses access the right capital, on the right terms, strengthens the industries they operate in. Everyone Wins!
