Alt-finance firm lines up €16.6m worth of Irish deals

Capital Step has already funded Welltel, the Dublin-based business telecoms provider, and financed the buyout of Berkley Recruitment

Sean Melnick is an investor in the company

Capital Step, an alternative finance provider, has a deal pipeline of £15 million (€16.6 million) specifically targeted at small and medium-sized Irish enterprises, with a deal completion deadline of March 2018.

This year, the company has already funded Welltel, the Dublin-based business telecoms provider, and financed the management buyout of Berkley Recruitment, a specialist recruiter in the Irish pharmaceutical and technology sectors. Capital Step is led by Jonathan Schneider, a veteran in the ...