TriLinc Global Acquires PAES for $7.5 million

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriLinc Global, LLC, a leading social impact investment company, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Cambridge, MA based, PAES, Inc., a provider of credit risk solutions for financial institutions in emerging market countries. TriLinc paid $7.5 million in a combination of stock, debt assumption and cash.

“and by expanding our model globally, we are able to create maximum economic, social and environmental impact for local economies.”

“TriLinc is committed to harnessing the power of private capital to bring about sustainable change in underdeveloped economies. To effectively deploy significant capital, we need scalable solutions. PAES is a unique analytic and risk assessment technology designed specifically for investing in emerging markets that compliments TriLinc’s other proprietary technology and models,” said Gloria Nelund, CEO of TriLinc.

“TriLinc’s global reach and broad scope offers PAES the ability to achieve scale in ways that we could not have on our own,” said Ray Rahman, CEO of PAES.

TriLinc Global is expanding its product offering to enable retail investors to make a difference in the world without sacrificing investment return. The offering provides investors a predictable cash flow, combined with demonstrated social and environmental impact, which requires an investment strategy that includes a broader range of debt and equity investments in developing countries.

“TriLinc has a history of empowering high impact entrepreneurs by providing capital and resources through a proprietary model called Capital3,” said Troy Wiseman, Chairman of TriLinc, “and by expanding our model globally, we are able to create maximum economic, social and environmental impact for local economies.”

In addition to providing services within TriLinc, the PAES team will continue to provide analytics services to its existing client base throughout Latin America and Asia.

About TriLinc Global, LLC

TriLinc Global, LLC is an investment company with offices in LA, Chicago, New York and Mexico City that invests in socially and economically conscious small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) world wide. By leveraging its US heartland roots and analytical technology, TriLinc is able to provide solid investment returns while ensuring positive social and environmental impact.

About PAES, Inc.

PAES, Inc., is a technology company that provides software and analytics solutions to financial institutions (bank, non-bank, and development) that serve SMEs in developing countries. PAES is a founding member of the MicroRisk Alliance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). PAES was founded by Ray Rahman, Tanir Helayel, Ashirul Amin.