Redefining commercial lending for growing brands and hotel groups

Bridge combines technology and hands-on execution to simplify financing for your businesses. Our technology streamlines the process while our experts guide your financing all the way through closing and funding.

Our Mission

Bridge is here to democratize lending

Bridge simplifies access to capital by helping businesses start at the right place. Our platform uses technology to streamline the loan process, aligning each request with todays underwriting requirements, so financing moves faster and terms are more competitive.

Our Story

Our founders, Rohit and Harte, spent over 10 years at Citibank, working with large corporations and seeing first hand the red-carpet treatment large corporates recieve from lenders, while growing businesses struggled to get meetings. And even when those businesses do connect, the process was slow, complicated, and the rates weren’t competitive.

They built Bridge to fix that...

Our Growth

2023

Launch and Spinout of Bridge from

Rohit and Harte, then bankers at Citi co-founded an internal initiative called Bridge build by Citi, a digital lending platform designed to help growing and mid-sized businesses get simplified access to capital. As part of Citi’s strategy to scale the platform, Bridge spun out in 2023, with Citi retaining a minority shareholder position.

2023–2024

Rapid Expansion

In its first two years as an independent company, Bridge forged deep partnerships with leading hospitality and real estate brands, including Hilton, Choice Hotels, Red Roof, and AAHOA. In parallel, Bridge entered the CPG space, building financing programs alongside partners such as Walmart, Dollar General, and Best Buy, and Chipotle.

2025

Franchise Financing Growth

Bridge partnered with The UPS Store to provide franchise owners access to financing for launching new locations and upgrading existing facilities, marking an expansion into franchise development support.

2 Years SINCE OUR LAUNCH

Bridge supports the brands you trust every day

Word is getting out

Bridge in the press

Since our launch in 2023, we've secured financing for hundreds of the brands that power the biggest retailers, hotel chains, and franchises in the US.

Walmart and Citi Introduce Bridge for Walmart Suppliers

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