Acquiring Company
KKR
Acquired Company
Merchants Mortgage Trust & Corporation
Description
KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that KKR has acquired Merchants Mortgage Trust & Corporation, LLC (“MMTC” or the “Company”), a real estate lending platform specializing in short-term mortgage products for experienced individual residential real estate investors. KKR is making its investment in MMTC through its private credit funds and accounts as part of the firm’s Asset-Based Finance (ABF) investment strategy, which pursues privately originated investments backed by diversified pools of hard and financial assets.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed