# FNBO

Omaha's sponsor desk, fundless sponsors named.

The sponsor finance team of an Omaha bank, lending cash flow based senior debt to U.S. lower middle market operating companies with more than $2 million of EBITDA and $10 to $100 million of enterprise value, for closed-end funds, fundless sponsors and family offices, with a dated list of representative facilities from $1 million to $33 million on the page.

- Category: SBA & Acquisition Lenders
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://www.fnbo.com/commercial-banking/sponsor-finance

## At a Glance

The representative deals are the reason to read it: a [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) can see the desk closing $10 million facilities for [independent sponsors](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/independent-sponsor) before making the call.

## What It Costs

Loan products; terms by term sheet. The page publishes the EBITDA floor, the enterprise value band and a dated list of closed facilities, and no rates (per fnbo.com, September 2026).

## Best For

A buyer with a fund or a fundless sponsor structure behind them and a company past two million of [EBITDA](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/ebitda) who wants to see what size the desk has actually closed

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Publishes a list of representative transactions with sizes and months, so the desk's real range is on the page
- Pro: Names fundless sponsors and family offices with a direct strategy beside closed-end funds
- Pro: U.S.-based companies rather than a home region, by its own page
- Pro: Facilities on the page run from $1 million to $33 million, so a small deal is not out of range
- Con: No [search fund](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/search-fund) or searcher is named; the closest term is fundless sponsor
- Con: The page states no maximum loan and no geography beyond U.S.-based

## What Searchers Say

The page dates its representative transactions from 2022 to 2026, several of them acquisitions by independent sponsors. No searcher-forum discussion of the desk was found.

## Sources

- https://www.fnbo.com/commercial-banking/sponsor-finance
- https://www.fnbo.com/about-us

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Source: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/fnbo
Last checked: 2026-09-18

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