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Merchants Capital Surpasses $1B in Tax Credit Equity in 2024
Merchants Capital announced $1.08 billion in fund investments closed across the firm’s multi-investor, proprietary and state credit offerings for 2024.
The firm’s capital raise, which has surpassed $2.1 billion since the platform launched in 2021, comprises $900 million in multi-investor offerings, $68.8 million in state credit syndications and $1.1 billion in proprietary fund investments.
In January 2025, the firm closed Merchants Capital Tax Credit Equity Fund 21, LLC, a $131.2 million multi-investor fund with eight bank investors. In September 2024, the firm closed Merchants Capital Tax Credit Equity Fund 19, L.P., its largest-ever fund capital raise at $293 million with an institutional investor.
“In only four years, we have built a $2.1 billion investment portfolio managed on behalf of more than 40 institutional investors that provides capital for the construction and preservation of safe, quality affordable housing for more than 19,000 families in 26 states,” said Julie Sharp, Executive Vice President at Merchants Capital.
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