About Forje Capital │ Private Credit with Operator Judgment

Michael Orrbrooke

President

Michael has spent his career building and running businesses, not analyzing them from the outside. He knows what it's like to make payroll on a Friday with a client invoice that's still 45 days out, and to watch a real opportunity slip away because capital wasn't available fast enough to move on it.

That experience is why Forje exists. Michael founded the firm to be the lender he wishes he'd had access to — one that understands the pressure points of running a business firsthand, moves with urgency, and treats every conversation like it's with a peer, not an applicant. He stays personally involved in every file Forje takes on.

Why Forje

Built for situations banks move too slowly to understand.

We combine credit discipline with operator judgment, helping Canadian businesses access capital when timing, collateral, complexity, or growth creates a need for private lending.

Speed

Preliminary feedback quickly once we understand the company, collateral, and timing.

Flexibility

Structures built around the real economics of your business, not a rigid checklist.

Direct Access

You work directly with the people who review your file and make the decision.

Practical Underwriting

We evaluate the full picture — assets, context, and commercial reality.

Our Approach

A Canadian private credit platform.

Forje provides flexible lending solutions for Canadian companies, including accounts receivable financing, asset-backed lending, SR&ED financing, DMTC financing, leasing, bridge loans, and special situations capital.

We bring a practical, relationship-driven approach to lending, with a focus on speed, transparency, and structures that match the real economics of a business. All financing is subject to due diligence, underwriting, legal documentation, and approval.

Private credit with operator judgment.