MiddleGround Capital, LLC

Saratoga Investment Corp NewSAR · Asset ManagementNew York, United States

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Saratoga Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in leveraged and management buyouts, acquisition financings, growth financings, recapitalization, debt refinancing, and transitional financing transactions at the lower end of middle market companies. The fund structures its investments as debt and equity by investing through first and second lien loans, mezzanine debt, co-investments, select high yield bonds, senior secured bonds, unsecured bonds, and preferred and common equity. The fund prefers to invest in aerospace, automotive aftermarket and services, business products and services, consumer products and services, education, environmental services, industrial services, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare products and services, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, restaurants services, food services, software services, technology services, specialty chemical, media and telecommunications. The fund seeks to invest in the United States. The fund primarily invests between $60 million and $75 million in companies having EBITDA of $2 million or greater and revenues between $10 million and $150 million. It targets annual revenues between $8 and $250 million. The fund prefers to take a majority stake. The fund invests through direct lending as well as participation in loan syndicates.

The Sterling Group is an operationally focused middle-market private equity firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm partners with management teams to build and grow industrial, manufacturing, and distribution businesses.

Sleeping Giant Capital Corp.SSX · Asset ManagementCanada

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Sleeping Giant Capital is a private equity and investment firm that provides permanent capital and succession alternatives for closely held businesses. The company operates programs to train, prepare, and back aspiring owner-operators to acquire, manage, and grow local enterprises, primarily in West Michigan.

Bertram Capital Management is a private equity firm that engages in leveraged buyouts and investments across various industries. The firm manages capital to acquire and grow businesses, with evidence of operations in states like Arizona and Ohio.

Fidus Investment Corporation functions as a Business Development Company (BDC), offering capital solutions for diverse corporate endeavors. These encompass management buyouts, debt restructuring, ownership transitions, capital reorganizations, strategic acquisitions, and initiatives for growth and business expansion, frequently employing mezzanine financing. The firm's financial instruments span a variety of debt options, including senior secured, unitranche, subordinated, junior secured, and second lien loans, in addition to senior subordinated notes, preferred equity, and warrants. Notably, Fidus explicitly refrains from investing in distressed companies or those undergoing turnarounds. The company prioritizes investments in sectors such as aerospace and defense, a broad spectrum of business services, consumer products and services (including retail, food, and beverage), healthcare products and services, industrial goods and services, information technology services, specialized manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and value-added distribution. Its geographic focus is exclusively on enterprises located within the United States. Fidus typically commits between $5 million and $15 million per transaction, targeting companies with annual revenues ranging from $10 million to $150 million and annual EBITDA between $3 million and $20 million; however, it retains the flexibility to pursue opportunities beyond these standard financial parameters. Furthermore, the firm aims to secure minority equity positions and board observation rights in conjunction with its capital deployments.

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. functions as a business development company, primarily making direct investments. The firm provides a diverse array of financing, including first and second lien senior secured loans, unsecured debt, mezzanine debt, and equity stakes. It focuses its investment efforts on the middle market segment. Industries of interest include healthcare and pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense, high technology, business services, software, the beverage, food, and tobacco sectors, hospitality, gaming, and leisure, banking, finance, and insurance, and real estate. Geographically, Carlyle Secured Lending invests in companies located in the United States, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and the United Kingdom. It typically targets businesses generating an EBITDA between $25 million and $100 million.