direct-lending
Business & Financial Services
Provider of Consumer Loans
Above Lending is a consumer lending company that provides debt consolidation loan programs to eligible consumers.
Consumer & Retail
Provider of Managed Mobility, Storage and Entertainment Solutions
VENU+ is a leading outsourced provider of entertainment and need-based guest and tourist solutions across high-traffic destinations worldwide.
Healthcare
Dental Service Organization
Oak Dental Partners is a dental service organization (DSO) that focuses on the acquisition and development of pediatric, family dental, and orthodontic practices located primarily in the Southeast.
Consumer & Retail
Operator of Polished Casual Restaurants
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is a polished casual American restaurant chain with an energetic twist on the traditional grill, featuring a boldly flavored menu in a stylish, fire-centric atmosphere.
Business & Financial Services
Provider of Supplemental Literacy Curriculum
EPS School Specialty is a leading developer of curriculum products and services that enhance literacy and math skills for K-12th grade students. EPS School Specialty partners with school districts nationwide to provide supplemental literacy education programs for students. Its literacy curriculum includes teacher materials, student workbooks, in-class reading and learning exercises, and other literacy activities and assessments.
Healthcare
Provider of Outpatient Cardiology Services
Cardiovascular Logistics is a comprehensive physician practice management platform providing the logistics to integrate the nation’s best cardiology practices into one robust cardiovascular solution.
Business & Financial Services
Provider of Consumer Financial Services
JG Wentworth is a consumer financial services offering structured settlement payment purchasing, annuity payment purchasing, lottery and casino payment purchasing, and debt resolution services.
Healthcare
Provider of Behavioral Health Services
Bradford Health Services is one of the largest and longest-tenured providers of substance abuse treatment and recovery services in the Southeastern United States.
Healthcare
Provider of digital healthcare solutions
CheckedUp is a provider of digital point-of-care patient education. CheckedUp manages a digital network of interactive wallboards and TV consoles in medical, specialty care and corporate settings that provide health-related information and education.
Business & Financial Services
Provider of debt resolution services
Beyond Finance is provider of success fee-based debt resolution services, offering personalized debt reduction programs and tools to help consumers consolidate and resolve debt.
Consumer & Retail
Retailer of Specialty Beverages
Fat Tuesday is among the nation’s largest off-premise specialty beverage retailers, specializing in to-go frozen specialty drinks sold through corporate and franchised retail locations in the U.S. and internationally.
Consumer & Retail
Operator of chain of Mexican-themed restaurants
Ojos Locos operates a chain of Mexican-themed sports bars and restaurants with locations throughout the American Southwest that offer Latin-influenced cuisine and feature popular televised sporting events.
Consumer & Retail
Voluntary Employee Benefit Provider of Payroll Enabled Purchases
Purchasing Power offers a leading employee purchase program for consumer products and services, and financial tools and resources to improve employee financial wellness. Purchasing Power serves Fortune 500 companies, associations, and government agencies, giving millions of employees immediate access to products and services, with no interest, fees, or credit checks.
Business & Financial Services
Operator of Pawn Stores
SMART operates a network of independent pawn stores in the United States and Canada. With nearly 90 locations and six unique brands, SMART is the third largest pawn chain in North America.
Industrials
Manufacturer of Specialty Films and Sheeting
Viaflex (formerly Raven Engineered Films) is a leading provider and installer of highly engineered polymer protective sheeting products used in a variety of agriculture, construction, geomembrane, and industrial applications in major markets worldwide. Viaflex produces covers, liners, films and other products for critical resource protection needs that require precise custom fabrications.
Consumer & Retail
E-Commerce Retailer of Luxury Sleep Products
Saatva is a leading direct-to-consumer (DTC) online retailer of luxury mattresses and sleep products.
Business & Financial Services
Provider of Consumer Leases for Pre-Owned Motorcycles
Horsepower is a specialty consumer leasing business focused on the pre-owned Harley-Davidson motorcycle market.
Healthcare Services
Provider of Behavioral Health Services
Oceans Healthcare provides behavioral health services for adult and geriatric patients across Texas and Louisiana, with a focus on treating cognitive and progressive mental health symptoms, in inpatient healthcare facilities and intensive outpatient programs.
Business & Financial Services
Provider of Educational Staffing Services
Education Solution Services is a leading provider of K-12 staffing management services and virtual instruction services.
Consumer & Retail
Operator and Franchisor of Full-Service Cafes
Another Broken Egg is a restaurant operator and franchisor of a chain of full-service daytime-only cafes that offer innovative menus of southern-inspired dishes.
Industrials
Distributor of Natural Gas Meters and Equipment
KGM provides measurement and regulation equipment and related services to the natural gas utility industry.
Consumer & Retail
Multi-Brand Restaurant Operating Group
P.J. Whelihan’s Restaurant Group, (“PJW”) is a restaurant operator of dining concepts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The majority operate as P.J. Whelihan’s Pub and Restaurant, a chain of American bar-and-grill-themed sports bars. PJW’s other brands include The Pour House, Treno Pizza Bar, The ChopHouse, The ChopHouse Grille, and Central Taco and Tequila.
Healthcare
Operator of Veterinary Hospital Network
CareVet is a leading operator of independent veterinary hospitals throughout the United States.
Healthcare Services
Provider of Telehealth Services
Avel eCare is among the world’s largest virtual care providers, delivering two-way video telehealth care to a variety of healthcare facilities, including health systems, rural hospitals, critical care units, outpatient clinics, and long-term facilities.
Business & Financial Services
Provider of Debt Resolution Services
ClearOne is the second largest provider of success fee-based debt resolution services in the U.S. Consumers enroll in a debt settlement program with ClearOne, who will negotiate a settlement with the creditor and collect a success fee once the debt is settled.
Transportation & Logistics
Business & Financial Services
Consumer & Retail
Business & Financial Services
Healthcare
Leader in cardiovascular and neuromodulation solutions
Industrials
Operator of desalination and water treatment facilities
TMT
SaaS-based provider of care management solutions
TMT
Provider of software and payment processing
Consumer & Retail
Fast-Casual Restaurant
Industrials
Aerospace Component Manufacturer
Consumer & Retail
Franchisee of boutique fitness studios
TMT
E-commerce software solution
Business & Financial Services
Outsourced legal recovery services
Business & Financial Services
Provider of account management and payment processing services
Industrials
Specialty distributor of oil, propane and other petroleum products and related services to homeowners and small businesses.
TMT
Local exchange telecommunications carrier
Healthcare Services
Provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the United States
Healthcare Services
Pediatric Urgent Care Services
Business & Financial Services
Digital direct-to-consumer insurance broker
Business & Financial Services
Pre-owned motorcycle leasing company
Industrials
Provider of desalination and water filtration solutions
Consumer & Retail
Provider of health and beauty accessories
Consumer & Retail
Sure Fit is a leading marketer and distributor of furniture slipcovers, furniture protectors, shower curtains, window curtains, decorative pillows, and bath hardware and accessories
Consumer & Retail
Franchisor of health and wellness centers
Consumer & Retail
Franchisor of quick casual restaurants
Healthcare Services
Leading healthcare enterprise software provider
Business & Financial Services
WIS provides inventory verification services (“IVS”) and retail merchandising services (“RMS”) to discount retail and grocery customers
Consumer & Retail
Miller’s Ale House owns and operates over 80 casual dining restaurants across 12 states
Consumer & Retail
Leading personal emergency response systems (PERS) provider
Consumer & Retail
Specialty entertainment retailer offering a large selection of new and pre-owned movies, video games, and music products, as well as ancillary products such as books, comics, toys and collectibles
Business & Financial Services
Provider of creative alternatives to retail customers that cannot secure traditional financing through a proprietary point-of-sale technology platform
Business & Financial Services
Provider of alternative financing solutions to small businesses in Canada
Healthcare Services
Leading independent provider of outsourced ED management to hospitals in the U.S.
Consumer & Retail
The world’s first and largest network of self-service kiosks for accurate key duplication
Business & Financial Services
Dealership operator of pre-owned vehicles with specialty lease financing product
Business & Financial Services
Canadian consumer finance retailer operating more than 100 financial service centers which cater to under banked near prime and subprime consumers
Industrials
Largest producer of FDA-approved, bottle-grade recycled polyethylene terephthalate resins in the US
Healthcare Services
Middle-market, full-service pharmacy benefit management company
Healthcare Services
A leading patient financial engagement company
Business & Financial Services
A transaction processing independent sales organization specializing in payment acceptance
Consumer & Retail
Largest domestic Outback Steakhouse franchisee in the U.S.
Business & Financial Services
A cross-border payments provider
Consumer & Retail
Provider of portable fans and heaters in the U.S.
Healthcare Services
Path Medical Holdings, Inc. is a provider of fully-integrated acute trauma treatment and diagnostic imaging solutions to patients injured in automobile and non-work related accidents.
Industrials
Brock Holdings III, Inc is an industrial maintenance solutions provider of scaffolding, insulation, coatings, and other related services to the petrochemical, refining, oil sands and power generation end markets
Healthcare Services
Acuity Eye Specialists is a medical group providing vertically integrated eye care services through various clinical entities.
Industrials
Automotive parts aftermarket and original-equipment-manufacturer.
TMT
Manager of a portfolio of more than 83 unique outdoor advertising assets. The portfolio of assets is comprised of urban wallscapes, digital signs, billboards, barricades and transit signs, with a focus on premium locations within top designated market areas.
TMT
Global licensor of 3D cinema systems and other visual technologies to motion picture exhibitors, consumer electronics manufacturers and content distributors.
Business & Financial Services
Supplier of OEM-compatible copier and printer supplies to over 12,000 customers across 130 countries.
Business & Financial Services
Specialty retailer operating as one of the largest independent agents in the Verizon Wireless network.
Business & Financial Services
Northern Leasing Systems is a leading lessor of point of sale credit card processing terminals to small and mid sized merchants in the United States and Canada.
Business & Financial Services
Multi-Bank Securities is a broker dealer of CDs and government-backed US Agency securities.
Specialty Finance
Crest Financial is a provider of lease financing to nonprime consumers.
Business & Financial Services
Iron Data Systems is a case management and regulatory software company.
Healthcare Services
Aisthesis is a practice management firm that provides non-clinical services to anesthesia professional corporations.
Business & Financial Services
Freedom Financial is a consumer finance company focused on the debt settlement business.
TMT
Z Wireless is a merger of two of the largest independent agent retailers for Verizon Wireless. Z Wireless stores sell a comprehensive mix of wireless devices, accessories and insurance coverage.
Healthcare Services
Client Network Services, Inc. is a healthcare focused IT contractor that provides solutions to state government Medicaid ERP systems and projects for Federal healthcare entities.
TMT
SDS Inc. (d/b/a Blue) is a software company focused on complete graphics process management for brands. Their software is used by customers for all processes surrounding the development and management of product labels/artwork.
Business & Financial Services
United Medicare Advisors is a insurance broker for predominately Medicare Supplement insurance products. The Company utilizes an online marketing strategy to generate leads to their call center of licensed insurance agents. The Company contracts with insurance carriers to offer consumers a product agnostic price/benefit comparison of MedSup plans across states.
TMT
Travel Holdings, Inc. is a technology-driven, global travel distributor providing business-to-business and business-to-consumer services. Travel Holdings, Inc. has negotiated wholesale rate contracts with hotels throughout the world. The Company has customer relationships with online/offline travel agencies, member’s rewards clubs and other travel distribution channel providers. Travel Holdings, Inc. has a global reach, though has a particular strength in bringing European and Latin American travelers to United States destinations. The Company’s proprietary technology system provides internal business intelligence, analytics and connectivity with customers.
Consumer & Retail
Guckenheimer Enterprises, Inc. is a manager and operator of corporate dining facilities throughout the United States, specializing in healthy and organic food. Their solutions include corporate cafes and restaurants, executive dining room coordination, juice and espresso bars, street food carts, catering and event services, corporate convenient stores and vending management.
Business & Financial Services
Why Not Lease It is a provider of operating lease financing to nonprime consumers.
Healthcare Services
Nephron Pharmaceuticals is a manufacturer of generic drugs used to treat respiratory related ailments using “Blow-Fill-Seal” technology, a packaging process that forms, fills and seals a vial in an aseptic process, without human intervention, in a sterile enclosed area. The Company primarily sells through wholesalers to hospitals, pharmacies and other retailers, which collectively negotiate pricing through group purchasing organizations.
Specialty Finance
Easyhome is a merchandise leasing and consumer lending company with significant operations in Canada and the United States. The business operates through two business units: Easyhome Leasing and Easyfinancial Services.
Industrials
Precision Valve Corporation is a manufacturer of aerosol valves and a leader in dispensing systems, serving customers from its global network of manufacturing plants and distribution facilities located around the world. The Company manufacturers aerosol valves, actuators, buttons, domes, and pumps for products in the personal-care, food and beverage, household, industrial, insecticide, pharmaceutical and automotive aftermarket markets.
Specialty Finance
Kilowatt Financial, LLC is a consumer-focused finance company focused on residential clean energy and energy efficiency equipment and services with two core business units – Generation and Lending. The Company’s Generation segment owns residential rooftop distributed generation solar PV systems and leases or sells power to consumers over the useful life of the equipment. Kilowatt’s Lending segment lends money to consumers to acquire residential PV, re-roof their home in preparation for residential PV or for energy efficiency home improvements. The Company also sources, underwrites, diligences and executes opportunistic transactions in the residential solar space.
TMT
Egenera, Inc. is a multi-national cloud and data center infrastructure management software company that develops and sells software to enterprises. The Company’s products enable enterprises and service providers to (i) design, manage and virtualize their computing infrastructure and (ii) quickly create and manage secure and reliable private, hybrid or public cloud services. The Company’s software products are sold via perpetual licenses and subscriptions, with related maintenance and support services. Egenera’s customers include cloud service providers, financial services firms, healthcare organizations and government agencies.
Business & Financial Services
Merchant Cash and Capital Management is a specialty finance company that provides cash advances to small businesses in exchange for a right to collect a portion of future credit card receivables.
Industrials
Empire Die Casting Company is a precision die caster of a broad range of aluminum and zinc components, including engine covers, pump housings and motor counterweights, all of which range in size from several ounces to up to 30 pounds.
Business & Financial Services
California Products Corporation is a provider of specialty chemical coatings used for interior and exterior residential paint applications, tennis court and track surface coatings and environmental remediation coatings.
Healthcare Services
Universal Marine Medical Supply International is a supplier of medical and pharmaceutical supplies to the maritime industry. Customers are ocean vessels such as container ships, tankers, and cruise ships. Customers purchase non-discretionary items that are mandated via World Health Organization regulatory standards. The supplies are typically used or perish due to expiration, which creates a recurring customer base.
Specialty Finance
Chrome Capital is a provider of consumer leases for used Harley-Davidson motorcycles through exclusive partnerships with Harley-Davidson and independent dealers.
Specialty Finance
City Title Loan is a provider of consumer automobile title loans.
TMT
RMG Networks Holding Corporation is an SPAC (NASDAQ: RMGN) that acquired and merged Reach Media Group and Symon Communications. The Company provides custom software, hardware, and real-time data integration solutions via digital signage, primarily to call centers and employee communications. The Company is a leading provider of airline digital video media networks in the United States and places digital advertising in airplanes, in airline executive lounges, through Wi-Fi sponsorships and other adjacencies.
Business & Financial Services
Dataforce is a business process outsourcing services provider in the United States and the United Kingdom that is focused on call center activities. The Company conducts accounts receivable management collections work for Fortune 500 companies and has other call center business activities. Headquartered in Atlanta, Gerogia, Dataforce has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Costa Rica and India.
Consumer & Retail
Southern Technical College is a Title IV accredited post-secondary technical school located in Central Florida with campuses on the outskirts of Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida. The Company was founded in 2000 and operates programs in 1) Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, 2) Medical Assisting, 3) Medical Billing and Coding, 4) Electrical Trades and 5) Massage Therapy. The Company accepts enrollments monthly and degrees require 18 months for completion.
Transportation & Logistics
Provide airline services in U.S.
Consumer & Retail
Karmaloop is an ecommerce business that sells apparel, shoes and accessories with a specific focus on global urban fashion and street wear.
Industrials
Primo Water is a provider of exchangeable multi-gallon purified bottled water (1 to 5 gallons), self-serve refill filtered drinking water and water dispensers sold through major retailers throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, Primo offers its new Flavor Station(TM) countertop, single serve, home beverage carbonation system. The Company sells its products through retail locations.
Business & Financial Services
Halifax Media Group is the parent company of The Daytona Beach News-Journal, which, prior to the acquisition of Regional Media Group, operated out of seven cities in Volusia and Flagler County in east central Florida.
Industrials
Chicago Miniature Lighting is a manufacturer of lights and lighting systems to the automotive industry. The Company mainly serves as a Tier I or Tier II supplier to automotive OEMs.
TMT
Multiband is an operator an institutional fixed-income securities broker-dealer.
Healthcare Services
Alana Healthcare is a healthcare services company based in Tennessee. Alana rents and sells durable medical equipment such as non-invasive ventilation care, and other home medical equipment. Additionally, the Company has a high touch model that monitors patient data and clinical outcomes and is focused primarily on smaller markets and conditions that are underserved by larger competitors.
Industrials
Lemon-X is a manufacturer and seller of juice, cocktail mixers, water, tea, coffee, and other related beverages. The Company primarily sells its products to nursing homes, hospitals, healthcare facilities, resorts/hotels, casinos, schools, dormitories, prisons, and other institutional settings.
Business & Financial Services
Absolute Collection Service is a healthcare collection agency and healthcare revenue cycle solutions company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Company provides traditional credit and bad debt collection services to healthcare organizations, and also specializes in helping healthcare organizations address and resolve active, self-pay and third-party receivables.
TMT
Digital Domain is an award-winning digital production company, providing computer-generated animation and digital visual effects for major motion picture studios and advertisers. The Company’s filmography of major motion pictures includes work on “Thor”, “TRON: Legacy”, the Transformers trilogy, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Apollo 13” and “Titanic”. Additionally, the Company’s digital production capabilities include the creation of CG animated content, performance capture, the conversion of two-dimensional (“2D”) imagery into three-dimensional (“3D” ) imagery and CG visual effects such as fluid simulation, terrain generation and photorealistic animation.
Healthcare Services
Integrated Oncology Network is an investor in radiation oncology centers. The Company provides strategic services including, but not limited to, physician relations, payer contract negotiation, and billing and collection.
Business & Financial Services
The Kamson Corporation is an operator of a property management business and acts as a general partner in certain real estate investments in Northeast.
Industrials
Acme Lift Company is a wholesale renter of late-model, large capacity aerial work platforms. Acme’s fleet consists of AWPs strategically located throughout the United States and Canada providing customers just-in-time access to equipment. The Company’s equipment is stored on the lots of its customers which eliminates the infrastructure burden common to the industry. Customers include national, regional and local retail rental companies.
Business & Financial Services
Human capital and technology performance solutions
Industrials
Whitehall Industries is a supplier of high quality, cost effective precision aluminum extrusions and machined/fabricated components primarily used in automotive applications, as well as in other industry applications for business machines and consumer goods. The Company specializes in the design and manufacturing of vehicle sunroof systems and sunroof components used in the automotive industry.
TMT
SelectCore is a provider of transaction processing for prepaid telecom, prepaid financial and transaction based point of sale activation solutions utilizing its own network and proprietary technology.
Michael Falk
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Robert O’Sullivan
Managing Partner
Jason Gelberd
Partner, Co-Head of Direct Lending
Greg Reynolds
Partner, Co-Head of Direct Lending
Dan Lee
Partner
Tom Goila
Partner
Chris O’Donnell
Managing Director
Brian Cercek
Managing Director
Nicholas McClelland
Managing Director
Bryce Peterson
Managing Director
Tim Kim
Managing Director
Andrew Goldsmith
Managing Director of Capital Markets
Joe Higginbotham
Managing Director
Renee Rempe
Managing Director
Scott Soracoe
Managing Director
Rachel Bazan
Principal
Colin Beazley
Principal
Brenden Gallinek
Principal
Brendan Green
Principal
Kamau Hixon
Principal
Alex Biehl
Vice President
Alex Knowland
Vice President
Enrique Viciana
Vice President
Greg Barnett
Senior Associate
Taylor Christo
Senior Associate
Phillip Flesch
Senior Associate
Davis Lane
Senior Associate
Santiago Marti Garro
Senior Associate
Connor Page
Senior Associate
Dvivid Trivedi
Senior Associate
Rhett Haney
Associate
Conor Dolan
Associate
Jarrett Janzer
Associate
Mace Lieberman
Associate
Zach Silverhardt
Associate
Dan Vechiola
Associate
Kai Aronson
Analyst
Robert Priddy
Senior Advisor