Gladstone Capital

Gladstone Capital Corporation, trading on Nasdaq under the ticker GLAD, is a business development company that works with management teams, entrepreneurs and private equity sponsors to arrange financing for lower middle-market businesses nationwide. Founded in 2001, it was among the first funds of its kind to focus on lending to this segment. It forms part of the Gladstone group of investment funds. The firm concentrates on financing established, growth-oriented or recession-resistant businesses with cash flow able to support a leveraged capital structure, using its capital base and investment experience to arrange debt financing tailored to private equity buy-outs, acquisitions or growth capital. Investments are commonly structured as unitranche facilities to speed up closing, and may transition to subordinated debt as a business scales through further acquisitions. The company is based in McLean, VA.