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OUR BUSINESS

Investment Partners 

American Capital supports private equity sponsors with mezzanine debt, senior debt and equity investments in order to allow them to leverage their capital base. We provide cost effective capital that helps private equity groups get deals done.

American Capital has provided capital in support of equity sponsors such as:

21 Centrale Partners
3i
ABN AMRO Capital Finance
ABRY Partners
Accel-KKR
Advent International
Alchemy Partners
Allianz Capital Partners
Apax Partners
Arcapita
Argan Capital
Astorg Partners
Audax Private Equity
Aura Capital Group
Auriga Partners
Austin Ventures
Axa Private Equity
Bain Capital
Baird Capital Partners
Barclays Private Equity
BC Partners
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking
Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company
Behrman Capital
Blue Capital Management
Booth Creek Management
Brentwood Associates
Bridgepoint Capital
Bruckman, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
Caltius Equity Partners
Cambridge Capital
Candover Partners Ltd.
CapVest Equity Partners
Capzanine
Carlyle Venture Partners
Carousel Capital
Castle Harlan
Celerity Partners
Centre Partners
Cerberus Capital Management
Charles River Capital Partners
Charterhouse Capital Partners
Charterhouse Group International
Chequers
Churchill Equity and ESOP Capital Partners
Cinven Limited
Clear Creek Capital
ClearLight Partners
Code Hennessy & Simmons
Compass Group
Cortec Group
Crimson Investment
CVC Capital Partners
Demuth, Folger & Wetherill
Doughty Hanson & Co
Duke Street Capital
El Dorado Ventures
Electra Partners Europe
Engels Urso Follmer
EQT
Equity Continued
Exeter Capital Partners
Exponent Private Equity
Fenway Partners
Financiere Agache
Friend Skoler & Co.
Frontenac Company
George K. Baum Capital Partners
Glide Buy Out Partners
Goense Bounds & Partners
Golden Gate Capital
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
Graham Partners
Great Hill Partners
Growth Capital Partners
GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
H.I.G. Capital
Halpern, Denny & Co.
Harbour Group
Harvest Partners
ICV Capital Partners
Industrial Opportunity Partners
Institutional Venture Partners
Investcorp International
Keystone Holdings
Kohlberg & Co.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
KRG Capital Partners
Laminar Direct Capital
LBO France
Legal & General Ventures
Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking Partners
Liberty Partners
Lincolnshire Management
Lion Capital
Littlejohn & Company
Mellon Ventures
Monterey Capital Partners
Morgenthaler Partners
Nordic Capital
Northwest Equity Partners
Oak Hill Capital Management, Inc.
Odyssey Investment Partners
Olympus Partners
One Equity Partners
Onex Public Markets Group
Paine & Partners
Palladium Equity Partners
Parthenon Capital
Permira
Radius Partners
Red Diamond Capital
Redpoint Ventures
RFE Investments
Richard L. Scott Investments
Riverside Partners
Roark Capital
Sagard
SAP Ventures
Sentinel Capital Partners
Shoreview Industries
Sorenson Capital
Stephens Group, Inc.
Sterling Investment Partners
Sterling Ventures
Stone Creek Capital
Stratford Capital Partners
Thayer Capital Partners
The Blackstone Group
Thoma Cressey Bravo
Thompson Street Capital Partners
TMB Industries
Trident Capital
Trivest Partners
U.S. Renewables Group
Vestar Capital Partners
Warburg Pincus
Weinburg Capital Partners
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
WENDEL Investissement
Westar Capital
Westbury Capital Partners
Weston Presidio
Wimbledon Partners
Wind Point Partners
Windjammer Capital Investors


One-Stop Financing Capability

American Capital has the unique capability to provide one-stop financing, funding everything from senior debt to equity. This unique capability allows us and our equity sponsor partners to:

  • Reduce execution risk and time to closing
  • Conduct more streamlined due diligence
  • Avoid inter-creditor issues

Value Added

Because many of our principals have equity backgrounds, we look at transactions as buyers, not as lenders. We are familiar with the many complex issues that arise in due diligence, and in negotiations with sellers, lenders, and seniors senior managers. We can respond quickly to potential investments and contribute to solving problems that arise in transactions.