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Business Development Companies

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About the BDC Council

Created in 1980 with overwhelming bipartisan Congressional support, Business Development Companies (BDCs) are job-creating engines that provide access to capital for American small- and medium-sized businesses. BDCs invest in and provide management expertise to these companies to help them grow. BDCs invest more than 70% of their total assets in “eligible portfolio companies,” which are generally defined as public and private U.S. operating companies valued at under $250 million. In addition to providing access to capital for small and middle market companies, BDCs also allow individual investors access to highly-regulated investment opportunities that were once available to only wealthy individuals and institutional investors.

BDC Fast Facts

There are currently 138 BDCs with over $274 billion in AUM investing in small- and medium-sized businesses across the country.

There are 47 publicly traded BDCs with $130 billion in aggregate assets, allowing ordinary investors a chance to purchase shares in the growth of middle market America.

There are 69 private BDCs with $57 billion in aggregate assets.

There are 22 non-traded BDCs with aggregate assets of $87 billion.

Where do Business Development Companies Invest?

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BDC Success Stories

Encore Dredging Partners – League City, TX

Encore Dredging Partners (EDP) was founded to be the premier mid-sized cutter suction and mechanical dredging services provider focused on navigable waterways throughout the United States. With over 75 years of combined dredging and marine infrastructure services experience in the leadership team, EDP delivers quality services to a diverse client base of private owners and…

Sokol & Company – Countryside, IL

Sokol & Company was founded in 1895 and headquartered in Countryside, Illinois. Sokol is a SQF Level III certified wet-fill manufacturer of food ingredients and retail-ready food products. Sokol serves a nationwide group of food manufacturers, retail brands, and retail grocers and produces sauces, dressings, marinades, glazes, frostings, pastes, ice cream ribbons and bases, fudge,…

National Trench Safety – Houston, Texas

National Trench Safety is the largest independent provider of trench shoring and safety solutions in the U.S. The company offers rentals of underground equipment and trench safety products – including excavation braces, aluminum trench boxes and road plate – that are used for infrastructure maintenance and construction across a wide range of end markets. Founded…

Genex Services – Wayne, Pennsylvania

Now an Enlyte Company Genex was founded in 1978 with the same directive it operates under today – helping injured workers return to their jobs in a safe and efficient manner through compassionate case management, thus reducing health care costs and disability expenses for customers. Now part of Enlyte — the parent company of Mitchell,…

Momentum Telecom – Birmingham, Alabama

Momentum Telecom was founded in 2001 as a business telephone provider.  It has since expanded through several key acquisitions to become one of the top providers of fully integrated data and voice services to broadband providers as well as a leading provider in the hosted VoIP industry. Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has been investor in…

Televerde – Phoenix, Arizona

Televerde is a global demand generation company that provides sales and marketing solutions to help clients generate demand and nurture leads. Services include Marketing Technology Services, Strategic Engagement Planning, Data Intelligence, Demand Generation & Teleservices, and Inside Sales. The company started out in a small trailer based at the Arizona State Prison Complex – Phoenix prison…

Easy Ice – Marquette, Michigan

Easy Ice is a provider of ice machine service contracts serving over 8,000 customers across 46 states. Easy Ice is the only national company offering a comprehensive subscription service for commercial ice machines that includes all repairs, preventative maintenance and more. “We are thrilled to have Saratoga continue as our strategic partner with an increased…

Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing – Houston, TX

Located in the 29th Congressional district of Texas, with offices and operations in other Congressional districts in Texas and Oklahoma District Representative, Sylvia Garcia Centre Technologies (Centre or the Company) (https://www.centretechnologies.com/) is a mission critical information technology solutions provider primarily focused on small and medium sized businesses. Centre’s suite of solutions is a unique combination of…

Centre Technologies – Houston, TX

Centre Technologies (Headquartered in Houston, TX) Located in the 29th Congressional district of Texas, with offices and operations in other Congressional districts in Texas and Oklahoma District Representative, Sylvia Garcia Centre Technologies (Centre or the Company) (https://www.centretechnologies.com/) is a mission critical information technology solutions provider primarily focused on small and medium sized businesses. Centre’s suite of…

OnAsset Intelligence – Irving, Texas

OnAsset Intelligence is the global leader in supply chain asset management. While most asset tracking technologies focus on tracking a vehicle, trailer, or container — the proxy for what shippers care about — OnAsset’s family of technologies work together to monitor individual items within a shipment. Complete business intelligence from the dock door, to the…

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