Monroe Capital LLC

PE/Buy-Out · Chicago (United States)

PE/Buy-Out

Series A

Series B

AI

Cloud/SaaS

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Monroe Capital LLC is a private equity firm specializing in bridge loans, exit financing, capital restructuring, buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations, turnaround, growth capital, acquisition, expansion, refinancing, balance sheet restructurings, venture debt, specialty finance lending practice, portfolio acquisitions, unitranche financings, senior and junior debt, mezzanine debt, second lien or last-out loans, senior loans, equity co-investments for both ESOP and non-ESOP transactions and acquisitions of distressed debt. The firm seeks to provide cash flow and asset based revolving and senior revolving and term loans, cash flow and enterprise value based junior and mezzanine non-amortizing loans, mezzanine debt with warrants, senior secured debt, cash flow and enterprise term loans, acquisition facilities, mezzanine debt, subordinated loans, non-amortizing term loans, incremental stretch advances against traditional and non-traditional assets, tranche B and junior secured stretch loans, collateral dependent loans, debtor in possession financing, real estate, venture debt, distressed debt, direct lending, technology finance, opportunistic, alternative credit solutions, structured credit, last-out participation, second lien or last-out loans, traditional subordinated debt, senior and junior secured debt, retail and consumer products asset based lending, and equity co-investments in conjunction with other debt investments to middle market and lower middle market companies which are privately held, private equity sponsored, and women and minority owned businesses. It specializes in venture debt financing to early and growth stage companies with venture-capital backing. It specializes in originating, structuring, and providing customized one-stop financing to corporate, media and communication, and asset-based borrowers based in the United States and Canada with a focus on North America. It typically invests in technology with a focus on application software, clean technology, Infrastructures software, financial technology, healthcare IT, data processing & outsourced services, Internet infrastructure and e-Commerce, IT and tech-enabled services, life sciences, medical devices, healthcare information and services, sustainability, software as a service (SaaS); media, information services and communications companies with a focus on broadcasting, outdoor and out-of-home, digital media, publishing and events, education, digital data and content, data centers and managed services, telecom/Internet Infrastructure, wireless / towers, entertainment, and Information and business services; and healthcare with a focus on facility or home based services, provider practice management, medical staffing, pharmaceutical products and services, payor and provider outsourcing, niche medical products and equipment, specialty distribution, and healthcare Information technology. The firm invests between $3 million and $50 million in its portfolio companies with the ability to participate in club and syndicated transactions and agent and syndicate larger loan transactions. It typically invests in private equity-sponsored, venture capital-sponsored, non-sponsored transactions and privately held businesses with an EBITDA between $3 million and $25 million. It also seeks to provide senior credit facilities from $5 million to $100 million and above. The firm seeks to maintain maximum equity ownership in its portfolio companies. It can hold its investments for varying time periods and typically exits its investments between three and five years. The firm prefers to invest in women and minority owned businesses. Monroe Capital LLC was founded in November 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices across Sydney, Australia, North America, UAE, Europe and Asia. As of March 31, 2025, Monroe Capital LLC operates as a subsidiary of Wendel.

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