Star Mountain Capital

Aging demographics is a strong tailwind, driving demand for #StarMountainCapital’s value-added lending strategy. As business owners age, many are motivated to sell their businesses. This creates opportunities for other businesses to acquire competitors and grow their enterprise value as the company size increases. Comprising nearly 50% of the U.S. economy, Star Mountain believes the lower middle-market segment has significant potential for continued growth and consolidation. Learn more about Star Mountain’s value-added lending strategy here: https://okt.to/nyE6Ko

We’re #hiring a new Portfolio Management Vice President / Director in Tampa, FL. Apply today or share this post with your network.

#StarMountainCapital was proud to sponsor the Private Markets Insider Alternative Investment & DealConnect Summit in #Chicago where insiders including CEOs, commercial bank executives, #PrivateCapital fund managers (#PrivateEquity, #PrivateCredit and #Secondaries) and Institutional investors discussed private market transactions and market trends. Attendees were able to hear from a number of key speakers such as Angela Miller-May of Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and Jeff Tack, CFA of Rush University Medical Center. Additionally, Founder & CEO of #StarMountainCapital Brett Hickey and #SMC Managing Director Chris Goodwin shared insights on alternative investment strategies in #PrivateCredit and #Secondaries. Learn more here: https://okt.to/ZCBNqW Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/31/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/TL3Yfx. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #privatedebt

We’re #hiring a new Managing Director for Originations and Direct Credit Underwriting. Someone based anywhere from Chicago to the west coast.

Together, #StarMountainCapital and #StarMountainCharitableFoundation stands strong in pink. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the #SMC family is united in the fight against breast cancer. Learn more about how you can help here: https://okt.to/yZgtjd #StarMountainCapitalCares #BreastCancerAwareness #ThinkPink

#StarMountainCapital is proud to further the education of students by hosting members of the University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance for a Q&A with #SMC Controller, Jaspal Bajaj and other members of the Financial Operations team in Star Mountain’s New York office. Learn more about Star Mountain's impact here: https://lnkd.in/g4rcysuS

With 30+ years of complementary experience as a private credit and #PrivateEquity investor, leveraged finance banker and C-level operating experience, Chris Goodwin, #StarMountainCapital Managing Director & Investment Committee Member, shared insights on how Institutional investors are increasingly turning to #PrivateCredit as a source of attractive risk-adjusted returns at Carmo Companies' Private Markets Texas Meeting on Thursday, October 17th. Learn more here: https://okt.to/yaN3Ki Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/5JmW6l. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt

#StarMountainCapital is proud to have once again been among the top fundraising teams at the #NYC Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research 2024! The #SMC team raised over $13,000 for cancer research at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Learn more or donate to the cause here: https://okt.to/OMuVcA. #SMC Founder & CEO and Star Mountain Charitable Foundation Founder, Brett Hickey, participates alongside his team in the NYC #TerryFox Run for Cancer Research each year to honor his mother, whom he lost to cancer at a young age. Learn more about Brett’s story, how he wants to inspire others and why he runs here: https://okt.to/E9WLO2. #SMCF focuses its charitable activities on job creation & economic development and health & wellness. https://okt.to/0KeYol #SMC #SMCF #GivingBack #TheTerryFoxFoundation #GivingBack #MemorialSloanKettering #MSKCC #StarMountainCares

Brett Hickey, Founder & CEO of #StarMountainCapital, discussed how #PrivateCredit potentially offers yield, total return and diversification benefits in a "higher for longer" interest rate environment at With Intelligence's Pension Bridge Alternatives 2024 on Thursday, October 17th. Learn more here: https://okt.to/2F1k6B Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/AVzk5X. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt

#StarMountainCapital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, was featured in Forbes to share his tip for convening an informed Executive Committee when navigating difficult business decisions. “It's important to have an informed executive committee of three to six people who can help analyze and advise in a thoughtful manner. A systematic cadence of meetings followed by additional meetings, as warranted, can ensure everyone is up to speed and enable leaders to make informed and timely decisions armed with accurate and transparent information. This needs to be tied to a dynamic business plan,” said Brett Hickey. Read more here: https://okt.to/gAOKN9 Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/kQ3ngL. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt