AEC Capital Partners, a provider of equity, debt and hybrid capital to small- and mid-sized private and publicly traded businesses, entered a national strategic partnership with a family office located in the Northeastern United States.
AEC has invested in a wide range of industries, including lender finance, U.S. and municipal government contractors, manufacturing, distribution, services companies, e-commerce, real estate, energy, renewable/sustainability and insurance, by providing next-stage growth capital and serving other liquidity needs. Its investments have been carefully structured to complement management’s goals and ownership’s preferences, often in conjunction with the private credit market participants’ lending solutions.
The partnership will add expertise in areas as diverse as healthcare, brand development, retail, fund management, real estate and food services.
“We believe this strategic partnership will allow us to provide our clients with the very best in capital solutions coupled with critical networking and industry expertise,” Rick Rudy, partner at AEC, said.
“By bringing a successful, experienced, and substantial source of private capital alongside us, we expect to offer larger capital facilities coupled with our traditionally flexible structured solutions,” Jack Doueck, partner at AEC, said.
The group expects to provide capital ranging from $500,000 to $15,000,000 in the form of common and preferred equity as well as asset-based debt, unitranche, subordinated debt and other credit structures.
“Partnering with a prominent group that has made multiple successful investments across the capital stack, and has experienced a number of very strong exits, adds not only a source of capital, but decades of knowledge and industry-specific wisdom – a combination that any enterprise would benefit from,” Steven Feldman, managing director and partner at AEC Capital Partners, said.
