TCF Capital Funding, the Chicago-based cash flow and asset-based lending division of TCF National Bank, provided secured financing to support the acquisition of Lone Star Distribution by Chicago-based private equity firm, Sheridan Legacy Group.

Dallas-based Lone Star is a wholesale distributor of sports nutrition and fitness products, including protein powders, sports drinks, creatine, joint and liver support products, muscle enhancers, workout supplements, sleep aids and immune boosters, vitamins, weight loss supplements, and energy boosters. Lone Star sells to a range of customers that includes more than 5,000 retail locations, vitamin/supplement stores, fitness gyms, smoothie bars and online marketplaces.

Sheridan Legacy Group focuses on making private equity investments in support of leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and large minority financings of lower middle market growth companies across the healthcare and consumer sectors.