Avante Mezzanine Partners

What is Avante Mezzanine Partners?

Avante Mezzanine Partners, headquartered in Los Angeles with an office in Boston, is a mezzanine fund that specializes in providing both debt and equity financing to profitable, lower middle market companies across the United States. They emphasize supporting transactions for sponsored and non-sponsored businesses, with their financial commitments ranging from $5 million to $20 million.

Their typical investment targets are companies with an EBITDA of $3 million to $15 million, and they are dedicated to facilitating various financial operations such as buyouts, growth capital infusions, strategic acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, and refinancing options. The firm has successfully closed its first fund with $218 million in commitments.

With over 70 years of collective investment experience, their Partners bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise in supporting sponsors, entrepreneurs, and management teams to foster growth and success. Avante Mezzanine Partners positions itself as a women-owned fund that takes a particular interest, though not exclusively, in financing enterprises that are owned or operated by women and minorities.

Their industry expertise is broad, spanning across Aerospace and Defense, Business Services, Consumer Products, Distribution, Education, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Industrial / Manufacturing, Security Products / Services, Software / IT Services, and Specialty Chemicals / Coatings.

They take pride in their unique approach to private credit, leveraging diversity to challenge standards and create opportunities for their partners and communities often underrepresented in the industry. As one of the largest women- and minority-owned private credit firms in the United States, they manage nearly $1 billion in assets and strive to make significant impacts in the lower middle market through strategic partnerships and the Avante ecosystem.