Prudent Capital

About The Fund

Founded in 1999, Prudent Capital is a District of Columbia-based investment firm that specializes in providing mezzanine debt and preferred equity to later-stage operating businesses. They offer a suite of financial solutions, including real estate secured loans and capital for sale-leaseback transactions. Prudent Capital also engages in private equity for acquisitions. With a mission to supply cost-effective capital, they focus on flexible and creative structures to facilitate business growth, organic or through acquisitions and recapitalizations. They have facilitated over 75 companies in more than two decades, aiming to make all transactions successful using their extensive knowledge and resources. While generally industry agnostic, Prudent Capital has specific interest areas, namely Software, IT and TMT, Media, FinTech and Financial Services, and Hardware and Manufacturing sectors. However, they explicitly exclude investing in table cloth restaurants or retail businesses. The firm looks for companies with a minimum of $1 million trailing EBITDA, preferably in the eastern region of the United States, and they have a history of executing management leveraged buyouts without external equity sponsors. Located at 1150 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 900, Washington, D.C., Prudent Capital operates under the comprehensive management of Prudent Management, LLC. The firm invites motivated management teams with a successful track record to explore how their capital solutions can aid in taking their businesses to the next level. They also warn of fraudulent schemes misusing their name, emphasizing their lack of operations in California and non-issuance of random checks to individuals.