About Capital Southwest Corporation
CSWC is a lower middle-market lending firm focused on supporting the acquisition and growth of middle-market companies.
- Industry
- Investment Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Dallas, Texas
- Founded
- 1961
- Company type
- Public Company
- Company profile name
- Capital Southwest
Capital Southwest (NASDAQ: CSWC), is an internally managed, credit-focused BDC that is an active lender to lower middle market companies across the capital structure. CSWC provides flexible capital that fills financing needs that traditional first lien senior lenders are unwilling to meet. In particular, CSWC is well-positioned to finance lower middle market businesses with $3 to $12 million of EBITDA.
The Company is managed by an investment team with decades of experience working with one another. The firm and all of its employees are located in Dallas, Texas.
Investment Criteria: - $5 to $70 million financings with active network of co-investors - $5 to $45 million commitment size per deal - Minimum EBITDA of $3 million - A management team with a proven track record, motivated by continued ownership; - An established market position and history of positive cash flow - US-based
Investment Structures: - Unitranche debt (network of first out senior lending relationships) - First Lien debt - Second Lien debt - Subordinated debt - Preferred and common equity - Flexibility to invest across multiple securities - Equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20% of total check - Non-control investor
Specialties
- Subordinated debt financings
- Second lien financings
- First lien financings
- Unitranche debt financings
- and Preferred and common equity
Company locations
8333 Douglas Ave, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75225, US
Locations listed on the company profile. These may include offices outside the United States, and not every location is hiring.
Business areas
- Business Development
- Asset Management
- Venture Capital
On LinkedIn
- Followers
- 2,036
- People linked to this company
- 68
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Funding raised
812,500,000 USD
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