Avante Capital’s Ivelisse Rodriguez Simon Receives NAIC Beacon Award
Avante Capital Partners' Managing Partner Ivelisse Rodriguez Simon will receive NAIC's 2026 Women in Alternatives Beacon Award, recognizing her role…
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The End of the 90-Day Lag
The End of the 90-Day Lag
The 90-day reporting cushion is gone. As lower middle market lenders scale, real-time data, integrated systems, and AI are becoming essential to keeping pace with growth, maintaining accuracy, and meeting obligations to LPs and partners.
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September 28, 2026
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The Time I Talked an Investor Out of More Money
Fundraising isn't about convincing every investor to say yes. It's about understanding fit well enough to know when to say…
Avante Capital Partners Provides Senior Subordinated Debt to Pediatric Dental-Services Organization
Avante Capital provided subordinated debt to a pediatric-focused dental services platform, refinancing existing unitranche debt and supporting the Company's continued…
A Wrapper, Not a Different Investment: Rated Insurance Feeder Structures
Insurance allocators aren't only asking whether a fund is a good investment. They're asking whether the exposure can sit on…
Avante Capital Provides Capital for Underwater Construction Corporation
Avante Capital Partners provided capital to support Crescentia Capital's acquisition of Underwater Construction Corporation, a commercial diving and underwater infrastructure…
We’ve Been Thinking About IR All Wrong
IR gets mistaken for fundraising, but the real job is trust. A first-person look at what LPs actually want: transparency,…
PitchBook Ranks Avante Capital No. 2 in Global Mezzanine for Second Consecutive Year
PitchBook ranked Avante Capital No. 2 in Global Private Debt for the second straight year, affirming nearly two decades of…
The Value of a Fast, Honest No
A fast, well-reasoned pass can do more for a sponsor relationship than a slow yes. Here's what separates a useful…
Avante Capital Backs Sweet Tooth Holdings’ Add-On Acquisitions of Stelised and MADA
Avante Capital Partners backed Monument MicroCap Partners' add-on acquisitions of Stelised and MADA for Sweet Tooth Holdings with a term…
We Thought It Would Be Spreadsheets. Then We Met the Companies.
Five Avante summer interns expected models and spreadsheets. Instead they found dentists, divers, toddlers, and founders, and learned that private…
Jeri Harman Receives PEWIN’s North Star Lifetime Achievement Award
Jeri Harman, founder and chairman of Avante Capital Partners, has been named recipient of the PEWIN Foundation's North Star Lifetime…
Anyone Will Fund You on a Good Day
The real test of a lending partner shows up after the deal closes, not before. When I moved into private…
Avante Capital Provides Financing to Support Awani’s Investment in Kalustyan
Avante Capital Partners provided financing to support Awani's investment in Kalustyan Corporation, a leading ethical spice and herb sourcing company,…
The Race We Didn’t Run
Everyone in private credit is talking about discipline. As the cycle turns, the market is about to reveal who meant…
The Naked Truth
A decade of rising tides made every private credit manager look strong. Now the tide is going out. Our Q2…
2026 AGM Sizzle Reel
Four funds in and the same discipline in the lower middle market that got us here is carrying us into…
Avante Capital Partners Closes Oversubscribed SBIC Fund IV at $400 Million
Final Close Marks Continued Momentum for Firm’s Lower Middle Market Private Credit Platform LOS ANGELES – May 20, 2026 –…
Avante Capital Partners and Brightwood Capital Advisors Partner to Provide Debt Facility to Motor City Dental Partners
Los Angeles – April 28, 2026 – Avante Capital Partners is proud to announce it has partnered with Brightwood Capital…
Why the Lower Middle Market Offers Structural Protection Against Credit Stress
Market stress exposes how lower middle market deals offer structural protection through traditional covenants, aligned sponsor incentives, and appropriate risk…
Private Credit’s Storm Clouds Skip the Lower Middle Market
While private credit faces mounting defaults and deteriorating terms, the lower middle market maintains structural advantages through relationship lending and…
Deal-by-Deal Is Growing, but the Lender You Pick Still Matters More
Everyone's talking about deal-by-deal flexibility. Almost nobody is talking about how your capital structure choices on each deal determine whether…
Spread Compression Skipped the Lower Middle Market
Over half of large-cap direct lending deals now price below 500 bps. But in the lower middle market, the spread…
The Art of Operational Value Creation in LMM Investments
In the lower middle market, the most sustainable returns come not from leverage ratios or multiple arbitrage, but from fundamental…
Why the Lower Middle Market Outperforms: A Data-Driven Analysis
The lower middle market—defined as companies generating between $5 million and $50 million in EBITDA—represents one of the most compelling…
Financing Strategies for Independent Sponsor Deals
Capital Partners, Deal Structures, and Negotiating Position Independent sponsors face a unique challenge: they've found an attractive opportunity but need…
Structuring Your First Independent Sponsor Deal
A Practical Guide to Economics, Equity, and Operating Roles For independent sponsors pursuing their first transaction, deal structure often feels…
Avante Capital Partners Hires Chaz Cocuzza as Managing Director
Avante Capital Partners announces the hiring of Chaz Cocuzza as Managing Director. The seasoned professional brings over two decades of…
Avante Capital Partners Announces Investment in VFG Advisory LLC
Avante Capital Partners announces strategic investment in VFG Advisory LLC, marking the firm's first Fund IV investment and furthering its…
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