Our Business
Mezzanine for Equity Sponsors
European Capital supports private equity sponsors with equity, mezzanine debt and senior debt investments in order to allow them to leverage their capital base.
Investment Partners
European Capital's affiliate has provided capital in support of equity sponsors such as:
| 3i Alchemy Partners Arcapita Audax Private Equity Auriga Partners Axa Private Equity Bain Capital Baird Capital Partners Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Behrman Capital Booth Creek Management Bruckman, Rosser, Sherrill & Co Brentwood Associates Caltius Capital Capzanine Carlyle Venture Partners Cerberus Capital Management Centre Partners Charles River Capital Partners Charterhouse Group Churchill Equity and ESOP Capital Partners Cortec Group Crimson Investment Doughty Hanson & Co Fenway Partners Friend Skoler Equity Investors Frontenac Company GTCR Capital Partners Glide Buy Out Partners Goense Bounds & Partners Golden Gate Capital Goldman Sachs Capital Partners Graham Partners Great Hill Partners |
Growth Capital Partners Halpern, Denny & Co. H. I. G. Capital Harvest Partners ICV Capital Partners Investcorp International KRG Capital Partners Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LBO France Liberty Partners Lincolnshire Management Mellon Ventures Morgenthaler Partners Oak Hill Capital Management Permira Red Diamond Capital Partners RFE Investments Richard L. Scott Investments Riverside Partners Roark Capital Sentinel Capital Partners Shoreview Industries Sorenson Capital Stephens Group Stratford Capital Partners Stone Creek Capital Thayer Capital Partners Thompson Street Capital Partners TMB Industries Trivest Partners Westar Capital Weston Presidio Wind Point Partners Wingate Partners |
One-Stop BuyoutsTM
European Capital has the unique capability to provide one-stop buyoutsTM, funding equity, mezzanine and senior debt.
This unique capability allows us and our equity sponsor partners to:
- Reduce execution risk and time to closing
- Conduct more streamlined due diligence
- Avoid inter-creditor issues
Value Added
Because many of our principals have equity backgrounds, we look at transactions as buyers, not as lenders. We are familiar with the many complex issues that arise in due diligence, and in negotiations with sellers, lenders, and seniors senior managers. We can respond quickly to potential investments and contribute to solving problems that arise in transactions.