Specialized asset management firm focused exclusively on the lower middle-market by investing debt and equity directly into established operating companies and purchasing secondary positions

STAR MOUNTAIN IN THE NEWS

Star Mountain Capital Closes
$1.2 Billion Direct Lending
Fund IV Above Target

Star Mountain Capital closes its direct lending Fund IV above its $750 million LP capital target at approximately $1.2 billion (committed capital including debt facilities).

Star Mountain Capital
Promotes Scott Couto From
Senior Advisor to President

Former Columbia Threadneedle ($650+ bn AUM) Head of North America and President of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management, Scott E. Couto, promoted to president of Star Mountain Capital.

Star Mountain Capital Named One of
Pensions & Investments 2023
Best Places to Work

Star Mountain Capital is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the 2023 Best Places to Work by Pensions & Investments.

MEDIA AND EVENTS

Capital Protection and Other Benefits of Investing in Private Credit in a Market Downturn

Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey sits down with New York State Nurses Association Pensions Plan & Benefits Fund CIO, Dylan Tate, to discuss how Private Credit can be well positioned to provide capital protection and attractive risk adjusted returns in a potential market downturn.

Robert Kaplan. Former Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO,
Discusses State of the U.S. Economy

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with his former Harvard Business School professor, Robert Steven Kaplan, to discuss tips for businesses and investors in an uncertain economic environment where both Hickey and Kaplan believe there is a reasonable probability of a recession.

Challenged Lending Market
Provides Further
Market Opportunity

Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey discusses how the challenged bank lending market provides further market opportunities for non-bank lending asset managers.

CULTURE AND COMMUNITY

Star Mountain Capital
2024 Internship
Program Recap

Each year Star Mountain Capital welcomes a diverse group of interns to develop key business skills including time management, relationship building, communication skills, investment and finance skills.

For 13 weeks, 25 undergraduate students embarked on a journey to add value to Star Mountain’s portfolio investments, investors, and their own professional skills.

Star Mountain Capital’s
STAR Values –
It’s Who We Are

Here at Star Mountain Capital, we focus on four core values – our STAR Values! They are more than just words—they’re the driving force behind everything we do.

At Star Mountain, our North STAR principles guide us in bridging the gap between large market resources and the underserved lower middle-market.

Star Mountain Capital hosts
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Tampa Bay at SMC’s Office

Star Mountain Capital was proud to host Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Tampa Bay at Star Mountain’s Tampa office to share knowledge about the finance and investment industry.

BBBS of Tampa Bay serves nearly 2,000 children and through this event high school aged students were able engage and learn first-hand from our team.