Monroe Capital LLC

Monroe Capital LLC is a private credit asset management firm focused on providing debt financing solutions to lower middle-market and middle-market companies in the United States and Canada across six complementary strategies: direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit solutions, real estate credit, and structured credit. The firm targets companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $150 million across a broad range of sectors including healthcare, technology, business services, media, retail, transportation, energy, and specialty finance, deploying typical transaction sizes of $25 million to $75 million through senior secured loans, unitranche facilities, first and second lien debt, mezzanine debt, asset-backed loans, and equity co-investments alongside private equity sponsors and independent management teams. Transaction types include acquisition financing, recapitalization lending, growth capital facilities, club and syndicated investments, and alternative credit solutions encompassing specialty finance, out-of-favor sector loans, and secondary note purchases, with the firm also managing investment vehicles including private credit funds, a Business Development Company (Monroe Capital Corporation, NASDAQ: MRCC), and CLO funds. Monroe Capital manages approximately $21.6 billion in assets across its strategies, having deployed more than $38 billion in capital since inception, and in October 2024 Wendel Group acquired a majority stake in the firm, with AXA IM Prime subsequently taking a minority co-investment position alongside Wendel. The firm employs approximately 235 staff including 105 investment professionals across 12 offices. Founded in 2004 by Theodore Koenig, the firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with additional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, New York, San Francisco, and Seoul.