Antares Capital
Antares Capital is a leading provider of financing solutions to private equity-sponsored, middle market companies in the United States, managing approximately $80 billion in capital under management and administration through its diversified platform of direct lending, fund finance, and other credit strategies. Headquartered in Chicago with offices across the United States, Antares has been a dominant force in the U.S. middle market lending industry since its founding in 1996, providing sponsors and borrowers with a broad range of financing solutions including senior secured loans, unitranche facilities, second lien loans, and subordinated debt across a wide range of industry sectors. According to its website at antares.com, the firm is dedicated to delivering exceptional financing solutions and service to its private equity sponsor clients and the companies they back.
Antares' lending platform, described at antares.com, is distinguished by its scale, consistency, and long-standing relationships with virtually all major private equity sponsors active in the U.S. middle market. The firm's deep sponsor relationships, built over nearly three decades of continuous middle market lending, provide Antares with significant competitive advantages in deal origination, market intelligence, and the ability to provide certainty of execution to sponsors and borrowers on complex, time-sensitive transactions. Antares' commitment to providing consistent, reliable financing across economic cycles has made it the lender of choice for private equity sponsors seeking a financing partner with the balance sheet capacity, structural flexibility, and execution reliability required to complete demanding middle market transactions.
Antares Capital also manages the Antares Private Credit Fund, a closed-end business development company that provides individual investors with access to the firm's middle market direct lending strategy through a perpetual-life, non-traded fund structure. According to antares.com, the BDC platform extends Antares' institutional-grade direct lending expertise to the wealth management channel, offering financial advisors and their clients access to a leading middle market lender's portfolio of primarily floating-rate, senior secured loans to private equity-sponsored companies. Antares' combination of $80 billion in capital under management, nearly 30 years of middle market lending history, comprehensive sponsor relationships, and growing retail fund platform establishes it as one of the most significant participants in the U.S. middle market private credit landscape.