Audax Private Debt
Audax Private Debt is a middle market direct lending and credit investment manager providing debt financing solutions to private equity-sponsored and founder-owned companies in the United States. As an affiliate of Audax Group — a leading private equity firm with over $17 billion in assets under management — Audax Private Debt draws on the firm's deep middle market relationships and operational expertise to originate, underwrite, and manage a portfolio of senior secured and other credit investments in middle market borrowers. According to its website at audaxprivatedebt.com, Audax Private Debt provides investors with access to the risk-adjusted return potential of middle market private credit, backed by Audax Group's 25 years of middle market private equity experience and an established track record of credit investing.
Audax Private Debt's lending platform, described at audaxprivatedebt.com, focuses on providing first lien senior secured loans, unitranche facilities, and other credit solutions to lower and core middle market companies with EBITDA typically in the $5 million to $50 million range. The firm's credit investing approach draws on Audax Group's deep knowledge of middle market businesses and private equity sponsors, leveraging proprietary market intelligence gathered through the firm's active private equity investment activities to enhance Audax Private Debt's credit underwriting and portfolio monitoring. This integrated private equity and private credit platform provides Audax Private Debt with differentiated insights into borrower quality, industry dynamics, and sponsor behavior that support more informed credit decisions across the investment cycle.
Audax Private Debt manages capital across multiple investment vehicles including private commingled funds and separately managed accounts for institutional investors, as well as registered fund structures designed to extend access to its middle market credit strategies to a broader investor audience. According to audaxprivatedebt.com, the firm's investment process emphasizes rigorous bottom-up credit analysis, conservative loan structuring with meaningful covenant protections, and active portfolio monitoring that leverages Audax Group's operational resources to stay close to portfolio company performance. Audax Private Debt's combination of Audax Group's middle market franchise, 25-year track record, integrated private equity and credit platform, and disciplined credit investment process positions it as a differentiated and experienced manager in the competitive middle market direct lending landscape.