A Q&A with Hunting Dog’s Leadership Team
Like our name, we are diligent, disciplined and tenacious when it comes to achieving our investment objectives. We are committed as acting fiduciaries of our clients’ capital to aligning interests...
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Pet Brands, a Hunting Dog Capital Company, Achieves Record Results Through August
Hunting Dog Capital is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Pet Brands, a leading provider of health and wellness solutions for dogs and cats in the treat and consumable categories, has...
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Hunting Dog Capital Completes Exit from Danimer Scientific
Hunting Dog Capital is pleased to announce that it has completed its exit from its senior term loan with warrants to Danimer Scientific (ticker: DNMR). Headquartered in Bainbridge, GA, Danimer...
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Clean Water Environmental Completes First Phase of Major Upgrade
Hunting Dog Capital is pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of the upgrade and expansion program for its portfolio company, Clean Water Environmental...
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HDC Update (08.02.2021)
We started Hunting Dog Capital in 2006 with the vision of creating an investment vehicle that could deliver solid, risk-adjusted returns to investors by providing growth capital to smaller...
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HDC Update (04.28.2021)
We started Hunting Dog Capital in 2006 with the vision of creating an investment vehicle that could deliver solid, risk-adjusted returns to investors by providing growth capital to smaller US...
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Snapshot (Q4:2020)
When hunting for new lending opportunities, we are continually amazed by the resourcefulness and creativity of lower, middle-market companies to adapt and thrive in today’s challenging environment....
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Private Equity by Default, Not by Design
Hunting Dog Capital has been a lender to lower middle market companies since 2004. From experience, we have learned that borrowers operating to plan is not the norm. Even with the most detailed...
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The Lower Middle-Market Opportunity (Q3:2017)
Our Q3:2017 white paper analyzes the growth in private debt fundraising and the relatively limited institutional focus on the lower middle-market, which limits competition and pricing pressure,...
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The Current State of U.S. Small Business (Q4:2016)
The select statistics we review in this paper – hiring, capital expenditures and inventory trends – suggest business owners continue to invest in their businesses to maintain and oftentimes expand...
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The Current State of the U.S. Job Market
We share our observations on employment trends — specifically those of the lower middle-market — and how those trends might impact the broader lower middle-market community, from debt and equity...
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The Current State of U.S. Lending (Q4:2014)
While some recent articles suggest that access to capital has returned to pre-2008 conditions, we believe that this is not the case for many lower middle-market companies.
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The Current State of U.S. Lending (Q3:2014)
Traditional commercial banks have significantly restricted credit relative to pre-2008/2009 credit crisis levels, and are consequently losing ground quickly in lower-middle market lending.
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The Current State of U.S. Lending (Q1:2014)
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the number of federally-insured banks dipped to 6,891 during 2013, which is the lowest level since 1934 when the government began...
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