Investor Spotlight: Golub Capital

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Over the years, we have followed and admired this week’s investor feature: Golub Capital.

Golub Capital is a market-leading, direct lender and experienced private credit asset manager. The firm provides reliable, creative, and compelling financing solutions to private equity-backed companies. Its sponsor finance expertise also forms the foundation of its Broadly Syndicated Loan and Credit Opportunities investment programs. Other services include European Lending, Alternative Solutions, Private Credit, and Structured Products.

Golub Capital also offers adaptable debt and equity funding to venture-backed, expanding B2B SaaS firms through its subsidiary Golub Growth. Since 2013, it has collaborated with CEOs, founders, and CFOs from over 100 software companies, funding over $10 billion. Some of its portfolio companies include Arctic Wolf, Harri, Filevine, Cloudsense, and others.

As of January 1, 2024, Golub Capital employed over 875 individuals and managed more than $65 billion in capital. The company maintains offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, and London.

Lawrence Golub, CEO of Golub Capital, founded the firm in 1994. Since November 2009, he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and is also part of the Investment Committee.

He is active in philanthropy and holds positions on various boards including Harvard Medical School and Columbia Medical School. Previously, he held executive roles at Bankers Trust Company and Wasserstein Perella and began his career at Allen & Company Inc. He's also been involved in public service, serving on the Financial Control Board of the State of New York and as a White House Fellow.

Golub strives to make a positive impact on its stakeholders: investors, private equity sponsors, borrowers, employees, and its community.

Golub Capital launched the Social Impact Labs to involve upcoming business leaders and scholars from top business schools in advancing the nonprofit ecosystem. Each Lab concentrates on enhancing nonprofit effectiveness, especially in underserved areas. Additionally, the initiative backs organizations with creative solutions for social challenges.

Within its Credit Opportunities investment strategy segment, Golub recently announced the successful close of its sixth credit opportunities fund, GEMS Fund 6, L.P. (“the Fund” or “Fund 6”), totaling $2 billion. This marks Fund 6 as Golub Capital's largest Credit Opportunities fund to date. The commitments exceeded the fundraising target and originated from a varied group of global institutional and private wealth investors spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.  The Golub Capital Credit Opportunities team concentrates on various “opportunistic” credit strategies linked to the firm's prominent direct lending franchise. These include stressed loans in the middle market, secondary credit fund investments, NAV loans, CLO liabilities, preferred stock, and other financial solutions for companies backed by sponsors.

Discover more about Golub Capital here: www.golubcapital.com.

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