Investment Criteria
Stairway Capital’s flexible mandate allows us to make opportunistic investments across an array of industries and assets, via diversified structures including, direct investments, SPVs, joint ventures, GP/LP fund structures, and more.
Lower Middle Market
DETAILS
- Generally U.S.-based businesses or assets with revenues below $1 billion
- Usually deploy $5 - $50 million per transaction, including participations in larger investment transactions
- Structure solutions to meet an asset, company, manager, or sponsor’s liquidity needs and growth objectives across the entirety of the capital stack
- Often involved with storied assets, turnarounds, or other undervalued enterprises that maintain core defensible characteristics or niche businesses
Special Situations
DETAILS
- Opportunistic investments and partnerships typically driven by macro industry and / or market trends and dislocation
- Other unique opportunities that do not fit with traditional financing sources
- Generated across asset classes and investment categories
Industry Experience
DETAILS
- Successfully completed investments across an array of industries, including:
- Aerospace & Defense
- Artificial Intelligence
- Business Services
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Industrials
- Infrastructure
- Media & Entertainment
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Others
Transaction Types
DETAILS
- We specialize in a wide array of transaction types, including:
- Acquisition Financing
- Asset Based Lending
- Debt Restructuring
- Direct & Co-Investments
- Direct Lending
- Distressed Financing
- Joint Ventures
- LP Investments
- Mezzanine / 2nd Lien Financing
- Real Estate
- Structured Debt & Equity
- Other Specialty Financings
