With two decades of expertise in the #AlternativeInvestment sector having collaborated with some of the world’s leading alternative investment firms, James Camarda, former Merrill Lynch alternative Investments specialist which is now part of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), has joined #StarMountainCapital as a Managing Director. Mr. Camarda has advised financial advisors, family offices, foundations, endowments, and individuals on leveraging alternative investments to optimize their investment objectives, including portfolio construction. “James will play a pivotal and multifaceted role, including forming and managing strategic partnerships with wealth management platforms and other investors,” said Brett Hickey, #SMC Founder & CEO. “Star Mountain's distinctive origination, underwriting and portfolio value-add platform positions us well to capitalize on these opportunities, providing exposure to a market segment many portfolios lack,” said James Camarda. Read the full press release here: https://okt.to/CrB9Vx Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 6/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/cJ5k0n. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt
Star Mountain Capital
Financial Services
New York, New York 17,816 followers
Specialized asset manager focused on investing in the lower middle-market
About us
Bringing large market expertise to smaller companies, Star Mountain’s philosophies include a data-driven and systematic approach to investing. Its long-term focus includes substantial investments in team, technology, brand and culture. Star Mountain’s complementary investment verticals and Collaborative Ecosystem® provide insights, relationships and resources to assist companies in maximizing value: 1. Providing senior and/or junior debt to established, growing small and medium-sized companies. 2. Investing minority or control equity capital into established, growing small and medium-sized companies. 3. Purchasing investments and LP positions from other investors in lower middle-market funds and companies. 4. Providing strategic LP capital (including separate accounts) to lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain’s specialty is helping grow companies that generally have at least $15 million of revenue or under $50 million of EBITDA through organic and strategic initiatives such as acquisitions. Team includes former Head of Credit Suisse Alternatives ($100 bn AUM), Chief Risk Officer GSO / Blackstone, Head of Leveraged Loan Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch and BAML (underwrote ~$50 bn in event driven financings), Co-Heads of ~$6 bn Merrill Lynch and BAML Private Equity, ~$11 bn Citigroup Private Equity and Merchant Banking Division of BNP Paribas and Head of Media & Communications Merchant, Investment and Corporate Banking at BMO. Investment professionals have an average of 20+ years of experience. Join us at upcoming events in your area: https://www.StarMountainCapital.com/Events Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarMountainCap Engage with our video content on YouTube: https://youTube.com/c/StarMountanCapital Subscribe to our podcast channel on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital
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http://www.StarMountainCapital.com
External link for Star Mountain Capital
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Mezzanine Investments, Loans, Mezzanine Fund of Funds, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Private Equity Investments, and Private Credit
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140 E 45th St
New York, New York 10017, US
Employees at Star Mountain Capital
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Christopher Gimbert
CFO at Star Mountain Capital | Investor | Operator
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Brett Hickey
Founder & CEO of Star Mountain Capital | Private Credit, Private Equity and Secondary Fund Investor, Focused on U.S. Lower Middle-Market
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David DiPaolo
Managing Director & Investment Committee Member at Star Mountain Capital, LLC
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John W. Polis
Chief Operating & Technology Officer at Star Mountain Capital
Updates
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Interested in learning from thought leaders in alternative investments across #PrivateEquity, #PrivateCredit and #Secondaries? Hear from a number of key speakers such as Robert Kaplan of Goldman Sachs, Zhuoying Xu of Verizon Investment Management Corp., and Charles Balducci of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management at the #StarMountainCapital sponsored Private Markets Insider's Alternative Investment & DealConnect Summit in New York on Thursday, September 12th partnering with Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. Register here: https://bit.ly/SMC-PMI-NY
PMI is excited to co-host this Alternative Investment & DealConnect Summit (9/12, NY) with the Harvard community once again! Speakers include: - Robert Steven Kaplan, Vice Chairman at Goldman Sachs & former CEO at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Zhuoying Xu, VP of Strategic Asset Allocation & Fixed Income, Verizon Investment Management Corp. - James W. Herrington CFA CAIA, Private Equity Investment Officer at West Virginia Investment Management Board - John S. Tassone, CAIA, JD, Managing Director at Investments at FFT Wealth Management - Adele Gorrilla, Chief Investment Officer at Attinger - Lynnette Ferguson, Head of Investment Specialists Americas at J.P. Morgan Asset Management - Benjamin Webb, CFA, Principal, Director of Manager Selection and Implementation at Balentine & Co. - David Andryc, Head of US Co-Investments at LGT - Liza Truax, Founder & Owner at Elevate - Christian McCormick, CFA, Senior Consultant at NEPC - Matt Schaefer, Chief Operating & Financial Officer at AIR Asset Management - John L Bowman, CFA, President at CAIA Association - Ryan Sweet, Chief US Economist at Oxford Economics - Daniel Pietrzak, Partner & Global Head of Private Credit at KKR - Brett Hickey, CEO at Star Mountain Capital - Bruce March, Co-Chair, Global Corporate Practice at Greenberg Traurig Private Markets Insider (PMI) and Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs (HAE) have partnered on producing panels, peer-to-peer discussions, networking, and entertainment on the agenda for our audience of LPs, GPs, Bankers, and Business Owners. Special thanks to supporters, including Star Mountain Capital and Greenberg Traurig, LLP for helping to bring thought leaders together to build valuable relationships. Details and updates available online here: https://lnkd.in/eTZ_8Jxq #LMM #FundManagers #InstitutionalInvestors #FamilyOffice #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #PrivateDebt #StarMountainCapital #GreenbergTraurig #PrivateCredit #PrivateEquity #Secondaries #PrivateMarkets
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"The lower middle-market represents nearly half of the U.S. economy…. equivalent to the third largest market in the world and an estimated 95% of businesses here are owner operated,” said Brett Hickey, Founder & CEO of #StarMountainCapital, as he shared insights on the U.S. lower middle-market and the generational shift occurring with aging baby boomers nearing retirement, in his presentation Trends and Opportunities in the U.S. Lower Middle-Market, Private Credit, and Private Credit Secondaries at 1BusinessWorld 's #1FinanceWorld virtual event. Listen to the full presentation here: https://lnkd.in/dsRDWAza Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 6/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://lnkd.in/deG5DXS. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt
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With 30+ years of alternative investment experience encompassing #PrivateCredit, #PrivateEquity, C-level operating experience, investment banking and consulting, Curtis Glovier, a former Managing Director & Investment Committee Member at ~$50 billion AUM Fortress Investment Group, joins #StarMountainCapital as Managing Director and Strategic Portfolio Officer after having spent more than 4 years as a Star Mountain Senior Advisor and personal investor. “Star Mountain’s purpose-built platform bringing large market resources to high quality, established, small and medium-sized U.S. private businesses is a compelling investment strategy that I believe will continue to provide value to all stakeholders,” said Curtis Glovier. Read the full press release here: https://okt.to/U9DcMq Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 6/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/wzs2ic. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt
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Stephan Connelly, CFA, #StarMountainCapital Managing Director with ~15 years of #PrivateCredit #Secondaries experience shared insights on navigating the growth and opportunities of #SecondaryInvesting within #PrivateCredit Institutional Investor's Investor Week on Wednesday, June 26th. Learn more here: https://okt.to/0xzTqA Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 6/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/VZgCts. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt
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#StarMountainCapital and Star Mountain Charitable Foundation were proud to host Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay (BBBS) at Star Mountain’s Tampa office to share knowledge about the finance and investment industry. BBBS of Tampa Bay serves nearly 2,000 children and through this event high school aged students were able engage and learn first-hand from our team. Learn more about Star Mountain Charitable Foundation here: https://okt.to/KjmXsg
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The #StarMountainCapital Family wishes everyone a happy and safe #IndependenceDay holiday! #HappyBirthdayAmerica “I am apt to believe that this day will be celebrated, by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival…it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more”. – John Adams (2nd President of the United States - July 2, 1776) #SMC #SMCF #4thofJuly
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With over 30+ years of experience in asset management including executive leadership, risk management, governance, investor reporting, investment strategy, marketing and investment product development experience, Scott E. Couto, CFA®, former Columbia Threadneedle Investments, US ($650+ bn AUM) Head of North America, has joined #StarMountainCapital as a Senior Advisor. Prior to Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Mr. Couto served as President of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management at Fidelity Investments (~$4.9 trillion AUM). Read the full press release here: https://okt.to/pHbLh2 Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 6/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/NCybuf. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt
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Brett Hickey, Founder & CEO of #StarMountainCapital, shared insights on how private markets investors can navigate today's complex market dynamics by building robust portfolios through diversification at Institutional Investor's Investor Week on Tuesday, June 25th. Learn more here: https://okt.to/kmoVH6 Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 6/30/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://okt.to/wkMIrh. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt
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With over 30+ years of economic policy, investment advisory and wealth management experience and a prominent speaker and writer within the pension and retirement investment plan space, Charles Millard, former Director & CEO of the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), has joined #StarMountainCapital as a Senior Advisor. Mr. Millard was also a Managing Director and Head of Pension Relations at Citi (NYSE: C), a $2 trillion in assets global financial institution where he oversaw relationships with global pension investors. Read the full press release here: https://bwnews.pr/4bliiDm Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 5/31/24) is from a network of investors including U.S. and international institutional investors and qualified high net worth investors seeking defensive, less volatile, higher alpha and less correlated returns. With team members in 20+ U.S. cities, Star Mountain is a specialized #AssetManagement firm focused on North American small and medium-sized businesses investing #Debt and #Equity directly into established operating companies as well as purchasing secondary fund and direct positions to provide early liquidity to investors. Star Mountain is a value-added lender with a team that has strong private equity and operating backgrounds to potentially help its portfolio companies grow in value. Learn more about Star Mountain here: https://lnkd.in/deG5DXS. #LMM #FundManagers #WealthManagers #InvestmentManagement #Secondaries #PrivateDebt