Star Mountain Capital

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

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

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

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

Brett Hickey, Founder & CEO of #StarMountainCapital, shared insights on how #FamilyOffices can manage risk and liquidity to optimize their private markets allocation within #PrivateCredit and Private Credit #Secondaries while safeguarding and growing wealth across generations at Institutional Investor's East Coast Family Office Wealth Conference on Tuesday, May 14th. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dWSYHvYf 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

Once again, #StarMountainCapital and #StarMountainCharitableFoundation participated in the Children's Cancer Center (CCC) annual Gelatin Plunge on Saturday, June 15th! Started in 2013 by the Children’s Cancer Center, the Gelatin Plunge has raised nearly $1,000,000. The Plunge embodies the lively spirit of the Children’s Cancer Center and has attracted over 600 people to plummet down a slide into a pool filled with 2,000 gallons of orange gelatin. Learn more about the Plunge here: https://lnkd.in/dTuP7uHx

As a part of Star Mountain's Collaborative Ecosystem® and differentiated private investment platform, #StarMountainCapital hosted its 2024 Portfolio Company Leadership Summit. C-Suite executives and #PrivateEquity sponsors of Star Mountain’s current portfolio companies were able to connect, share ideas and learn from speakers like Robert Kaplan, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, former CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and former Professor at Harvard Business School, as well as Jay Meschke (he/him/his), President of EFL Associates, a CBIZ Company & CBIZ Talent & Compensation Solutions who has over 25 years of experience in the talent management field and has completed more than 700 successful senior-level search assignments in multiple industries putting him in the top 1% of all executive search consultants nationwide. Learn more about the #StarMountain difference here: https://lnkd.in/d-bp7fsV

With 20+ years of #PrivateCredit investment experience, Ryan McGovern, Managing Director & Investment Committee Member at #StarMountainCapital, shared insights on how capital providers work with independent sponsors to support U.S. lower middle-market businesses at iGlobal Forum's Independent Sponsors & Capital Providers Dealmakers Meeting on Tuesday, June 18th. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dWJm4mMz 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

#StarMountainCapital Managing Director with 20+ years of investment advisory and client consulting experience and longtime #GoldmanSachs veteran, MaryAnn Stauffer, was featured in Forbes on the topic of finding the right price for your products or services. “To determine the right pricing strategy for your service or product, you should first research the competitive landscape and also survey your client base. Reach out to your close client relationships to inquire, from the perspective of garnering their expertise in the space, about offerings and pricing. This promotes further partnership with them,” said MaryAnn Stauffer. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dgpEdkKm 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

With over 30 years of #PrivateCredit, Private Credit #Secondaries & #PrivateEquity experience, Ravi Ugale, Managing Director at #StarMountainCapital shared insights on the potentially compelling risk / reward opportunity of investing in Private Credit at Carmo Companies' Private Markets Massachusetts Meeting on Tuesday, June 11th. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dtDDTdQk Star Mountain’s $4+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 5/31/2024) 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