Gladstone Capital

About

Gladstone Capital’s debt investments primarily consist of three types of loans to small and medium sized businesses in the United States.

Mclean,Virginia,United States
http://ir.gladstonecapital.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity
Last Funding Money Raised: $100M
Industries: Angel Investment,Financial Services,Venture Capital
Founded date: Jan 1, 2001
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nasdaq:GLAD
Investor Type: Venture Debt

Gladstone Capital is a specialty finance company that invests in debt securities consisting primarily of senior term loans, senior subordinated loans, and junior subordinated loans in small and medium sized companies, that meet certain criteria. The criteria can include some or all of the following: the potential for growth in cash flow, adequate assets for loan collateral, experienced management teams with significant ownership interest in the business, adequate capitalization, profitable operations based on the borrower's cash flow, reasonable capitalization of the borrower and the potential to realize appreciation and gain liquidity in our equity position, if any.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

2

$100M

Gladstone Capital has raised a total of $100M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 26, 2019 from a Post-IPO Equity round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Nov 26, 2019	Post-IPO Equity	$100M	—	—	—	Detail
Aug 31, 2001	IPO	—	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

9

7

Gladstone Capital has made 9 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 1, 2022, when Sokol & Company raised 0.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Sep 1, 2022 Sokol & Company	Private Equity（PE）	—	Consumer Goods	Yes
Sep 1, 2022 Sokol & Company	Debt Financing	—	Consumer Goods	Yes
Sep 19, 2019 Prophet	Funding Round	—	Brand Marketing	Yes
Feb 27, 2018 Lignetics	Private Equity（PE）	—	Consumer Goods	—
Mar 11, 2014 WadeCo Specialties	Series Unknown	$11.30M	Chemical	Yes

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

14

Gladstone Capital has 14 current employee profiles, including Employee David J. Gladstone

Employee

Board member

Executive

Executive

Executive

Exits

Gladstone Capital has had 4 exits. Gladstone Capital most notable exits include Sokol & Company , InStore Audio Network

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Sep 1, 2022	Sokol & Company	M&A	Consumer Goods	Detail
Jan 5, 2022	InStore Audio Network	M&A	Advertising	Detail
Nov 1, 2021	Lignetics	M&A	Consumer Goods	Detail
Dec 31, 2013	Buy Auto Parts	M&A	Automotive	Detail

Acquisition

Gladstone Capital has acquired 6 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Star Seed on Jun 12, 2013. They acquired Star Seed for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jun 12, 2013 Star Seed		—	—	Detail
Oct 3, 2013 Alloy Die Casting	Manufacturing	—	$ 16.30M	Detail
Dec 16, 2013 Behrens Manufacturing	Home and Garden	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 5, 2014 Edge Adhesives Holdings	Building Material	—	—	Detail
Nov 28, 2017 ImageWorks Display & Marketing	Advertising	lbo	—	Detail