What is a business development company? Business Development Companies are a special type of investment that combines attributes of publicly traded companies and closed-end investment vehicles, giving investors exposure to private equity- or venture capital-like investments.BDC investments typically have th...
Business development companies, or BDCs, enable the flow of capital from individual investors to private U.S. middle market companies.
"As a niche bank, [The] BDC's strengths are funding businesses and opportunities that may be somewhat unique or require teamwork with other financial institutions." "The entire team at (The Business Development Company) worked like a well-oiled machine on my early-stage financing. I received...
Increasing numbers of asset managers are evaluating the potential benefits of including a business development company (BDC) within their suite of managed funds and accounts. A BDC is a hybrid of an investment company and a traditional operating company and, as a result, their operations are subje...
Designed to provide early stage capital for small companies, the business development company concept is an alternative to venture capital funding and offers several important advantages to both entrepreneurs and average investors.
A business development corporation (BDC) is formed according to novel selection methods which organize investment according to investor definitions of technology application. For example, healthcare companies can be organized according to their involvement with particular therapeutic and diagnostic areas....
Internally-managed Business Development Company (BDC) IPO in October 2007 Over $900 million in assets under management Seeks to invest in the under-served Lower Middle Market (LMM) Generally companies with revenue between $10 million - $150 million; EBITDA ...
A business development company (BDC) is an organization that invests in small- and medium-sized companies as well as distressed companies. A BDC helps these firms grow in the initial stages of their development. With distressed businesses, the BDC helps the companies regain sound financial footing...
A business development company (BDC) is a type of closed-end investment fund with certain relaxed requirements that allow it to raise money in the public equity and debt markets, and can be used to fund multiple early-stage biomedical ventures, using financial diversification to de-risk ...
A business development company (BDC) is aclosed-end investment companythat invests in small- and medium-sized businesses, including new and distressed companies. A BDC can be public—and traded on an exchange—or private and not traded openly. Private BDCs are also known as non-traded ...