Fidus Capital
Jake Messinger is a finance professional with experience as an Associate and Analyst at Fidus Capital since August 2021, following a role as a Summer Analyst in June 2020. In these positions, Jake focused on evaluating investment opportunities in the lower middle market, analyzing financial data, and generating financial models to assess potential returns. Prior experience includes serving as a Commercial Banking Intern at Wintrust Financial Corporation, where responsibilities involved analyzing loan applications, drafting credit approvals, and participating in a committee for large credit applications. Jake holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Wake Forest University School of Business, earned in 2021.
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Fidus Capital
Fidus Capital is the external management company of Fidus Investment Corporation (www.fdus.com), a publicly traded (NASDAQ: FDUS) business development company (“BDC”) with over $900 million of assets under management. The Partners of Fidus Capital possess on average over 25 years of experience investing in, lending to, and advising lower middle market companies across a broad spectrum of industries. Fidus’ flexible investment capabilities enable it to invest throughout the capital structure, with targeted investments consisting of senior secured / unitranche debt, mezzanine / subordinated debt, and equity securities. Fidus also manages a lower middle market private equity fund targeting equity co-investments of $2 million to $7 million. Since 2007, Fidus has successfully invested more than $2 billion of capital in more than 150 founder-owned and private equity-backed companies and currently oversees more than 75 portfolio company investments. Fidus typically seeks to invest between $10 million to $100 million in companies with the following characteristics: - EBITDA greater than $5 million - Cash flow, recurring revenue-based and asset-backed credit facilities - Backed by financial sponsors, management teams, or business owners - Target Industry Focuses: Aerospace & Defense, Business Services, Consumer Products, Energy Services, Healthcare Products, Industrial, Infrastructure, Niche Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Software & Tech-Enabled Services and Value-Added Distribution. Fidus has offices in Chicago, Charlotte, and New York.