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VSS makes growth investment in Salesforce consultant Lane Four

Private Equity Wire

VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, education, and business services industries, has made a growth capital investment in Lane Four Consulting (Lane Four), a consulting partner for companies using Salesforce to scale operations.

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2 Unstoppable Dividend Stocks Yielding More Than 9% That Income-Seeking Investors Will Want to Buy in October and Hold Forever

The Motley Fool

Nearly all of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's loans are first-lien senior secured debt, which means they're first in line to be repaid in the unlikely event of bankruptcy. Around 31% of Ares Capital's investments are equity stakes or fixed-rate loans. of the portfolio at cost, were on nonaccrual status. of the portfolio.

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Shore Powers Up with New Capital

Private Equity Professional

The Business Services Fund , led by Partners Brad Morehead , Rory Kenny , Matt Sweeney , and Mickey Jiang , invests in lower middle market companies with $5 million to $50 million of revenue and $1 million to $7 million of EBITDA.

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The Economics of a Small VC Fund

This is going to be BIG.

By second highest expense is the administration of my fund to various types of professional services. A fund that returns three dollars for every dollar of capital invested would be a $2.4 And, if you really want to put things in perspective, I''m pretty sure this is more than my parents ever made combined.

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ToxStrategies Acquires Suttons Creek

Private Equity Professional

” Renovus Capital invests in companies active in the education, healthcare services, technology services, and professional services sectors with at least $3 million of EBITDA and enterprise valuations of $10 million to $200 million. © 2024 Private Equity Professional | August 15, 2024

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2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks You Can Buy Now and Hold at Least a Decade

The Motley Fool

All over America, companies starved for capital are willing to pay higher interest rates than you might imagine. The average yield on debt securities in Ares Capital's portfolio was 12.2% The folks who run Ares Capital's investment committee have 30 years of experience on average and it shows. in the second quarter.

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3 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever

The Motley Fool

These businesses should, ideally, be churning out lots of free cash flow (what's left of cash flow after capital investments) so they don't need to rely on banks to finance growth. a year earlier, giving the professional services company an annualized dividend of $5.16 Revenue inched up 0.8% year over year to $48.5