Pacific Current Group

Avante Capital Partners, established in 2009, is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with an additional office in Boston. The company specializes in providing flexible financing solutions, including subordinated debt, unitranche debt, and minority equity, to lower middle market companies across various sectors such as healthcare, software, education, manufacturing, and business services. Avante focuses on investments ranging from $5 million to $25 million, targeting companies with cash flows between $3 million and $15 million and enterprise values between $10 million and $100 million. The firm is known for its interest in women-owned and minority-owned businesses, providing them with access to private credit and equity services. Avante works with both private equity sponsors and independent companies, supporting buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings, acquisitions, and growth initiatives.

Astarte Capital Partners LLP is an asset management firm based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2015. The firm specializes in investing in real estate and natural resources, including agriculture, clean energy, water, and transportation. Astarte aims to assist institutional investors in deploying capital through long-term partnerships with established asset operators and specialist industry teams that have a proven track record. The firm's investment focus extends to mid-market infrastructure and thematic real estate opportunities across America and Europe.

Pennybacker Capital, founded in 2006 and based in Austin, Texas, is a real estate asset management firm that focuses on the middle-market sector. The company was established by partners who aimed to create a better private equity firm by combining operational expertise with robust risk management systems. Pennybacker Capital specializes in investing in various asset types, including market-rate affordable multifamily housing, senior living facilities, retail, office, and industrial properties in sustainable growth markets across the United States. The firm employs advanced data analysis, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence tools to identify investment opportunities, particularly targeting mismanaged, undercapitalized, or undervalued properties and debt positions. This approach, centered on value investing, has allowed Pennybacker Capital to transition from a commercial real estate operator to a fund sponsor catering to institutional investors, family offices, high net worth individuals, and wealth management advisors.

Proterra Investment Partners is a global private equity firm, established in 2016, that specializes in growth equity investments within the natural resources sectors. The company focuses on three primary sectors: agriculture, food, and metals and mining. Proterra invests in various sub-sectors such as land conversion and development, farmland infrastructure, protein production, value-added processing, and select mining jurisdictions. The firm primarily targets investments in the range of $15 million to $50 million, often seeking a majority stake. Proterra operates globally with offices in Hopkins, Minnesota, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; Sydney, Australia; Singapore; New Delhi, India; and Mumbai, India.