Star Mountain Capital

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with former co-founder of LBC Credit Partners, Chris Calabrese, to discuss the role of a challenger on an investment committee. Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages ~$4 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 2/29/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 2