Monroe Capital LLC announced that it served as the administrative agent and joint lead arranger for the funding of a senior credit facility aimed at supporting the acquisition of Lightwave Dental (“Lightwave”) by Lindsay Goldberg, a leading private investment firm based in New York.
Established in 2016 and headquartered in Woodbridge, Virginia, Lightwave is a dental services organization (DSO) that provides centralized shared services to affiliated clinics. These services encompass finance and accounting, recruiting, patient scheduling, business analytics, data warehousing, practice management systems, procurement, and business development. Currently, the company offers support to over 200 dentists and employs approximately 1,800 individuals across 86 dental offices spanning Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama.
About Monroe Capital
Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier boutique asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across a range of strategies including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, opportunistic, structured credit, real estate, and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been effectively delivering capital solutions to clients in the United States and Canada. Monroe is known for its role as a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, as well as both private equity and independent sponsors. The Monroe platform offers a diverse array of investment products designed for institutional and high net worth investors, with a focus on generating high-quality “alpha” returns regardless of business or economic cycles. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm maintains 10 offices throughout the United States and Asia.
Monroe has garnered recognition from peers and investors alike, receiving numerous awards including being named Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Decade by Private Debt Investor, 2022 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Year, 2022 CLO Manager of the Year (Americas), 2022 Best Performance in Private Debt – Mid Cap by the Korean Economic Daily, 2022 Small Mid-Markets Lender of the Year (Americas) by Global M&A Network, 2021 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund by Creditflux, and 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year by Pension Bridge.
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