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May 14, 2026

Why the U.S. Lower Middle-Market Might Be Your Best Diversifier with Leading Global Economist and Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner

April 30, 2026

Accessing the Lower Middle-Market with Leading Global Economist and Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner

April 21, 2026

Star Mountain Capital Named “Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Year” by Alternative Credit Investor

March 19, 2026

George Zahringer, Operationally Focused Private Equity Investor with 20+ Years of Experience, Joins Star Mountain Capital as Strategic Portfolio Partner

March 11, 2026

Christopher “Chris” Babcock, Former ~25 Year Director from BNY Mellon Asset Management, Joins Star Mountain Capital as Managing Director

February 26, 2026

Angela Rodell, Former CEO of Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Joins Star Mountain Capital as Senior Advisor

February 24, 2026

Michael Karangelen, Former CEO of North America for Investindustrial ($10+bn AUM PE Firm), Joins Star Mountain Capital as Member of the Firm’s Executive and Investment Committees

February 19, 2026

Star Mountain Capital Announces Final Close of Its Oversubscribed 2nd SBIC Fund at a Program Optimized Level of $286 Million

February 18, 2026

Paul Efron, Former General Partner of Goldman Sachs & Co, Joins Star Mountain Capital as Senior Advisor

June 5, 2025

Star Mountain Announces Exit of Channel Factory Investment

May 15, 2025

Star Mountain Capital Earns Dual Recognition in 2024: Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies and GrowthCap’s Top Private Debt Firms

April 16, 2025

Star Mountain Capital Achieves Record Year of Realizations in its 15th Year of Operations

February 12, 2025

Former Partner and Senior Member of Credit Funds at Fortress Investment Group, Jared Cohen, Joins Star Mountain Capital as Managing Director

January 30, 2025

Former Mercury Capital Advisors Partner, Justin Garrod, Joins Star Mountain Capital as Managing Director

January 17, 2025

Sara Mathew, Former Chair & CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, joins Star Mountain Capital as Senior Advisor

December 17, 2024

C. Shawn Bookin, Former Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners ($300 bn AUM), joins Star Mountain Capital as Senior Advisor

October 8, 2024

Former Columbia Threadneedle ($650+ bn AUM) Head of North America and President of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management, Scott E. Couto, Promoted to President of Star Mountain Capital

September 17, 2024

Lloyd A. Sprung, previously Head of Restructuring and Debt Advisory at UBS, joins Star Mountain Capital as Senior Advisor

May 14, 2026

Why the U.S. Lower Middle-Market Might Be Your Best Diversifier with Leading Global Economist and Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner

April 30, 2026

Accessing the Lower Middle-Market with Leading Global Economist and Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner

September 25, 2025

Star Mountain Insights: Brett Hickey and David Javdan on the QSBS Program Expansion

September 12, 2025

Lower Middle-Market Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

December 5, 2024

Secondaries Roundtable Sees Boom Continuing ‘This is not a market moment.’

October 4, 2024

The Rise Of Private Credit Secondaries

November 11, 2024

Building Resilient Portfolios with Former 3M President, Dennis Duerst

October 21, 2024

TresVista Talk with Brett Hickey: Building Business Success and Navigating Economic Trends

October 8, 2024

Star Mountain Capital 2024 Internship Program Recap

August 16, 2024

Star Mountain Capital’s STAR Values – It’s who we are!

April 25, 2024

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO Brett Hickey Sits Down with Former Chief Investment Officer of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to Discuss How the Lower Middle-Market can be a Good Complement to a Portfolio

March 8, 2024

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.

December 18, 2023

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, Sits Down with Chief Investment Officer at New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan & Benefits Fund, Dylan Tate, to Discuss How Private Credit Can Be Well Positioned to Provide Capital Protection…

October 25, 2023

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO Brett Hickey Sits Down with David Markson, Evercore Managing Director, to Discuss how Secondary Investments Complements a Portfolio

October 24, 2023

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO Brett Hickey Sits Down with Former President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Kaplan to discuss the State of the U.S. Economy

February 7, 2024

Star Mountain Named One of Crain’s New York Business 2023 Best Places to Work for the 5th Year in a Row

January 25, 2024

Star Mountain Recognized as One of GrowthCap’s Top Private Debt Firms of 2023

March 24, 2022

Star Mountain Capital Named a 2021 Winner of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in NYC Program

March 5, 2021

Star Mountain Capital Portfolio Company, NSC, Awarded BAE System’s Top Ship Repair Suppliers for 2020

February 10, 2021

Star Mountain Capital Named a 2020 Winner of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation Program

December 22, 2020

Private Debt Investor selects Star Mountain Capital as a finalist for 2020 Junior Lender of the Year

March 11, 2020

Star Mountain Capital Named One of Crain’s 2019 Best Places to Work in NYC

December 20, 2019

Star Mountain Capital Named One of Pensions & Investments 2019 Best Places to Work

May 24, 2021

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, on Seeking Alpha in Private Equity, Private Credit and Secondaries at the 31st Annual TEXPERS Conference

May 24, 2021

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, on Deal Sourcing and Financing Structures at the Global M&A Network USA Growth & Deals Forum

October 28, 2020

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, will be a guest speaker at iiBIG’s Virtual Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum on October 28, 2020

January 15, 2020

Senior Investment Professional Dinner Discussions & Live Musical Performance

December 9, 2019

Star Mountain’s Managing Director & Investment Committee Member, Ryan McGovern Speaking at PartnerConnect Texas 2019

November 20, 2019

Star Mountain Business Owner and Investment Industry Discussion & Networking Event in Atlanta, GA

October 28, 2019

Star Mountain CEO, Brett Hickey to Moderate Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Panel on Financing Options for Growing Businesses

October 18, 2019

Star Mountain’s Managing Director & Investment Committee Member, Ryan McGovern Speaking at SANNE & RSM Event in NYC

October 12, 2019

Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research 2019