Family Office & Private Equity Financing

Sunflower Bank’s Sponsor Finance & Leveraged Lending group is a specialty lending vertical within the Corporate Banking division. Our team specializes in supporting family offices, private equity sponsors, SBIC’s, and independent sponsors in the lower middle-market across the United States. Our focus is on platform acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations, mergers, and growth investments, targeting businesses with EBITDA between $5 - $15 million.

Extensive Industry Experience

Our team brings more than 50 years of combined experience in sponsor finance and leveraged lending with expertise in structuring and underwriting cash flow loans for sponsor-backed companies.

Investment Criteria & Deal Size

  • Stable cash flows, high gross margins, and predictable revenues
  • Headquartered in the U.S., with proven management teams and defensible business models
  • Demonstrated ability to generate EBITDA above $5 million
  • Hold positions of $5 to $30 million in loan commitments per transaction
  • Ability to arrange and syndicate up to $200 million in loan commitments per transaction through our capital markets platform

Facility Types

  • Cash flow-based term loans
  • Revolving lines of credit
  • Delayed draw term loans
  • Capex lines of credit
  • Capital call lines of credit

Transactions

  • Asset & stock purchases
  • Management & shareholder buyouts
  • Recapitalizations
  • Add-on acquisitions
  • Corporate divestures


Contacts

Corporate Banking
Sponsor Finance & Leveraged Lending