Northstar Capital
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Northstar Capital is a financing partner for the lower middle market, providing unitranche, subordinated debt, and equity co-investments. Founded in 1993 and based in Minneapolis, it focuses on sponsored transactions in the U.S. and Canada.
Northstar Capital is an investor headquartered in Minneapolis, United States, founded in 1993. It invests directly in companies, from growth to buyout, in generalists. Its stated cheque size is Unitranche: (up to) $50 million; Subordinated Debt: $5 million to $30 million; Equity Co-Investment: (up to) $15 million. 170 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“What we do is simple – financing for the lower middle market.”
— Northstar Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, United States
- Invests in
- U.S. and Canada
- Sectors
- Generalists
- Cheque size
- Unitranche: (up to) $50 million; Subordinated Debt: $5 million to $30 million; Equity Co-Investment: (up to) $15 million
- Founded
- 1993
- Portfolio
- 170 companies
Team, as Northstar Capital publishes it
- Tyler J. Bring Fund Accounting Manager
- Timothy S. Duffy Partner, CFO, CCO
- Ethan C. Eid Partner
- Madison R. Fuks Office Administrator
- John V. Kennefick Partner
- Daniel E. Kleineman Partner
- Christopher J. Kocourek Managing Partner
- Matthew R. Lilledahl Vice President
- Joseph J. Lingen Vice President
- Douglas E. Mark Managing Partner
- Colin J. Moroney Senior Associate
- Makenzie L. Murtha Vice President, BD
Names and roles exactly as listed on northstarcapital.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 50 co-investors found.
- Shoreview Industries V, LLC 11 shared companies: mvpdesign.com, monroeengineering.com, allsurfaces.com, avidityscience.com…
- River Associates Investments, L.P. 7 shared companies: mvpdesign.com, wheatmontana.com, pelcosolutions.com, dollamur.com…
- Clearview Capital 5 shared companies: stcroixhospice.com, losspreventionservices.net, capitolservices.com, thebarcodegroup.com…
- Centerfield Capital Partners 4 shared companies: mvpdesign.com, standard-miether.com, indo-euro.com, adenviro.com
- Dominus Capital Management, L.P. 4 shared companies: mvpdesign.com, pelcosolutions.com, quickattach.com, intelliteach.com
- AEA Investors 3 shared companies: contractlandstaff.com, monroeengineering.com, omega-usa.com
- CID Capital 3 shared companies: lumisource.com, classicaccessories.com, riteintherain.com
- Greyrock Capital Group 2 shared companies: monroeengineering.com, blastdeflectors.com
- Thompson Street Capital Partners 2 shared companies: pkware.com, intellivo.com
- Brooke Private Equity Associates Management LLC 2 shared companies: gascliptech.com, wheatmontana.com
and 40 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Northstar Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.northstarcapital.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.northstarcapital.com/investment-criteria/invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size
- https://www.northstarcapital.com/about/thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.northstarcapital.com/team/people
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Record 4426 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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