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Private Credit & Private Equity for Long‑Term Value

LightBrook Capital Management partners with founders, operators, and asset‑backed platforms to deliver disciplined capital solutions across market cycles.

Why Private Credit

Private credit refers to directly negotiated lending to companies and asset platforms outside public markets. It expanded post‑GFC as banks retrenched and borrowers required bespoke, reliable capital. For borrowers: speed, confidentiality, customization. For investors: floating‑rate income, collateral protection, structural control, and diversification.

Structures span senior secured, unitranche, mezzanine, and asset‑backed facilities. Transactions are designed with covenants, borrowing‑base mechanics, and reporting that surface risk early. The illiquidity premium, combined with disciplined underwriting and collateral frameworks, can support attractive risk‑adjusted returns.

LightBrook focuses on asset‑backed and specialty finance opportunities where documentation, data, and collateral mechanics provide multiple avenues of downside protection. Our objective is straightforward: dependable, cycle‑tested returns with rigorous risk control.

What We Do

Private Credit

Senior secured, unitranche, mezzanine, and asset‑based finance.

Private Equity

Control & minority stakes in cash‑generative, asset‑backed businesses.

Sectors

Specialty finance, industrials, transportation, and B2B services.

Partnering

Hands‑on value creation with disciplined risk management and alignment.

Our Strategy Framework

Core Holdings

Conservative, income‑generating investments focused on senior secured lending and essential asset‑backed platforms.

Core Complements

Mezzanine and secondary opportunities to enhance portfolio yield with discipline.

Opportunistic

Special situations, distressed assets, and bespoke financings to capitalize on dislocations.

Insights

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Prashant Upadhyay

Co‑Founder & Executive Partner

Prashant has over two decades of experience in private credit, structured finance, and asset‑backed lending. He has led transactions across middle‑market corporate credit and specialty asset platforms with a focus on disciplined underwriting and downside protection.

Prashant.upadhyay@lightbrookcapital.com

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Andrew Carroll

Co‑Founder & Executive Partner

Andrew brings extensive experience in private equity, investment banking, and capital markets with a focus on asset‑backed, equipment finance, and specialty lending platforms. He has executed growth capital, recapitalizations, and acquisitions across transportation, industrials, and financial services.

Andrew.carroll@lightbrookcapital.com

Portfolio

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Alliance Equipment Finance
Delivering custom equipment financing solutions for businesses nationwide.

Contact

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