NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 17, 2012) - Prospect Capital Corporation (
Founded in 2003 and based in Portland, Oregon, Evanta is the global leader of peer-to-peer networking platforms that engage C-suite executives from enterprises that represent aggregate annual revenues of $15 trillion. Evanta's elite offerings include more than 80 exclusive leadership forums and educational solutions for executives in the functional areas of technology, security, human resources, finance, and healthcare. Complementing those forums, Evanta offers the world's most significant private social network that brings together more than 12,000 qualified executives on an ongoing basis.
Founded in 2011, SLI provides the only exclusive leadership forums for professional and collegiate sports team executives in the industry. The Global Sports Summit, Global Sports Management Invitational, and Collegiate Sports Summit bring together owners, managers, athletic directors, and other stakeholders within the professional and collegiate sports sectors.
"Prospect delivered a customized financing solution for the transaction that addressed our needs under an accelerated closing timeframe," said Jacques Galante, a Managing Director at Leeds Equity Partners.
"Prospect's value-added solutions and high level of responsiveness helped drive the consummation of this transaction," said Scott VanHoy, a Principal at Leeds Equity Partners.
"Prospect is pleased to provide financing to support the acquisition by Leeds Equity of Evanta and SLI, the leading peer-to-peer leadership forums for C-suite and sports executives, respectively," said David Moszer, a Managing Director of Prospect Capital Management.
Prospect has closed more than $1.5 billion of originations to date in the current 2012 calendar year. Prospect's advanced investment pipeline aggregates more than $600 million of potential opportunities.
ABOUT PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Prospect Capital Corporation (www.prospectstreet.com) is a closed-end investment company that lends to and invests in private and microcap public businesses. Our investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.
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