Thayer Street Partners

“So you have this massive growth and at the same time consolidation of non-bank private credit. Trillions of dollars being managed by a small number of firms, and in many ways, the growth of those firms is phenomenal, but it's leaving companies behind that need…”

“When we think about our funds, they are, call it plus or -10 positions, historically, maybe even closer to 12. Maybe we only have 10 or less outstanding at a given time. We have a high degree of recycling in our approach. So the way we think about it is, Plus …”

“When you blend those all together, we want something where in a downside case, you have a structured return that'll be meaningful. It could generate in and of itself A low to mid teens return where our risk exposure looks and feels like attaching at 10 to 20% …”

“The thing that happens most consistently when things go wrong is companies scaling nicely. The company goes from 30 employees to a hundred, and there is a new set of management issues. Layers of the org chart. An executive that's used to having control or bein…”

“80% of private credit is dominated by 20% of the players. They are investing out of very large funds. That market continues to consolidate. And the focus of most folks in direct lending and private credit is on opportunities that are larger than fifty million …”

“Employees up and down our team are participants in carry or synthetic carry. Every single person in our team.”

“So across our portfolio today, we have just shy of a 1.5 X minimum return.”

“So that company grew probably four X in terms of top line revenue and another closer to five or six X in terms of Gross processing volume over a four-ish year period.”

“We're trying to create this base layer where if none of the companies grow, they just stay stable, which is rare. You know, we're already engineering, call it a 10, 12, 14% IOR.”

“Usually when we've struck a deal with someone or found a company that's ready to go, 80% of our diligence is done.”

“The good news is usually there's 10, 20, 30 other players, many of whom are larger, that want these customers. And the customer relationships are so sticky. These are businesses recurring it with 90 plus percent recurrence. We can still generate a lot of value…”

“Oftentimes, while our capital is a little more structured and a little more tailored, we don't invest with back leverage. We don't require current coupons or current amortization. We're focused on the long-term cap gains event. Alongside management.”