Private Credit Arrives in the Lower Middle Market: A Conversation with Bridgepoint’s Matt Plooster

Today’s guest is Matt Plooster, founder and CEO of Bridgepoint, a boutique investment bank based in Omaha, Nebraska. We start the conversation with a background on private credit and its origins. From there we proceed to cover its growth, its arrival in the lower middle market, and how business owners can think about its features, risks, utility and applicability. We close out the conversation by getting into specific lower middle market transactions where private credit has been central to the outcome.  Discussion points:  The rise of private credit in the private market  How non-bank financing has evolved post-2008 crisis  Mezzanine vs. unitranche debt  Comparing private credit to traditional bank lending  Non-control transaction success with private capital