Chris Daniel

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Lake Country Capital LLC

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Chris Daniel has over 20 years of experience in mezzanine, leveraged lending and private equity investing.
Prior to co-founding LC2, Chris was a Managing Director at Gladstone Investment Corporation, where he led their West Coast practice focusing on direct debt and equity investments in middle market companies.
Previously, he launched West Coast offices for Praesidian Capital Investors and Churchill Capital, building a western presence for those firms.
Earlier Chris was a Principal at Windjammer Capital Investors focused on subordinated debt and structured equity investing.
He was credit trained and began his career as a lender financing private equity-sponsored middle market businesses at Citicorp Securities.
Chris received a BA from UCLA, and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
He has served on or observed eighteen middle market company boards, and on several of them, served as Chairman representing the controlling shareholder.

Chris Daniel active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Lake Country Capital LLC Lake Country Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lake Country Capital invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of at least USD 2 million. The firm focuses on sectors such as manufacturing, consumer, medical/healthcare and business services. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity for buyout and growth stage transactions.	Founder	31/12/2016

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Former positions of Chris Daniel

Companies	Position	End
Gladstone Management Corp. Gladstone Management Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Gladstone Management invests in companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of USD 4 - 15 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing in the form of equity and debt for growth, buy-out and recapitalization with an investment size of up to USD 75 million. It takes minority position.	Private Equity Investor	30/12/2017
Churchill Capital, Inc. Churchill Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Churchill Capital seeks investment opportunities in middle market manufacturing & service companies located in the US and Canada with revenues of $30 - $300 million. It targets companies operating in the fields of medical, orthopedic, spinal & dental products, infrastructure products, aerospace, branded consumer products and industrial services. It provides financing in the form of equity and subordinated debt for recapitalizations, acquisitions, buyouts and growth.	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2008
Praesidian Capital Corp. Praesidian Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Praesidian Capital invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States and Europe with revenues of USD 3 - 100 million, enterprise value USD 1 - 100 million and EBITDA of USD 0.25 - 20 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in equity and mezzanine financing for growth, acquisitions, MBOs, LBOs, recapitalizations, and refinancing requirements with a transaction size ranging from USD 0.25 to 100 million per transaction.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Windjammer Capital Investors LLC Windjammer Capital Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Windjammer Capital invests in middle-market companies located in North America with an EBITDA of USD 8 - 50 million. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of niche manufacturing, healthcare, consumer & food, business services and business distribution. It provides financing for buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate carve outs, public-to-private with an investment size of USD 50 - 200 million.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Citicorp Securities, Inc. Citicorp Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides security brokerage services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Churchill Capital, Inc. Churchill Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Churchill Capital seeks investment opportunities in middle market manufacturing & service companies located in the US and Canada with revenues of $30 - $300 million. It targets companies operating in the fields of medical, orthopedic, spinal & dental products, infrastructure products, aerospace, branded consumer products and industrial services. It provides financing in the form of equity and subordinated debt for recapitalizations, acquisitions, buyouts and growth.	Finance
University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Windjammer Capital Investors LLC Windjammer Capital Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Windjammer Capital invests in middle-market companies located in North America with an EBITDA of USD 8 - 50 million. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of niche manufacturing, healthcare, consumer & food, business services and business distribution. It provides financing for buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate carve outs, public-to-private with an investment size of USD 50 - 200 million.	Finance
Citicorp Securities, Inc. Citicorp Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides security brokerage services	Finance
Kenneth Leventhal & Co. Kenneth Leventhal & Co. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as an accounting firm	Commercial Services
Praesidian Capital Corp. Praesidian Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Praesidian Capital invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States and Europe with revenues of USD 3 - 100 million, enterprise value USD 1 - 100 million and EBITDA of USD 0.25 - 20 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in equity and mezzanine financing for growth, acquisitions, MBOs, LBOs, recapitalizations, and refinancing requirements with a transaction size ranging from USD 0.25 to 100 million per transaction.	Finance
Jackrabbit, Inc. Jackrabbit, Inc. Trucks/Construction/Farm MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures nut harvesting equipment	Producer Manufacturing
Gladstone Management Corp. Gladstone Management Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Gladstone Management invests in companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of USD 4 - 15 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing in the form of equity and debt for growth, buy-out and recapitalization with an investment size of up to USD 75 million. It takes minority position.	Finance
Lake Country Capital LLC Lake Country Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lake Country Capital invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of at least USD 2 million. The firm focuses on sectors such as manufacturing, consumer, medical/healthcare and business services. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity for buyout and growth stage transactions.	Finance