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Last verified Sep 13, 2026
2 sources · 17 observations
Mandate updated Sep 13, 2026
Observed financing independent sponsors
1 sponsor, 2 observed deals as capital provider: C••••••• R•••• P••••••• (2).
Observed financing in tech-enabled services (1).
Which sponsors in their sectors has DFX not observed them besideHow this is orderedOrdered by the sponsor's depth in your sectors. The capital named on their deals is printed beside each one so the absence can be checked rather than taken on trust.
DFX has not observed these firms together on any transaction in our coverage. That is a statement about what DFX has read, not about the firms: a deal that was never announced, or announced without naming its capital, cannot appear here.
Coverage behind this list: 2 sponsors observed closing in your sector · 1 of your own financings read in those sectors · most recent of theirs observed May 27, 2026.
- No financier is named in any announcement we have read for this firm.
- Capital named on their deals: Merit Capital Partners
What do they fund, equity or debt, how much, what structures
- Provider kinds
- Pe adviserFactsources in which the provider appears· 100%· Federal regulator filings
- Capital side
- EquityFactForm ADV private fund type· 85%· Federal regulator filings
- Aum private funds
- $158MFactForm ADV 7B gross assets of private funds· 95%· Federal regulator filings
- Pe fund count
- $4FactForm ADV 7B· 95%· Federal regulator filings
- Adviser since
- 2016-03-30FactForm ADV SEC status effective date· 95%· Federal regulator filings
- Adviser class
- Pe manager smallInferencegross private fund assets: small <$300M, mid <$2B, large· 80%· Federal regulator filings
Announced transactions naming them
- Feb 10, 2022Platform acquisitionconfidence 60%U•••• H••• · Capital providerS•••• C•••••• P•••••••• L•• · Capital providerE••••••• C•••••• P•••••••• L•• · Capital providerT•••• C•••••• · LenderE••••••••• B••• • T•••• · Lender
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DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) tecum.com
Affiliated: S•••• C•••••• M•••••••• P••••••• S••• I•• L•••
Sponsors this provider has financedWhat these counts meanCounts are the financings DFX has read in announcements. Most come from lenders' own deal archives, which list a lender's repeat deals with a sponsor but not the sponsor's deals with other lenders, so a repeat relationship shows where one lender publishes and is not a rate at which sponsors return to a lender. Counts undercount and record past financing; DFX does not predict who will finance a deal.
1 sponsor observed, 1 of them more than once.
- Repeat relationshipS•••• C•••••• P•••••••• L•• has financed 2 observed C••••••• R•••• P••••••• transactions (2022).Roles: capital provider
- Feb 10, 2022C••••• C••••••• S••••••••• L••tecum.com
- C••••• C••••••• S•••••••••, Inc.no URL
Evidence
| Fact | Value | Class | Effective | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adv firm type | Era | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Adv latest filing date | 2026-03-31 | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Adv status | ERA - Active | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Adv status effective date | 2016-03-30 | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Adviser class | PE manager small | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Entity kind | Private equity fund manager | Inference | 2026-09-12 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL |
| Hq location | Minneapolis, MN | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Pe fund count | 4 | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Private fund count | 4 | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Private fund gross assets usd | $158M | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Website | ••• Locked | Fact | 2026-03-31 | SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure, Form ADV data adviserinfo.sec.gov |
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