Star Mountain Capital
Lower Middle-Market Asset Manager
New York, New York

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Category: Lower Middle Market Credit
Mark: AA

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Profile

Star Mountain Capital is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset manager founded in 2010, focused on providing debt and equity capital to growing small and medium-sized companies and purchasing LP positions in lower middle-market funds. With $4.5 billion in assets as of September 30, 2025, the firm targets inefficiencies in the sector to generate systematic alpha and low market-correlated returns. It has closed 350+ direct and 40+ secondary fund investments for sophisticated investors.


Awards

2025 Top Private Credit Firms

2024 Top Private Debt Firms

2023 Top Private Debt Firms

Features

Private Credit Investor: Star Mountain Capital’s CEO Brett Hickey

GrowthCap’s RJ Lumba spoke with Brett Hickey on January 21, 2026. Brett is the Founder and CEO of Star Mountain Capital, a lower middle-market asset management firm focused on providing debt and equity capital to growing businesses. He founded the firm in 2010 and previously worked as an investment banker at Citigroup Global Markets.