Private Credit

Invesco Direct Lending

Invesco Private Credit is one of the leading financiers of global private equity, with $25+ billion of capital outstanding to 200+ sponsors. For decades, our veteran Direct Lending team has served as a reliable, long-term partner to premier private equity sponsors seeking middle-market debt solutions.

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Invesco Direct Lending

$25B+

in loans outstanding to private equity firms across platform1

200+

private equity firms we currently lend to across platform

25+

years of team experience together in middle-market

Why partner with Invesco?

Our Direct Lending team has decades of experience in sourcing, underwriting, and executing senior secured loans in the core middle market. We are a trusted partner to leading deal sponsors seeking capital and investors targeting compelling sources of risk-adjusted return.

  • Experience
    Seasoned team with 25+ years of experience together providing over $10 billion in loans to middle market companies across multiple cycles.
  • Partnership approach
    History of building multi-decade partnerships with private equity firms and investors.
  • Integrated platform
    Fully integrated, private-side senior loan platform with the ability to support portfolio.
  • Efficient diligence process
    One of the largest sector-based senior loans research teams with 20+ credit analysts and a proprietary credit library of 2000+ company issuers resulting in informed and efficient diligence.
  • Institutional support
    Extensive resources and infrastructure of a large, diversified global asset manager with $1.8 trillion of client capital and one of the largest senior loan managers with over $47 billion of AUM.1

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Transactions

Our veteran Direct Lending team has been a reliable partner to leading private equity sponsors, providing debt financing for core middle-market companies across a broad range of industries. We focus on leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations, and platform builds.

Target investment criteria
  • Company size: Middle market companies with EBITDA of $10 million - $75 million
  • Investment size: Target holds of $20 million - $100 million
  • Target assets: Revolver, First Lien, Delayed Draw Term Loan, Unitranche, Second Lien
  • Geographic focus: US, Canada, with capability to invest in Europe    

Recent transactions

These are representative transactions executed by the Invesco Direct Lending team through August 2025.

MicroCare

MicroCare

Sponsor: Blue Sea Capital

Facility type: Revolver, First Lien Term Loan and Delayed Draw Term Loan
Gougeon

Gougeon

Sponsor: Iron Path Capital

Facility type: Revolver, First Lien Term Loan & Delayed Draw Term Loan
Western Smokehouse Partners

Western Smokehouse Partners

Sponsor: Monogram Capital Partners

Facility type: Revolver, First Lien Term Loan & Delayed Draw Term Loan
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