verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message american capital ltd. type public business development company traded as nasdaq acas industry financial private equity founded 1986 headquarters bethesda maryland united states key people malon wilkus ceo & chairman products closed end fund leveraged buyouts mezzanine capital number of employees 392 website americancapital.com american capital ltd. is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager . american capital both directly and through its asset management business originates underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity leveraged finance real estate and structured products . american capital manages 23 billion of assets including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers with 80 billion of total assets under management including levered assets . founded in 1986 and publicly traded since 1997 american capital has eight offices in the u.s. europe and asia . through its private equity and leveraged finance business american capital participates in management and employee buyouts either by providing mezzanine and senior debt financing for buyouts led by private equity firms or by providing capital directly to companies through a one stop buyout in which it funds senior debt mezzanine and equity and is the controlling shareholder . american capital and its affiliates invest from 10 million to 600 million per company in north america and 10 million to 300 million per company in europe . american capital owns and manages european capital ltd. a fund with 0.9 billion of assets . european capital invests in management and employee buyouts either by providing mezzanine and senior debt financing for buyouts led by private equity firms or by providing capital directly to companies through a one stop buyout in which it funds senior debt mezzanine and equity and is the controlling shareholder . since its 1997 ipo through september 2015 american capital has invested 37 billion in over 730 companies including well known companies such as aamco bumble bee seafoods bushnell outdoor products camelbak euro pro evenflo company gibson guitars piper aircraft riddell and rug doctor . 1 through its asset management business american capital manages seven private funds and three public funds that invests in buyouts real estate and other leveraged finance products . its three publicly traded funds include american capital agency corp. nasdaq agnc american capital mortgage investment corp. nasdaq mtge and american capital senior floating ltd. nasdaq acsf . american capital has eight offices in new york boston chicago annapolis london paris and signapore with its home office in bethesda md. references edit our portfolio . americancapital.com . retrieved 2015 02 02 . external links edit american capital q1 2013 shareholder presentation american capital website european capital website american capital agency website american capital mortgage website american capital senior floating website american capital energy & infrastructure v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly 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