Led by Natasha Fox and Patrick White, Altimer Capital provides equity financing solutions that support companies across sectors through all phases of their technology-driven transformation. The firm, which will focus on the lower half of the middle market, leverages its founders’ extensive investment experience in technology and data-enabled businesses and executes transactions.
Ms. Fox and Mr. White are former colleagues at alternative asset manager American Capital (acquired by Ares Capital in 2017) who have again teamed up to leverage their two decades of investing experience and deep expertise in the software and technology industries that drive digital transformation. Prior to launching Altimer Capital, Ms. Fox was a Founding Managing Partner of Avante Capital Partners, where she raised and managed two institutional funds and served on the firm’s Investment and Management committees. She led an investment team that executed transactions in the software, business services and industrial sectors, creating portfolio value that drove the fund’s top-tier performance during her decade with the firm. Before co-founding Avante, Ms. Fox was Principal and Head of the San Francisco office of American Capital, where she and Mr. White worked closely together. Joining the firm shortly after inception, she helped grow the firm’s AUM from $150 million to $20 billion. Ms. Fox has over two decades of middle market leveraged finance experience, focusing on debt and equity financing solutions. During her career, Ms. Fox served on multiple Boards of Directors of portfolio companies and has been a committed supporter of women in business and private equity.Before co-founding Altimer Capital, Mr. White was a Managing Director with Benefit Street Partners in San Francisco, where he led the firm’s credit investment activities in the Western U.S. Benefit Street Partners is a $37 billion credit manager and the primary private and liquid credit entity on Franklin Templeton’s alternative investments platform. Prior to Benefit Street, Mr. White co-led Monroe Capital’s software and technology practice. Mr. White has over 20 years of experience in middle market finance, providing senior and junior debt, and minority equity to businesses in software and technology, and adjacent sectors. Mr. White has also held senior roles at American Capital, H.I.G. Capital and Wells Fargo Foothill. Mr. White is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he served in numerous combat leadership roles as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army. 20/05/2022
