Gladstone Capital Corporation operates as a Business Development Company (BDC), specializing in providing tailored capital solutions to businesses within the lower middle market. Its investment approach supports various strategic initiatives, including funding growth, executing add-on acquisitions, facilitating changes of control, implementing buy-and-build models, and refinancing existing obligations. The firm's portfolio primarily comprises a comprehensive array of debt instruments, such as senior term loans, revolving credit facilities, secured first and second lien term loans, senior and junior subordinated loans, unitranche loans, and mezzanine financing. Furthermore, Gladstone Capital also acquires equity stakes through common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or warrants. The company focuses its investments on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located throughout the United States. While maintaining an industry-agnostic stance, it actively seeks opportunities across a wide spectrum of sectors, including business services, light and specialty manufacturing, niche industrial products and services, specialty consumer products and services, energy services, transportation and logistics, healthcare and education, specialty chemicals, media and communications, and aerospace and defense. Beyond its core debt and equity offerings, the fund also engages in private equity investments for acquisitions, buyouts, and recapitalizations. Gladstone Capital typically deploys between $7 million and $30 million per investment, targeting companies with annual sales ranging from $20 million to $150 million and an EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) between $3 million and $25 million. The firm generally prefers to acquire minority ownership positions. Its exit strategies are designed to realize value through strategic sales to industry participants or financial sponsors, initial public offerings (IPOs), or other capital market transactions.