LYL vs NMFC

Dragon Victory International Limited

Dragon Victory International Limited operates a reward-based crowdfunding platform in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through four segments: Crowdfunding Platform Service, Incubation Services, Finder's Fees Services, and Auto-Parts Procurement Services. It operates 5etou, an online crowdfunding platform at 5etou.cn that enables project searching for funding to connect with funding sources. The company also provides business incubation services related to marketing, sales and strategic planning, and guidance and general resources in ancillary services, such as human resources, legal, accounting, operations, assisting with feasibility studies, and other types of services. In addition, it offers finder's service to assist companies to obtain loans or additional equity financing, introduce them to potential business partners, find merger candidates or other strategic relationships, or assist with feasibility studies. Further, the company offers procurement services to auto-repair shops that have demands for auto-parts from auto-parts suppliers, and transacting with auto-parts shops. Dragon Victory International Limited was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

New Mountain Finance Corporation

New Mountain Finance Corporation is a Business Development Company. It specializes in investments in middle market companies and debt securities at various levels of the capital structure, including first and second lien debt, first-lien/unitranche loans, select second-lien loans, bonds, unsecured notes, bonds, and mezzanine securities. It invests in various industries that include software, education, business services, distribution and logistics, federal services, healthcare services and products, healthcare facilities, energy, media, consumer and industrial services, healthcare Information Technology, Information Technology and services, specialty chemicals and materials, telecommunication, retail, and power generation. It seeks to invest in United States. It typically invests between $10 million and $50 million. Within middle market it seeks to invest in companies having EBITDA between $10 million and $200 million. It prefers to invest in equity interests, such as preferred stock, common stock, warrants, or options received in connection with its debt investments and directly in the equity of private companies. The fund makes investments through both primary originations and open-market secondary purchases. It invests primarily in debt securities that are rated below investment grade and have contractual unlevered returns of 10% to 15%. The firm may also invest in distressed debt and related opportunities and prefers to invest in targets having private equity sponsorship. It seeks to hold its investments between five years and ten years. The fund prefer to have majority stake in companies.