SFNet Member Spotlight: Edge Capital

Edge Capital
One Belmont Avenue
Suite 630
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
www.edgecapital.com

Edge Capital is a family office-backed specialty finance company focused on providing working capital solutions to businesses looking for flexibility and to those that may not have access to traditional bank financing. Edge is free from the layers of approvals, one-size-fits all approach, and regulations of most financial lending institutions. Instead, we craft bespoke capital solutions that meet the unique needs of the businesses we work with, taking a holistic view of its challenges and opportunities. We are national in scope and sector agnostic, working with businesses in the manufacturing, distribution, wholesaling, consumer products, e-Commerce, undercapitalized industries and service industries. Our firm’s mission is to question and improve long-held industry practices, maximize flexibility for the companies we work with and partner with our borrowers through transitions both expected and unexpected. Our lending agreements and borrower relationships are not fraught with tripwires and financial covenants, designed for us to profit when our customers are in the most need. Instead, we pass along our edge to our customers, capitalizing on the flexibility of our capital source and growth mindset.

SFNet Member Director: Meredith L. Carter, President and CEO

As President and CEO of Edge, Meredith Carter leads the strategic direction of the company as well as oversees the business development, credit and operations processes of the business. She is also the Chief Legal Officer for Edge. An alumna of Villanova University School of Law and the University of Delaware, Meredith spent the first seven years of her career as a lawyer in private practice at the Delaware-based law firm Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP as a corporate litigator then transactional lawyer. Later in her tenure at the Firm, she pivoted to help it design and execute its first-ever coordinated business development plan as the Firm’s head of business development, leading a national team of professionals. Next, Meredith left the world of private practice to help launch, grow and later sell a litigation funding business focused on patent litigation and complex commercial litigation, Upon the sale of that business, Meredith was recruited by the family office backer of Edge (formerly Edge Capital, LLC) to grow its asset-based lending portfolio, originally as Managing Director of BD and Corporate Counsel for the firm. Shortly thereafter, she was promoted to President and CEO and has led the Company on its rapid growth path over the last five years. Meredith is a Trustee of the Overbrook School for the Blind and held multiple Board and Management positions for the Junior League of Philadelphia over a ten year period. While she was in private practice, Meredith served as a guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of children in proceedings in the Delaware Family Court .