MidCap Financial Closes $45mm Senior Secured Credit Facility to Certor Sports

November 17, 2025

Source: MidCap Financial

BETHESDA, MD, November 17, 2025 – MidCap Financial, a leading commercial finance company focused on middle market transactions, today announced it has provided a $45 million senior secured credit facility to Certor Sports, LLC (“Certor” or the “Company”). Proceeds from the credit facility were used to refinance the Company’s existing credit facility and to support the ongoing growth and working capital needs of the Company.

About the Company

Certor Sports, LLC, located in Plainfield, Indiana, is a domestic sporting goods manufacturer and parent company for leading protective and equipment brands, including VICIS, Schutt Sports, and TUCCI. From protection to performance, Certor Sports has developed emerging technologies used by MVP-caliber professionals to youth athletes competing each weekend. For more information about Certor Sports, please visit https://www.certorsports.com/.

About the Sponsor

Innovatus Capital Partners is a New York City based investment adviser and portfolio management firm with ~$1.4bn of assets under management. The firm’s investment strategy identifies distressed, disruptive, and growth opportunities in the less obvious market seams and targets companies with favorable industry dynamics and differentiated core competencies with multiple paths to optimize returns. For more information about Innovatus Capital Partners, please visit https://www.innovatuscp.com/.

About MidCap Financial

MidCap Financial is a middle-market focused, specialty finance firm that provides senior debt solutions to companies across all industries. As of September 30, 2025, MidCap Financial provides administrative or other services for over $60 billion of commitments*. MidCap Financial is managed by Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, Inc, pursuant to an investment management agreement. Apollo had assets under management of approximately $908 billion as of September 30, 2025, in credit, private equity and real assets funds.

For more information about MidCap Financial, please visit www.midcapfinancial.com.

For more information about Apollo, please visit www.apollo.com.

*Including commitments managed by MidCap Financial Services Capital Management LLC, a registered investment adviser, as reported under Item 5.F on Part 1 of its Form ADV

Contact:              
MidCap Financial Services, LLC
Garrett Fletcher, President of Structured Finance
301-841-6439
gfletcher@midcapfinancial.com

 

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