# David F. Parker

> David F. Parker is a startup investor at Barings BDC. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Barings BDC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triangle-capital-corporation)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

David F. Parker is a startup investor at Barings BDC. Mr. Parker co-founded Triangle Capital Corporation’s predecessor companies, Triangle Capital Partners, LLC and Triangle Mezzanine Fund LLLP in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Prior to co-founding Triangle, Mr. Parker was a partner in Crimson Capital Company, a Greensboro, North Carolina private investment banking firm that specialized in managementbuyouts of middle market companies in a variety of industries. Before joining Crimson, he was Vice-President and Treasurer at Marion Laboratories, Inc., a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for Marion’s public and private financings, venture capital investments, divestitures, and investor communications. Before working at Marion Laboratories, he worked six years as Vice-President and Director of Private Placements at J. Henry Schroder Corp, a position that followed three years at Kidder, Peabody & Co., on its private placement desk. Mr. Parker began his career in 1971 at Shearson, Hammill & Co. in New York.Mr. Parker is a graduate of North Carolina State University and Harvard Business School. He has served as the founding chairman of the Graduate School Board of Advisors at NC State, where he was also vice chairman of the Board of Visitors. He currently serves on the Board of the NC State Investment Fund.

## About Barings BDC

VC Fund · Raleigh, United States

Triangle Capital Corporation (Public, NASDAQ:TCAP) is a US-based specialty finance company.Triangle Capital Corporation (Triangle) is a specialty finance company that provides customized financing solutions to lower middle market companies located throughout the United States, with annual revenues between $10 and $100 million. Trianglegenerates income from its debt investments and capital appreciation from its equity related investments. The Company partners with business owners, management teams and financial sponsors to provide financing solutions to fund corporate events. Triangle invests primarily in senior and subordinated debt securities secured by first and second-lien security interests in portfolio company assets, coupled with equity interests. The Company wholly owns Triangle Mezzanine Fund LLLP (the Fund) and Triangle Mezzanine LLC (TML), the general partner of the Fund. The Company's investments generally range from $5 to $15 million per portfolio company.

5 contacts available at Barings BDC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| C. Robert Knox, Jr | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-robert-knox-jr |
| Andrew K. Snow | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-k-snow-2 |
| Daniel R. Shank | investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-r-shank |
| David F. Parker | investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-f-parker |
| Douglas A. Vaughn | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-a-vaughn-2 |

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