# Michael J. Grisius

> Michael J. Grisius is a startup investor at Saratoga Investment Corp.. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Saratoga Investment Corp.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saratoga-investment)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-grisius-06244614

Michael J. Grisius is a startup investor at Saratoga Investment Corp.. Mike Grisius has over 23 years of experience in leveraged finance and private equity. He is Chief Investment Officer and a Managing Director of Saratoga Investment Advisors, LLC, the Company's investment adviser, as well as a Director of the Company.Prior to joining Saratoga, Mr. Grisius served as Managing Director at Allied CapitalCorporation, where he was an investment professional for over 16 years. At Allied Capital Corporation, he held several senior positions including co-head of Mezzanine Finance and member of its Management Committee and its Investment Committee. In 2008, Mike was appointed co-chairman of the Allied Capital Corporation's Investment Committee. During his tenure at Allied, he produced an exceptional track record investing over $2 billion in a variety of asset classes. He built and led teams that made investments in mezzanine and senior debt, control equity and real estate mortgage debt. He also had primary responsibility for structuring and managing Unitranche Fund, LLC, a $3.6 billion joint venture between Allied and GE Capital. Mike has served on the board of directors of numerous middle market companies. Prior to joining Allied Capital Corporation, Mike worked in leveraged finance at Chemical Bank and served in Senior Accountant and Consultant positions with KPMG.

## About Saratoga Investment Corp.

VC Fund · New York, United States

Saratoga Investment Corp. is a specialty finance company that invests primarily in leveraged loans and mezzanine debt issued by U.S. middle-market companies, both through direct lending and through participation in loan syndicates. It has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. SaratogaInvestment Corp. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SAR." Saratoga Investment Corp. includes an SBIC-licensed subsidiary.

3 contacts available at Saratoga Investment Corp..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Henri J. Steenkamp | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henri-j-steenkamp |
| Michael J. Grisius | CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-j-grisius |
| Christian L. Oberbeck | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-l-oberbeck |

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