# Barings BDC

> Barings BDC is a VC fund in Raleigh backing Retail and Health Care. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Raleigh, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 48%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/triangle-capital-corporation
- Website: http://www.tcap.com

Barings BDC is a VC fund in Raleigh focused on Retail and Health Care. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $13M–$17M |
| Debt Financing | $8M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 5 | 24% |
| Health Care | 3 | 14% |
| Sales | 2 | 10% |
| Medical | 2 | 10% |
| Hospital | 2 | 10% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 9 | 43% |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 14% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 10% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 71% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C. Robert Knox, Jr | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-robert-knox-jr |
| Andrew K. Snow | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-k-snow-2 |
| Daniel R. Shank | investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-r-shank |
| David F. Parker | investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-f-parker |
| Douglas A. Vaughn | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-a-vaughn-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eyewa | Eyewa is the first dedicated online eyewear store for the Middle East. We have thousands of different eyeglasses, sunglasses, color contact lenses and prescription contact lenses for you to choose from. On Eyewa, you’ll find quintessentially cool brands like Ray-Ban and Emporio Armani, heritage brands like Burberry and Persol, high-fashion brandslike Fendi, Dolce & Gabbanaand Prada sporty brands like Nike and Lacoste and everything in between. Discover their brands portfolio with thousands of styles here. | $100M | Series C | Nov 27, 2024 |  |
| Global Premier Fertility | Global Premier Fertility provides opportunities for junior partner advancement and physician legacy programs. They offer solutions and resources to improve access to care, the patient experience, and outcomes. They offer retain clinical control, without disruption or the burden of the day-to-day practice management functions. | $11M | Series C | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Petaverse Network | Petaverse Network creates an open standard for crosschain, interoperable pets in the metaverse. | $7M | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| ClearEstate | ClearEstate provides helpful and caring guidance to executors by acting as a one-stop-shop for all estate-related services.By creating a tech-enabled, end-to-end solution for estate settlements, it disrupts the inefficient status-quo and empowers independent executors by automating administrative tasks, reduce the unnecessary involvement oflicensed professionals in order to save costs, and educate executors and beneficiaries in order to create more transparency throughout the whole process. | $13.3M | Series A | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| ClearEstate | ClearEstate provides helpful and caring guidance to executors by acting as a one-stop-shop for all estate-related services.By creating a tech-enabled, end-to-end solution for estate settlements, it disrupts the inefficient status-quo and empowers independent executors by automating administrative tasks, reduce the unnecessary involvement oflicensed professionals in order to save costs, and educate executors and beneficiaries in order to create more transparency throughout the whole process. | $2M | Seed | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| Bourn Hall Clinic | We offer fertility treatments to both self-funding and NHS patients in our friendly clinics in Cambridge, Colchester, Norwich and Wickford.Often described as a sanctuary for people with difficulties conceiving, Bourn Hall Clinic was established by IVF pioneers Steptoe and Edwards, and made history by being the first in the world to offer IVF.Since then we have helped in the conception of more than 13,000 children. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 11, 2021 |  |
| Schweiger Dermatology | Schweiger Dermatology is a comprehensive dermatology practice with multiple locations throughout New York City, including: Midtown, Midtown West, Financial District and Flatiron District. Under the supervision of dermatologist Dr. Eric Schweiger, we are staffed with board certified dermatologists, physician assistants and a plastic surgeon. AtSchweiger Dermatology in NYC we are dedicated to addressing all your skin care needs, both medical and cosmetic. | $20M | Debt Financing | Jun 22, 2017 |  |
| Native Maine Produce & Specialty Foods | Native Maine Produce & Specialty Foods (“Native Maine”) is the largest independent fresh foodservice distributor in Maine with over 1,500 customers. Native Maine provides its customers with over 3,000 high quality produce items and leading specialty products.In addition, Native Maine offers 450 branded products to help its customers controltheir food costs without compromising quality. |  | Private Equity | Jan 24, 2017 |  |
| Vinventions | With its full line of closure technologies, Vinventions aims to provide genuinely creative and revolutionary, affordable, high-performance products and services. The overarching aim is to ensure that each and every offering from Vinventions is "best in class" with efficiency, architecture, and sustainability characteristics that are addedand distinguished. | $22M |  | Jan 15, 2015 |  |
| PlayHaven | PlayHaven is the business engine for mobile games offering developers flexible tools to intelligently manage player acquisition, engagement, and monetization. PlayHaven is the only end-to-end solution that helps developers manage users at every valuable point in their lifecycle.PlayHaven’s platform spans 20,000+ games, 800+ million uniqueusers, 176+ million monthly active users, and more than 14 billion in-game events each month. Game developers including Cartoon Network, Glu Mobile, Game Circus, Namco Bandai, NaturalMotion, Nickelodeon, and SEGA leverage PlayHaven’s tools to manage the business of their games.Visit www.playhaven.com for more information. Follow PlayHaven on Facebook and Twitter. | $21.8M |  | Oct 20, 2014 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Barings BDC invest in?

Barings BDC invests primarily in Retail, Health Care and Sales startups, most often at Funding Round and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Barings BDC's check size?

Barings BDC typically joins rounds of $13M–$17M at Series A and $8M–$20M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Barings BDC participates in.

### How do I contact Barings BDC?

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### Who are the partners at Barings BDC?

The team at Barings BDC includes C. Robert Knox, Jr (Vice President), Andrew K. Snow (Analyst) and Daniel R. Shank (investment Manager), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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