Alright DFY, here's a partial list of BDC companies, which I gathered from doing Google searches. There's lots more but I don't have all day to show you that the BDC format is not at all uncommon. You may find it "glaring" but that's your take.
FKL (AMEX)
franklincapitalcorp.com
Franklin Capital Corporation (Franklin) is a business development company (BDC) that operates by furnishing capital and making available managerial expertise to companies that do not have ready access to capital through conventional financial channels. Franklin invests primarily in equity securities, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible preferred stock or other equity derivatives, such as options, warrants or rights to acquire stock.
Gladstone Capital Corp.
GLAD (NASDAQ)
gladstonecapital.com
Gladstone Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company that primarily invests in debt securities, consisting primarily of senior notes, senior subordinated notes and junior subordinated notes, of established private businesses that are backed by leveraged buyout funds, venture capital funds or others, with a particular emphasis on senior subordinated notes. In addition, the Company may acquire existing loans that meet this profile from leveraged buyout funds, venture capital funds and others. Gladstone operates as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company, and has elected to be treated as a business development company.
CLXN (OTCBB)
Business development company.
Exus Global, Inc.
EXGO (OTCBB)
Business development company.
Harimax International Crop.
HRMX (OTCBB)
Business development company which is a full service cleaning company offering daily residential cleaning services, carpet cleaning and other related services in the South Florida area under the name Cleaning Express USA. HAIRMAX also offers beauty salon services and products through its two retail beauty salons in the South Florida area under its Hairmax of Florida, Inc. subsidiary.
Atlantis Business Development Corp.
ATBD (OTCBB)
Business development company.
Advantage Capital Development Corp.
AVCP (PINK) Business development company.
21st Century Technologies, Inc.
TFCT (OTCBB)
Business development company.
S3I Holdings, Inc.
SEIH (OTCBB) Business development company.
Endovasc, Inc.
EVSC (OTCBB)
endovasc.com
Business development company that develops, markets and licenses biopharmaceutical products, particularly liposomal drug delivery methods, for the human healthcare industry.
TS & B Holdings, Inc.
TSBI (OTCBB)
Business development company which provides equity and long-term debt financing to small and medium-sized private companies in a variety of industries throughout the United States.
Greem Stone Products, Inc.
GJRC (OTCBB)
Business development company.
American Energy Production, Inc.
AMEP (OTCBB) Business development company.
HydroFlo, Inc.
HYRF (OTCBB)
hydroflo.us
Business development company.
Southern States Power Company, Inc.
SSTP (PINK)
sspowerco.net
A business development company that has focused its investments in companies engaged in the production, sale and distribution of biodiesel fuel and other alternative energy solutions.
Unico Inc.
UNCN (OTCBB)
Business development company.
Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc.
RENN (PINK)
Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified closed-end investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The investment objective of the Fund is to provide its shareholders with current income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in privately placed securities of small public companies (Portfolio Companies).
MACC (NASDAQ) Business development company with one wholly owned subsidiary, MorAmerica Capital Corporation, which conducts all of the company's venture investing.
Harris & Harris Group (TINY) The Company makes initial investments exclusively in tiny-technology enabled companies, and its last 10 initial private equity investments have been in such companies. Harris & Harris Group, Inc. is a Business Development Company with 11,498,845 common shares outstanding.
Senticore, Inc. SNIO a diversified public holding company with an emphasis in real estate, timber, entertainment and gaming, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved Senticore's transition to become a Business Development Company (BDC).
5G Wireless Communications, Inc. FGWC announced that pursuant to an October 11, 2004 unanimous vote of the board of directors, the company has completed the necessary filings to become a BDC (Business Development Company) in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
Winsted Holdings Inc. (OTCBB:WNHL), a Business Development Company (BDC)
Endovasc Inc. EVSC, a drug development company that has pioneered new cardiovascular and metabolic drug therapies, announces the conversion of the Company to a Business Development Company "BDC". The Company's Board of Directors unanimously ratified a vote to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, notifying the Commission of the Company's desire to be regulated as a Business Development Company under the authority of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act").
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