Waterside Capital Corporation is no longer investing. It is a venture capital, and private equity firm specializing in investments in mezzanine debt for growth expansion; management buyouts; recapitalizations; leveraged buyouts; acquisitions; and working capital. The firm also provides bridge financing. It seeks to invest in small private and public companies and small middle market companies. The firm does not invest in start-ups, turnaround situations, oil or gas exploration, real estate development, and direct lending businesses. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the Mid-Atlantic region and also invests in small businesses based in Richmond, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Washington D.C., North Carolina, and Maryland. The firm prefers to provide, with a more than five year term with flexible amortization, between $500,000 and $3 million as subordinate loans and between $1 million and $3 million as senior debt financing. It prefers to invest in companies that have annual revenues greater than $5 million. The firm co-invests in case of large investments and prefers to structure its investments as debt with attached warrants on common stock or as senior debts. The firm prefers equity participation when it provides subordinate loans and a collateral of assets while providing senior debt financing. Westside Capital Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
