PNC Mezzanine Capital

Founded in 1980, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering sustainable communities across America. LISC provides comprehensive community development programs, including loans, grants, equity investments, technical assistance, and policy support to local organizations. Its mission is to transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy, sustainable, and thriving communities.

WesBanco, Inc. is a bank holding company based in Wheeling, West Virginia, that operates through its subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, Inc. The company offers a range of financial services, including retail and corporate banking, personal and corporate trust, brokerage, mortgage banking, and insurance services. WesBanco serves its clients through community banking and trust and investment services, providing various deposit accounts, loans for residential and commercial real estate, consumer installment loans, and home equity lines of credit. Additionally, the company offers investment products such as mutual funds and annuities, as well as securities brokerage services. WesBanco also operates an insurance agency and a full-service broker/dealer. As of the end of 2019, the bank maintained 236 branches and 227 ATMs across multiple states, including West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Founded in 1870, WesBanco has established a significant presence in the financial services sector.

Koppers is a global leader in producing carbon compounds and treated wood products, serving industries such as aluminum, steel, chemical, rubber, railroad, and utilities. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Koppers operates multiple manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and China.

American Eagle Outfitters is a global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products under the American Eagle and Aerie brands. With approximately 1,000 stores worldwide and online platforms serving over 80 countries, they provide jeans, apparel, intimates, activewear, swim collections, and personal care products for men and women.

Founded in 2005, 3 Rivers Capital is a private equity firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It specializes in equity recapitalizations and buyouts of middle-market companies, focusing on niche manufacturing, specialty services, healthcare, energy, and B2B sectors. The firm typically invests in companies with revenues up to $50 million and EBITDA between $4 million and $10 million, seeking majority stakes.

VantaCore Partners LP is a private company that supplies a variety of construction aggregates, including graded limestone, washed sand, gravel, and asphalt. Its products serve infrastructure, energy, commercial, and residential markets across several states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The company offers an extensive range of aggregates such as graded stone, rip rap, base stone, and various types of sand and gravel. Additionally, VantaCore produces asphalt mixes suitable for applications from driveways to major highways. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, VantaCore operates multiple surface and underground facilities, including a limestone quarry and asphalt operation in Tennessee, a limestone quarry in Kentucky, and a sand and gravel business in Louisiana. The company aims to expand its national presence through strategic acquisitions, providing independent quarry operators with opportunities to monetize their businesses while preserving their local identity and management.

National City Corporation was a regional bank holding company based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, founded in 1845; it was once one of the ten largest banks in America in terms of deposits, mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Subsidiary National City Mortgage is credited for doing the first mortgage in America. The company operated through an extensive banking network primarily in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Wisconsin, and also served customers in selected markets nationally. Its core businesses included commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance, and asset management. The bank reached out to customers primarily through mass advertising and offered comprehensive banking services online. In its last years, the company was commonly known in the media by the abbreviated NatCity, with its investment banking arm even bearing the official name NatCity Investments.