Continuation Vehicles

Overview

Champlain Capital supports sponsors raising capital for a Continuation Vehicle to extend the ownership period of a company. These transactions represent our same investment approach that allows high-quality businesses to continue executing long-term strategies under consistent ownership and governance while providing liquidity to existing stakeholders and continuing to benefit from future growth opportunities.

Our Perspective on Continuation Vehicle Transactions

We participate in single-asset and multi-asset Continuation Vehicle transactions where our experience, capital structure, and operating mindset are well-suited to support the next phase of ownership. These situations typically involve businesses valued by their customers, led by strong management teams and demonstrating clear opportunities for greater value creation

Continuation Vehicle transactions are evaluated with the same standards we apply to all our investments.

Capital Structure Consistency

Continuation Vehicle transactions are funded using Champlain’s One-Stop Solution, providing all required equity and debt from a single source. This structure delivers speed, certainty, simplicity, and alignment, while avoiding the constraints and competing interests often introduced by third-party lenders and capital structures that are not aligned.