Monroe Capital Supports Hidden Harbor Capital Partners’ Acquisition of Escape Fire Protection Inc.

Monroe Capital Supports Hidden Harbor Capital Partners’ Acquisition of Escape Fire Protection Inc.

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Escape Fire Protection Inc. (“EFP”) by private equity sponsor Hidden Harbor Capital Partners.

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, EFP is a regional fire, life & safety provider serving commercial and industrial customers across Minnesota and the broader Midwest. The company designs, installs, inspects and maintains fire sprinkler systems and related life safety solutions.

About Monroe Capital

Monroe is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit solutions, structured credit, real estate and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and has 13 locations throughout the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Middle East.

Monroe has been recognized by both its peers and investors with various awards including GrowthCap Advisory’s 2025 Top Private Credit Firm List; Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors List; DealCatalyst as the 2025 Most Innovative Private Credit CLO Manager of the Year; Private Debt Investor as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year, Americas and 2023 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Decade; Global M&A Network as the 2024 Lower Mid-Markets Lender of the Year, Americas; Korean Economic Daily as the 2022 Best Performance in Private Debt – Mid Cap; Creditflux as the 2021 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund; and Pension Bridge as the 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year. For more information and important disclaimers, please visit www.monroecap.com.

For more information, please contact:

Zia Uddin
Monroe Capital LLC
312-523-2374
zuddin@monroecap.com

Daniel Abramson
Gregory
857-305-8441
dabramson@gregoryagency.com

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