CNL STRATEGIC CAPITAL ANNOUNCES OPERATING RESULTS FOR SECOND QUARTER 2025

Orlando, Fla., Aug. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- , CNL Strategic Capital, LLC (CNL Strategic Capital or the Company) seeks to provide current income and long-term appreciation to investors by acquiring controlling equity stakes in combination with loan positions in privately owned middle-market businesses. The Company announced its operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Highlights:

As of June 30, 2025, CNL Strategic Capital's portfolio consisted of equity and debt investments in 17 portfolio companies and had approximately $1.4 billion in total assets, compared with approximately $1.3 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024.

For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized a net change in unrealized appreciation on investments, including unrealized foreign currency gain of approximately $55.2 million and had total investment income of approximately $35.1 million. That compares with a net change in unrealized appreciation on investments of $35.2 million and total investment income of approximately $32.1 million during the first six months of 2024.

The cumulative total investment return based on net asset value (NAV) since inception and through June 30, 2025, was approximately 116.7% for Class FA shares, 99.2% for Class A shares, 85.0% for Class T shares, 88.6% for Class D shares, 101.0% for Class I shares and 83.2% for Class S shares.1 These returns are prior to any applicable sales load and assume shareholders reinvested their distributions. 

For the six months ended June 30, 2025, CNL Strategic Capital received approximately $74.9 million in net offering proceeds, including approximately $10.5 million received through the distribution reinvestment plan. Since beginning operations in February 2018 until June 30, 2025, CNL Strategic Capital raised approximately $1.2 billion, including $56.9 million received through the distribution reinvestment plan. 

Cash distributions declared net of distributions reinvested were funded from the following sources (in thousands):

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,     

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025

 

2024

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage2

 

Amount

 

Percentage2

 

 

Net investment income before Expense Support (reimbursement)

$   5,374

 

51.6 %

 

$   9,634

 

100.1 %

 

 

Expense Support (reimbursement)

     3,892

 

37.4    

 

   353

 

3.7    

 

 

Net investment income

$   9,266

 

89.0 %

 

$   9,987

 

103.8 %

 

 

Cash distributions net of distributions reinvested in excess of net investment income

1,143

 

11.0

 



 



 

 

Cash distributions declared, net of distributions reinvested3

$ 10,409

 

100.0 %

 

$   9,621