Sound Point Capital Management Raises $1.5B for Strategic Capital Fund III to Expand Asset-Based Lending Strategy

Between a bank saying “no” and a business still needing to move forward, a quiet market opened up. Not glamorous. Not loud. Just a gap sitting there like an unguarded lane on the highway of capital. And if you’ve spent enough years in credit, you know a lane like that is less of an accident and more of an invitation.

Sound Point Capital Management just answered that invitation with authority. The firm closed Strategic Capital Fund III at $1.5B, blowing past the $1B target and locking the doors at the hard cap. Oversubscribed. Investors lined up from North America, Latin America, Europe, and Australia. Insurers made up more than half of the first close. Pensions, asset managers, and family offices followed the signal. Even more telling, every investor from Strategic Capital Fund II came back for another round. In private credit, loyalty like that usually means the music sounds good and the dance floor is working.

Credit has a rhythm to it. When traditional banks step back, someone else has to step forward. That someone here is Stephen J. Ketchum, founder, Managing Partner, CEO, and CIO of Sound Point Capital Management, leading a platform that now manages more than $44B in assets. Alongside Stephen J. Ketchum is a bench that understands the tempo of this market. Marc Sole, Deputy CIO and Portfolio Manager, and Morgan O'Neill, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, co lead Capital Solutions with a sharp eye on transitional asset based lending where complexity usually scares off slower money.

The strategy is straightforward in concept and difficult in execution. Strategic Capital Fund III focuses on first lien loans backed by hard working assets like receivables and inventory. The fund typically writes checks between $150M–$300M, stepping into moments where companies need capital to bridge a transition. Banks hesitate. Markets wobble. Businesses still need to operate. That gap is where structured credit earns its reputation.

The proof is already showing up on the scoreboard. Sound Point Capital Management has originated more than $4.7B through its Capital Solutions strategy. Not theory. Not deck slides. Actual deals moving through an institutional credit platform that has spent years building the muscle to structure, price, and manage these transactions with discipline.

Behind that engine is the broader leadership group keeping the machine precise. Sarah Seelaus overseeing operations as COO. Dan Fabian guiding the financial architecture as Global CFO. Vincent D’Arpino protecting the legal framework as General Counsel. Tom Newberry bringing decades of credit judgment as Chief Credit Officer and Executive Chairman of Direct Lending. Tory Gossage driving global client relationships. Julie Smith managing investor communications with the people who ultimately write the checks.

Three funds into the Strategic Capital series tells its own story. $492M in 2018. $514M in 2022. Now $1.5B in 2026. The volume went up because the signal stayed clear. When markets get noisy, disciplined credit starts sounding like music again. And right now Sound Point Capital Management is conducting an orchestra that knows exactly when to lean into the moment and when to let the note hang in the air just long enough for investors to hear the opportunity.