New Mountain Finance Corp. is a business development company which provides direct lending solutions to United States upper middle market companies. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York. The company went IPO on 2011-05-20. Its investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation through the sourcing and origination of senior secured loans and select junior capital positions, to growing businesses in defensive industries that offer attractive risk-adjusted returns. The company invests a significant portion of its portfolio in unitranche loans, which are loans that combine both senior and subordinated debt, generally in a first lien position. The firm invests in various sectors, such as software, business services, healthcare, education, investment funds (including investments in joint ventures), consumer services, education, distribution and logistics, financial services, packaging, and others. New Mountain Finance Advisers, L.L.C. is the investment adviser of the Company.