Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIEN) is a specialty finance company and the first publicly-listed business development company formed to invest across the cannabis ecosystem. The Company’s investment objective is to maximize risk-adjusted returns on equity for its shareholders by investing primarily in direct loans to privately held middle-market companies, with a focus on cannabis companies and other niche opportunities in underfollowed sectors. All of LIEN’s investments are designed to be compliant with all applicable laws and regulations within the jurisdictions in which they are made or to which LIEN is otherwise subject, including U.S. federal laws. LIEN will make equity investments only in companies that are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations within the jurisdictions in which they are located or operate, including U.S. federal laws. LIEN may make loans to companies that LIEN determines based on its due diligence are licensed in, and complying with, state-regulated cannabis programs, regardless of their status under U.S. federal law, so long as the investment itself is designed to be compliant with all applicable laws and regulations in the jurisdiction in which the investment is made or to which LIEN is otherwise subject, including U.S. federal law.
Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. is managed by Chicago Atlantic BDC Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”), an SEC-registered investment adviser.
