Private equity and venture capital investors Private equity firms Venture capital firms Angel investors Portfolio companies. Financial sponsor Management buyout Divisional buyout Buy—sell agreement Leveraged recapitalization Dividend recapitalization. Our goal is to build the premier farmland real estate company focused on the ownership of high quality farms and farm-related properties that are leased on a triple-net basis to tenants with a strong operating history and deep farming resources. BDCs are similar to venture capital VC or private equity PE funds since they provide investors with a way to invest in small companies and participate in the sale of those investments.