Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in subordinated debt with warrants or preferred equity and venture capital investments.

Within private equity, the firm specializing in capital growth and lower middle market investments. Within venture capital, it specializing in early to late-stage private businesses.

The firm does not prefer to invest in real estate sector. It prefers to invest in software, professional services, manufacturing, consumer, healthcare, automotive and public d stocks.

The firm prefers to invest in East or Midwest U.S. operations sectors. It typically invests between $0.75 million and $5 million with initial target size of $1.5 million.

The firm seeks to invest in companies having more than $2 million in revenue or having up to $5 million in EBITDA.

The firm prefers to be a minority stake and seeks to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for a period up to five years.