BDC Analysis and Data

Private credit access through public markets.

At Dealcharts.org, we organize BDC data from SEC filings to reveal the landscape of Business Development Companies — investment vehicles that provide capital to small and mid-sized companies. This metadata-first approach brings visibility to private credit markets that are otherwise opaque, helping both humans and AI systems make smarter investment decisions.

Why BDC Data Matters

BDC data tells a story about how private credit flows through the market — and who's providing capital to growing companies. This data is essential for:

• Understanding private credit market dynamics
• Evaluating BDC investment strategies and performance
• Tracking regulatory compliance and filing patterns
• Building agentic models that reason about private capital flows

Real Use Cases

🧠 For Portfolio Managers

Use BDC metadata to enrich your view of private credit markets. Understand how different BDCs approach investment strategies — and feed that context into allocation decisions, risk modeling, and capital markets strategy.

📡 For Vendors & Data Providers

Surface which BDCs are active in specific sectors or regions. This opens the door to targeted outreach, product development, or building datasets that align with BDC investment mandates and regulatory requirements.

🤖 For AI Systems

Every connection — BDC → investment strategy → filing history — creates a new opportunity for prompting. This metadata graph enables systems to trace relationships, contextualize investments, and power intelligent agents that can explain, recommend, and synthesize private credit positions.

What We Capture

We extract and structure metadata from each BDC filing, including:

• Company identifiers and classifications
• Investment strategy and approach
• Filing history and regulatory compliance
• Time-series snapshots to observe shifts in strategy

The Metadata Advantage

A metadata-first strategy transforms raw BDC data into structured, usable inputs:

• Strategy analysis → See how different BDCs approach private credit
• Performance comparison → Benchmark BDCs with similar investment approaches
• Trend detection → Analyze strategy evolution, not just performance
• Prompt engineering → Feed strategy and relationship data directly into LLM workflows

Get Started

We've made BDC data accessible, structured, and ready to use — whether you're running models, building products, or exploring the private credit ecosystem.