Validity, Inc.
3 BDCs hold positions in Validity, Inc.; 2 of them lend $2M at SOFR + 500 bps, maturing Apr 2032.
Validity is a software company that helps sales, marketing, and operations teams improve data quality and email deliverability. Its platforms address CRM data management and deduplication, email-list verification, sender reputation, and inbox-placement monitoring, and the company expanded significantly through its acquisition of the email-deliverability pioneer Return Path. Founded in 2018 through a combination of data-quality tools, it is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and serves customers globally.
Company profile. Written by an AI model from public web sources. No one has checked it against those sources, and it is not taken from the company's or the lender's SEC filing. It is distinct from the SEC Schedule-of-Investments pricing data below. AI-generated analysis. Not investment advice. May contain errors.
Figures as of each lender’s latest reported period, 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-30; filed 2026-08-06 to 2026-11-03.
Lenders
3 BDCs hold positions in Validity, Inc. in our parsed SEC filings: BCIC, NCDL, TSLX. 2 of them hold its debt (BCIC, NCDL); the rest hold equity, preferred or other positions only.
Cross-lender loan pricing
Each row is one debt tranche at the BDC’s most recent filing that holds this borrower, widest spread first. Mark is the position’s fair value per 100 of par (100 = par). Spread is shown in basis points over the benchmark in the Rate column, normalized from each filing’s as-reported units — rows quoting different benchmarks are still not directly comparable. Compare like-for-like: a second-lien tranche, a different vintage, or an older filing should price wider even when the credit view is identical — check the Seniority and As of columns before reading a gap as disagreement. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). Lenders whose newest filing no longer names this borrower are listed separately under “Exited” below.
Marks are per 100 of par, current lenders only. Rows tagged “unfunded” or “n/m, not a price” are listed but left out of every average, range and comparison; a mark tagged “above 105, as filed” is shown but left out too.
Mixed reporting periods: these rows are as of 2026-06-30 and 2026-09-30. Each lender reports on its own schedule, so a mark from a later quarter can differ for reasons other than a different view of the credit — compare rows with the same As-of date first.
| BDC | Seniority | Rate | Cash spread (bps) | Mark | Fair value | Maturity | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCIC | First lien | SOFR | 500 | n/m, not a price | $2M | Apr 2032 | 2026-06-30filed 2026-08-06 |
| NCDL | First lien | SOFR | 500 | n/m, not a price | $49K | Apr 2032 | 2026-09-30filed 2026-11-03 |
Marks reflect each BDC’s own fair-value estimates as reported to the SEC, not traded prices. Private-credit loans are predominantly Level 3 under ASC 820 — valued from unobservable inputs and determined in good faith under the oversight of each BDC’s board (often by the adviser as valuation designee), so figures are estimates as of the period end each filing reports, not its filing date, and are not directly comparable across managers. Informational only; not investment advice or a valuation.
Equity and other positions
Current positions that are not funded debt (equity, preferred, units, and debt lines filed with no principal, such as a commitment not yet drawn) — counted among the BDCs that hold this borrower, but they carry no loan spread, so they sit outside the pricing table. Source: SEC EDGAR (public).
| BDC | Seniority | Fair value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSLX | Equity Preferred Shares | $8M | 2026-09-30filed 2026-11-03 |
Exited
Exited or inactive lenders: last-filed positions, not current. Excluded from every count and figure above.
| BDC | Status | Positions | Last-filed fair value |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBDC | Exited (last filed 2025-05-08) | 1 | $5M |
Reading this table
When two business development companies lend to the same borrower, comparing how each marks the loan is a starting question, not a verdict. In plain English: a wider spread (e.g. SOFR + 575 vs SOFR + 525 bps) or a lower mark (e.g. 96 vs 100 cents on the dollar) can mean that lender is pricing in more risk — but marks can also differ for reasons other than a credit view: a different tranche (second lien should price wider than first lien on the same company), a different vintage or entry point, an older filing date, or each manager’s own fair-value methodology. Compare like-for-like — check the Seniority and As of columns before reading a gap as disagreement. Each row is one debt position at one BDC’s most recent filing. Source: SEC EDGAR Schedule of Investments (public).
Terms in this table: SOFR (the floating benchmark most of these loans pay over); spread in basis points (bps; 100 bps is one percentage point); first lien and second lien; PIK (interest paid in more debt instead of cash); non-accrual; par (the face amount owed); and Level 3 fair value (a manager’s own estimate, not a market price). Also: mark (fair value per 100 of par, the lender's own estimate); seniority (where a position ranks for repayment); unfunded commitment (money promised but not yet drawn); basis point (one hundredth of a percentage point).
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