About Us
Beltline Capital Partners is a Canadian private credit and capital advisory firm focused on providing flexible, non dilutive financing solutions to small and mid sized businesses.
We work with companies at moments of growth, transition, or complexity where traditional lenders are constrained and equity is misaligned. Our role is to structure capital that supports execution, preserves ownership, and improves long term outcomes.
Beltline operates through a broad and established network of private lenders, specialty finance firms, and institutional capital partners across Canada and the United States. This network allows us to design and arrange tailored financing solutions across senior secured debt, asset based lending, working capital, and structured credit, selecting the right capital for each situation rather than forcing a single product or balance sheet.
Our approach
The Canadian capital market leaves many strong businesses underserved. Bank lending is increasingly rigid. Equity can be expensive and dilutive. Government programs are valuable but difficult to navigate. Beltline sits between these options. We design structured private credit solutions that reflect the realities of the business, not just a template. Capital is built around cash flow, assets, timing, and risk, with an emphasis on durability and alignment.
What we do
We provide and arrange senior secured loans, asset based and working capital facilities, accounts receivable and purchase order financing, structured growth capital, and bridge financing. We also advise companies on grant strategy and non dilutive capital optimization, helping them pursue institutional and government funding in a disciplined and compliant way. These solutions are often used together to reduce dilution, bridge timing gaps, and expand the total capital available to the business.
Who we work with
Our clients are founder led and management owned businesses across industrial, manufacturing, energy services, agriculture, technology enabled services, and consumer sectors. They are typically profitable or near profitable, asset backed or cash flow generative, and focused on growth, acquisition, or operational scale.
Why Beltline
We are independent, flexible, and product agnostic. We focus on structuring the right solution rather than forcing a single outcome. Our value comes from judgment, relationships, and execution. We help businesses navigate complexity, avoid unnecessary dilution, and move forward with confidence.
Let’s talk
If you are evaluating capital options for growth or transition, we welcome the conversation. Reach out to discuss how Beltline Capital Partners can support your next stage.
Leadership
Managing Partner
Doug Holt, MBA
With more than 20 years of experience spanning, venture investing, debt capital investment management, and leading high functioning teams Doug brings deep expertise in financial analysis, fundamental research, and strategic execution. Over the past seven years, he has led a high-performing team of 35 professionals, deploying capital into hundreds of early-stage companies and helping scale some of Alberta’s most promising ventures.
Doug’s foundation in the high-yield debt market is rooted in his tenure at Peritus Asset Management, where he managed a $200 million USD portfolio focused on energy and chemicals. During that time, he played a pivotal role in growing a publicly listed ETF on the NYSE from $80 million to over $1 billion USD in assets under management.
In addition to his portfolio management background, Doug has advised on corporate divestitures, complex deal structuring, and debt refinancing for transactions ranging from $10 million to $100 million. His unique blend of public and private sector experience—including oversight of government-backed financing programs—positions him to lead BCP with a differentiated and highly relevant approach to modern private credit.
Doug holds an MBA from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
Managing Director
Richard Clark, BA (Econ), LLB
Richard solves complex problems in critical moments, navigates varied business environments and consistently sees what others do not. His multi-sectoral experience is extensive, crossing technology, energy, power, professional services, capital markets, real estate, venture capital and philanthropy. His combination of legal and business perspective allows him to challenge conventional thinking and achieve breakthrough outcomes. Richard’s career has evolved from securities law to business creation and leadership, generally with early-stage companies. He has sat on dozens of corporate boards of exchange listed, private and philanthropic organizations.
Richard’s expertise includes finance, governance, risk management, compliance, designing and leading complex transactions, general business operations, dispute resolution, selecting and managing professional advisors, and identifying and managing conflicts of interest. Richard is fluent with Canada/US cross-border business operations and structuring, including transfer pricing, cross-border taxation, financing and asset transactions.
Richard is particularly skilled at identifying opportunities, defining vision, designing strategic and tactical plans, innovative structuring and most aspects of emerging businesses. Richard was named one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People by Alberta Venture Magazine (’13) and has a strong network of business, financial and governmental leaders, influencers, writers and innovators.
Richard attended the University in Calgary (Economics ‘87 and LLB ’90) and was admitted to the Alberta Law Society in 1991.