Andrea Hedrick is a twenty plus year industry veteran with a demonstrated career of building investment businesses and successfully deploying over $5 billion in capital into the private and public markets. Andrea spent her initial fifteen years in direct investments into large corporate and middle market companies before launching a well-respected private credit platform serving the lower middle market. She is passionate about driving change within the investment industry by mentoring and developing young talent and strives to embody a leadership style of high character, transparency, and respect. At Amateras AEA, she came together with her Partners due to their shared vision of building an innovative, opportunistic focused investment firm that leverages the value and power of diversity in driving investment outperformance.
As a lead investor and originator, Andrea brings solutions-based capital structures to her extensive network of entrepreneurs, C-suite management teams, family offices, funds, and third-party referrals. She is highly regarded as a go to advisor and structuring resource, and has worked across numerous industries including business services, consumer product, education, industrial, manufacturing, automotive, software and technology.
Prior to Amateras, Andrea was part of the four-person team that launched Stonegate Capital in 2016. She was responsible for developing and spearheading the platform’s go-to-market strategy and leading the team to cement a nationally recognized brand name into the lower middle market. Andrea ascended to CEO of the platform in 2019 and led all aspects of the firm, including fundraising, running Investment Committee, and developing and improving credit policies.