Canyon Partners
Organization
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Organization
Schema.org type: Corporation
Country: United States
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
Co-founders: Josh Friedman, Mitchell Julis
Sector: Alternative investment management — credit and event-driven strategies, distressed debt, structured finance and growth equity
Notable DACH portfolio: Flix (Series G participant, >$650M round at >$3B valuation, June 2021)
Official website: https://www.canyonpartners.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canyon-partners
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Capital_Advisors
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5033789
Entity Profile
Overview
Canyon Partners is a US alternative investment management firm co-founded in 1990 by Josh Friedman and Mitchell Julis and headquartered in Los Angeles, specialising in credit and event-driven strategies including distressed debt, structured finance and growth equity.
What it is
Canyon Partners is a Los Angeles-headquartered alternative investment management firm co-founded in 1990 by Josh Friedman and Mitchell Julis. It specialises in credit and event-driven investing across distressed debt, structured finance, real estate credit and growth equity, and manages capital on behalf of institutional and high-net-worth investors globally.
DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage
Canyon Partners is a long-standing US alternative asset manager whose growth-equity activity has extended into European mobility. Canyon Partners participated in the Flix Series G growth round of more than $650 million at a valuation above $3 billion in June 2021, alongside General Atlantic, Permira, TCV, HV Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock and Baillie Gifford — the round that positioned Flix as a globally scaled European mobility company ahead of its Greyhound Lines acquisition.
Public source context
Public information on Canyon Partners used for this record is drawn from its official https://www.canyonpartners.com , its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Capital_Advisors and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5033789 , and public reporting on the Flix Series G growth round of June 2021.
Startuprad.io coverage of Canyon Partners
Canyon Partners appears in the following Startuprad.io interviews, news and analysis.
Meet the German Entrepreneur of the Year — Co-Founder of Flix, which now owns Greyhound #GSA22
Published: 14 December 2022
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/meet-the-german-entrepreneur-of-the-year-co-founder-of-flix-which-now-owns-greyhound-gsa22
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