Franklin BSP Lending Corporation operates as a Business Development Company (BDC) that focuses on providing capital to privately held middle-market companies. The firm engages in a variety of investment activities, including financing leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and growth initiatives, as well as providing venture debt, CLO equity, delayed draw term loans, rescue financing for distressed or turnaround situations, and bridge loans. Its investments span both the debt and equity structures of these private enterprises.