Investment, made through Advantage Capital's Empower the Change Fund, will support engineering firm serving power telecommunications, and infrastructure markets

CHICAGO, Ill., October 7, 2026 - Advantage Capital, a leading impact investment firm, announced today an investment in KDM Engineering, a Chicago-based professional engineering firm serving the electric power and natural gas industry, telecommunications and infrastructure markets. The investment was made through the firm's Empower the Change Fund, a growth capital fund dedicated to investing in undercapitalized businesses across the country.

The investment will give KDM growth capital to expand its team and increase capacity for existing and new clients, as well as extend its reach into new markets. The company plans to hire additional technical professionals, pursue opportunities in markets where it has established customer demand, and evaluate strategic acquisitions that add complementary capabilities and deepen client relationships. KDM expects to create more than 35 new jobs in the next 12 months.

"This investment gives KDM the flexibility to build the team, capabilities and geographic reach our clients need while creating more opportunities for engineers and technical professionals from a wide range of backgrounds," said Kimberly Moore, President and Founder of KDM Engineering. "Our work helps keep communities connected to reliable power and communications infrastructure, and we are proud to continue growing from Chicago."

KDM's work sits at the intersection of several long-term infrastructure needs, including grid modernization, system reliability, electrification and expanding telecommunications capacity. The company plans to meet that demand by adding talent, deepening client relationships and expanding into markets where it has established customer demand.

"KDM is the type of established, high-growth business the Empower the Change Fund was created to support," said Sandra M. Moore, Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer at Advantage Capital. "Kimberly has built a differentiated firm with a critical role in the infrastructure economy, and this investment will help the company create quality jobs and pursue its next chapter of growth."

The Empower the Change Fund invests flexible capital in businesses that have demonstrated market opportunity but may have limited access to the financing needed to scale. Through investments like KDM, the fund supports business growth, job creation and economic opportunity in the communities those companies serve.

About Advantage Capital

Advantage Capital is a leading impact investment firm with an emphasis on driving capital to underserved areas. The firm provides flexible financing to growth-ready entrepreneurs and industries located in communities that often lack access to conventional sources of capital. Since 1992, the firm and its partners has invested more than $4.4 billion in more than 1,000 companies to support more than 77,000 quality jobs. The firm also invests with intention in affordable housing developments and renewable energy solutions to grow economies and communities. Advantagecap.com.

About KDM Engineering

KDM Engineering is a Chicago-based professional engineering firm focused on electric power and natural gas design, telecommunications, and infrastructure engineering. Led by President and Founder Kimberly Moore, KDM provides engineering & consulting, project management, utility coordination, drafting and permitting services to utilities, telecommunications providers, municipalities and private-sector clients, and is certified as a woman- and minority-owned business. The company operates offices in Illinois, Maryland, Delaware and Indiana.

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