How we do it

You have the vision. We build the company around it.

You run it.

We fund it, train your people, and stay out of the way.

We bring operators, not just capital.

Every platform is paired with operators who have already run and grown these businesses. Owners meet them before any letter of intent, with no auction required. Capital comes from family office partners, and SBIC funds have backed our bids.

Principles.

Decentralization.

Decisions get made where the work happens.

Growth.

People who run companies grow them. Spreadsheets do not.

One team.

The people who run the business and BDE Capital, pulling the same way.

Two ways in, one house.

Buy.

We buy businesses that run on people.

Build.

What we cannot buy, we build.

Platforms and strategies.

Platform 1 · Buy and build

Healthcare services and IT.

$4M+ EBITDA for the platform
Any size for add-ons
3 operators who have run healthcare back offices, software services and field teams

We buy the services layer of healthcare, never the providers. Every practice depends on its billing, credentialing, coding, IT and compliance. Most buyers treat that work as overhead, and software vendors keep pushing more of it out to service firms.

Back a founder with about ten years of runway. Buy the platform, add four or five companies, and reach the middle market.

Revenue cycle and credentialing firms · Healthcare MSPs · Practice and surgery center management

Platform 2 · Build, then buy

Workforce education.

Licensed state-approved schools only
Any size for add-ons
1 school owned today

Healthcare cannot fill its front-line jobs. A state license plus approval for workforce funding takes more than a year to earn, so a licensed school is hard to copy.

We built our own school first. Next, buy licensed schools and run them on one platform.

In our portfolio: MedDesk AI Institute ↗

Career and trade schools · Allied-health programs · Employer training academies