The AI-native lower middle-market PE category is unoccupied. The window to define it is open — and it won't stay that way.
We're building the institution that defines it. Never running, constantly improving.
Forty Fold Capital is changing the game in Lower to Mid-Market Private Equity.
Businesses with $1M–$10M in revenue. Owner-operated. No succession plan. Meaningful upside that institutional capital ignores because the deal is too small for their funds.
Every deal screened. Every portfolio company is monitored. Every LP report drafted. Designed from the ground up, assuming AI as a native input, not an afterthought.
The result isn't a faster traditional firm. It's a structurally different one.
I'm documenting the entire build publicly
From foundation phase through first acquisition and beyond.
If you're interested in independent sponsor model, service business investing, or just want to watch someone build permanent equity:
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Everyone wants the season.
Nobody wants the off-season.
That's where I am with Forty Fold - building a holding company of service businesses in the Southeast.
Here's what the preparation phase actually looks like:
Without institutional backing, you have three things:
• Track record
• Relationships
• Operational discipline
So I'm building all three before I need them.
The off-season determines what happens in-season.