Permanent holding company for vertical software
beaconsoftware.com (opens in a new tab)Beacon acquires, operates and grows vertical market software companies serving the everyday economy — niche, founder-built businesses in industries mainstream technology has largely passed over and which are too profitable to ignore. Its model is deliberately different from private equity's: it buys good businesses, invests in their growth and holds them permanently, with no mandate to cut costs, flip the asset or roll it into something unrecognisable. Growth is accelerated through an AI-native platform built specifically for vertical market software, run by operators rather than financiers.