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Private Equity, Modernized by Operators and Software

 We back mature, profitable, U.S. businesses and apply hands‑on operating discipline and our Yellowwood platform to expand margins and compound growth

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A Note from Our Founder, Eric Vest

A Convergence


My path to founding Y Capital brings together three chapters. Until 2021, I was a software entrepreneur: starting, scaling, and exiting multiple companies (including an AI venture that didn’t make it through the pandemic). In 2021, I stepped away from day‑to‑day operating roles and joined deal teams at firms such as Warburg Pincus, forming a clear view of how disciplined execution and technology can unlock value in established companies. And for more than a decade, I’ve been a leader within a global community of CEOs; stewarding a 12,000‑member peer network has shaped how I think, lead, and invest.


These threads converged in 2023 with Y Capital: a private equity firm built at the intersection of software, investing, and real‑world operations. Our mission is straightforward: strengthen great companies that form the backbone of the U.S. economy.


We are also building Yellowwood, our capital intelligence platform, named in homage to the “yellow wood” crossroads in Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. Yellowwood equips CEOs with investor‑grade insight and gives capital partners an independent point of view. When there’s a strong fit, we facilitate introductions (without fees) so great companies and the right capital find each other faster.


We’ve made our first investment and will soon raise our inaugural fund to move quickly on the opportunities ahead. If this mission resonates, I’d welcome the conversation.


Best,

Eric

Our Mission

Strengthen enduring U.S. companies.

We partner with profitable lower‑middle‑market leaders and apply operator discipline and advanced technology to create durable growth, quality jobs, and attractive outcomes.

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Governance and Principles

Alignment

Fee Offset Model

Fee Offset Model

 We endorse ILPA‑aligned practices and structure our economics to reward outcomes over fees.
 

Fee Offset Model

Fee Offset Model

Fee Offset Model

Management fees are offset and can be eliminated by platform revenue from Yellowwood.

Transparency

Fee Offset Model

Shared Success

From diligence through exit, CEOs and LPs have real‑time access to KPIs, benchmarks, and narrative insights through Yellowwood.

Shared Success

Fee Offset Model

Shared Success

We win when our CEOs and LPs win. Period.

Explore if Y Capital is the Right Partner for You

We’re selective about the companies and investors with whom we work, and we know you are too. Book a call with Eric to learn more about our strategy, fund, or how Yellowwood can support your growth path.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Applied AI is the branch of artificial intelligence that brings it out of the lab and into the real world, enabling computers and computer-controlled robots to execute real tasks.


We are entering the world's greatest wealth creation stage as AI moves out of the theoretical and into the real world. Currently, the only way to invest in AI is to invest in the nascent AI companies themselves. This is the world of Venture Capital. As Private Equity professionals, we believe that we can create greater value with less risk by investing in healthy, stable companies that can be transformed by AI to create new levels of growth and value.


Companies with $20m-$100m in revenue.


Private equity is an asset class that focuses on investing in healthy, stable, growing companies. It can include minority or majority positions, and it can provide founders with liquidity or be entirely deployed for growth capital.


Traditional industries where technology can create an inflection point in the company's growth trajectory. Industrials (e.g., Construction, Manufacturing, Infrastructure), Life Sciences, Energy, and Digital Infrastructure are our main areas of focus.


Yes, we are open to making investments outside of the United States, but North America must be the target's primary market, or they must be willing to relocate the company to North America.


$10 million - $30 million.


Yes, we endorse the principles created by the Institutional Limited Partners Association. The ILPA has been instrumental in establishing best practices for the private equity industry, helping to ensure alignment between GPs and LPs.


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