Our Mission
Built on the belief that operators outperform advisors.
The most consequential improvements in PE-backed software come from operators inside the business — accountable to the same equity outcome as the sponsor, not billing by the hour. BVC has deployed that thesis across five portfolio companies since 2021, building a repeatable framework for EBITDA expansion and multiple construction.
Why BVC
The Basis Vectors Advantage
Six structural differences that separate BVC from traditional PE-backed consulting.
01
Equity-aligned fees
A material portion of BVC fees are tied to EBITDA lift and exit multiple — same incentive as the sponsor, not a consultancy's preference for scope expansion.
02
Codified, repeatable operating system
Four-layer framework — Benchmark, Rebuild, Compound, Exit Readiness — with documented playbooks per lever, deployed identically across every engagement.
03
Operators with execution history
BVC principals have built, scaled, and exited software businesses. Recommendations are grounded in operating experience — tested against real portfolio outcomes, not frameworks.
04
EBITDA + multiple, simultaneously
Cost improvements fund revenue investment. Product development generates the NRR profile required for a premium exit. Both tracks run in parallel — not sequentially.
05
Three engagement configurations
Full Operating Partner, Targeted Engine, or Pre-Exit Optimization — scoped to the sponsor's timeline, hold period, and priority levers.
06
Global delivery infrastructure
India-based operations layer reduces cost structure while maintaining output quality — deployed via information symmetry protocols proven across the portfolio.
Our History
Built on Execution
Operating rigor applied to a precisely defined company profile — tested across five acquisitions and refined into a codified framework.
2021
The Idea
An operating thesis
Ambarish Gupta founded BVC on a single observation: in the lower middle market, the primary constraint is almost never capital — it is operating capability. A PE firm built around operators rather than financiers, accountable to equity outcomes rather than advisory engagements, would generate superior returns within a precisely defined company profile. BVC launched and began building the playbooks that would become the BVC Transformation Framework.
2022
First Acquisitions
Proof of concept
CV3 and Infinita Lab — eCommerce and laboratory automation. The engagements validated the core hypothesis: structured diagnostic first, then simultaneous Revenue, Cost, and Product engine deployment produces measurable EBITDA improvement within 12–18 months, independent of sector.
2023
Expanding Portfolio
Two acquisitions. Two transformation types.
Cadient (broken system) and Vorro (trapped asset) — acquired concurrently with materially different intervention sequences. Running both playbooks in parallel deepened the team's ability to calibrate approach to company type, not apply a uniform template. This period established the Two Transformation Modes doctrine that now governs BVC's initial engagement methodology.
2024
Accelerating Growth
Measurable results. Refined doctrine.
Four active companies. AI-native workflows, the Global Ownership Model, and signal-led GTM deployed across the portfolio. The Benchmark → Rebuild → Compound cycle produced measurable EBITDA and NRR improvement. Documentation of what worked became the BVC Insights publication program.
2025
Scaling the System
Five companies. One framework.
Five active companies across two acquisition types, five sectors, and three delivery configurations — repeatable outcomes, not circumstance-specific ones. BVC added Agrim AI and formalized the framework for external deployment as an operating partner to PE sponsors seeking a structured alternative to boutique consulting.
Leadership
BVC Leadership Team
The operating core — strategy, revenue, technology, finance, and legal.
Investment
Investment Team
Sourcing, portfolio monitoring, and capital allocation.
Advisors
Advisors
Operating and technical advisors with deep PE-backed SaaS experience.
Portfolio
Portfolio Leadership
Operator-leaders running BVC's portfolio companies.
BVC Services
BVC Services Team
Operator-leaders running BVC's portfolio companies.
Work with operators.
For PE firms and portfolio companies looking to understand the BVC engagement model.