Beacon Software

Beacon Software is a new type of software holding company with the mission to buy, build, grow and hold great vertical market software businesses.

We are not a financial firm. We are technology entrepreneurs who are passionate about building great software. We seek out founders who have built their business by spending years understanding their market and prioritizing their customers-specific needs. Our flexible structure offers entrepreneurs a unique option to implement a transition that ensures the continuity of the company while receiving liquidity at full value for their equity in their business. Beacon acquires companies with the intent to hold them forever and to invest in their continued growth. We have a permanent, committed capital base with a long-term time horizon and no pressure/intent to sell to another buyer.

On November 4, 2025, we announced our $250M Series B (press release). Our capital comes from a diverse set of investors including Wall Street (D1 Capital, CPMG), Silicon Valley (General Catalyst), the family offices of great technology entrepreneurs (John & Patrick Collison, Tony Xu, Eric Glyman, Karim Atiyeh) and evergreen funds which specialize in buy/hold models (Sator Grove).

Beacon Software was founded by entrepreneurs Nilam Ganenthiran (former President of Instacart and partner at D1 Capital) and Divya Gupta (former partner at Sequoia Capital) both of whom have spent their careers investing in, scaling and building high growth technology businesses.