Long-term owners of essential services businesses.
Infinitive Capital is a family-backed holding company. We acquire, own and build established companies in education, workforce, healthcare and business services, with patient capital and no predetermined exit.
Built to own businesses, not to trade them.
Infinitive Capital is backed by three generations of family enterprise. Our capital is our own, which lets us take a decades-long view of every company we own.
We build platforms in a few sectors we know deeply, invest alongside strong management teams, and reinvest in growth. We have no fund life and no pressure to sell.
Essential services that people depend on.
We focus on businesses where quality of service, trust and people matter most, and where we bring real experience.
Education
K-12, higher education and lifelong learning. EdTech, curriculum, compliance and services that schools and learners rely on.
Workforce
Skilled trades and career training, workforce development and human capital management. Businesses that get people into good jobs.
Healthcare Services
Home care, health IT, and medical and dental labs. Care delivery and the services behind it.
Business Services
Vertical software, technology service providers and tech-enabled B2B services with recurring customer relationships.
Permanent ownership, active stewardship.
Long-term, committed capital
We invest our family's own capital with no fund deadline. We buy to hold and build, so decisions are made for the next decade, not the next sale.
Stewards of your legacy
Your brand, culture, key people and community are what made the business work. We protect them, and we do right by employees and customers.
Operators, not financial engineers
We add value through investment and hands-on involvement, not cost-cutting and leverage. We have built and run businesses in these industries for over 20 years.
Straightforward counterparty
Owners, management teams and advisors deal directly with the decision-maker. We are clear about value and terms early, and we do what we say.
A deal built around your goals.
Because we aren't tied to a fund model, we can structure each transaction around what you need, for yourself, your family and your team.
- Full sale for owners ready to retire or step back.
- Majority partnership where you take chips off the table and keep a stake in the upside.
- Growth capital for founders who want a partner, not an exit.
- Your role, your choice: stay on to lead, move to an advisory seat, or hand off over a planned transition.
What changes after close, and what doesn't.
The name, the culture and the team stay. What we add is the support that's hard to build alone.
- Leadership and talent: help recruiting and developing the next layer of managers.
- Systems and technology: better reporting, finance and tools so the business runs without you in every decision.
- Growth: new services, new markets and add-on acquisitions of like-minded businesses.
- Shared resources across our companies in education and healthcare.
How a transaction works.
A focused, efficient process with one decision-maker from first conversation to closing.
Introduction
A confidential, no-obligation conversation about you, your business and what you want next.
Early view on value
After a short look at the basics, we share an honest view of value and structure early, so no one's time is wasted.
Letter of intent & diligence
A clear LOI, then focused diligence with a defined list, run to protect your time and your team's confidentiality.
Close with certainty
We invest our own capital, so we can move decisively and stand behind the terms we agree.
Transition on your terms
Stay as long as you want, in the role you want. Your employees and customers see continuity, not disruption.
Businesses we're building for the long run.
Funds for Learning
E-rate consulting and software helping more than 300 K-12 school districts fund the connectivity their students need.
CareTech
Non-medical home care helping seniors and people with disabilities live independently at home, across the Midwest.
Galvanize
IT training and coding bootcamp programs that prepared adult learners for careers in technology.
Prateek Aneja
Prateek founded Infinitive Capital as a long-term holding company for essential services businesses. He has spent more than 20 years in education, including at Laureate Education and University Ventures, and over 15 years as a banker and private equity investor.
He serves on the boards of a nursing school and a medical device training company, is a member of YPO, and stays closely involved in running each Infinitive company.
Advisors
Discuss an opportunity.
We welcome conversations with business owners, management teams and intermediaries. All inquiries are handled confidentially.
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