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B.I.G Capital
B.I.G Capital was founded by brothers Paul, Gaylord, and Marcus Bodet, who combined investment banking, operations, and legal expertise to build a...
B.I.G Capital
B.I.G Capital was founded by brothers Paul, Gaylord, and Marcus Bodet, who combined investment banking, operations, and legal expertise to build a permanent-capital vehicle for software buyouts. Paul, an MIT Sloan MBA, previously led the technology investment banking group at McGladrey Capital Markets and worked at Banc of America Securities. Gaylord's background as a CFO and controller at companies like Seven Seas Communications and TM Window & Door brought operational restructuring skills, while Marcus, a Northwestern-trained lawyer, handles deal structuring and negotiations. The firm operates from a single headquarters in Weston, Florida. The firm acquires small to mid-sized software companies with stable, recurring-revenue bases and applies an operational playbook to reignite growth. Its strategy spans buyouts, corporate divestitures, and turnarounds, with a focus on North American targets. B.I.G's acquisition tenets emphasize minimum disruption to employees and customer intimacy — reassuring clients that support will continue uninterrupted after a transition. Post-acquisition, the firm concentrates on maximizing R&D efficiency by leveraging technical advantages across portfolio companies, growing sales and marketing efforts, and executing complementary bolt-on deals. Confirmed sector coverage includes enterprise software, energy transition, industrial tech, climate tech, supply chain logistics, space tech, agri-food tech, marketing and sales, and workflow automation. The firm does not disclose assets under management or the size of its portfolio. Its website self-identifies as a family office, yet the three Bodet principals operate it as an external-facing private equity acquirer rather than a wealth-management structure. In addition to the founding brothers, Edouard MacGuffie — a former McKinsey and Goldman Sachs subsidiaries executive — serves as an operating partner, bringing management consulting and energy-development experience. Sagarika Mukherjee, a CFA charterholder with investment banking experience in U.S. and Indian markets, supports deal execution. September 2023: The firm's public positioning and team composition have remained stable, with no reported fund closes or new portfolio additions during the last 24 months (per the firm's website, as of mid-2026). B.I.G Capital's structure is its differentiator: a sibling-run buyout shop that self-designates as a family office, using permanent capital to hold software businesses indefinitely rather than flipping them to a fund cycle. This architecture eliminates LP pressure to exit and aligns with the Bodets' stated long-term investment horizon. However, unlike most single-family offices that reinvest wealth created by an operating company, the Bodets deploy their own capital directly as principal investors using a disciplined, banker-driven sourcing model inherited from Paul's Montgomery Securities and McGladrey years.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Weston
Corporate office
1825 Main Street, Weston, FL 33326, United States
Principals
Paul W. Bodet
Principal and Founder
Gaylord J. Bodet
Principal and Founder
Marcus G. Bodet
Principal and Founder
Edouard MacGuffie
Operating Partner
Sagarika Mukherjee
Associate
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at B.I.G Capital?
Investment decisions are made by the three founding Bodet brothers: Paul, Gaylord, and Marcus. Paul, an MIT Sloan MBA and former technology investment banker at Montgomery Securities and McGladrey Capital Markets, leads sourcing and deal evaluation. Gaylord brings operational and financial restructuring expertise from prior CFO roles, and Marcus, a Northwestern law graduate, handles structuring and negotiations. An operating partner, Edouard MacGuffie, supports post-acquisition strategy, but the principals retain decision-making authority.
Is B.I.G Capital a single family office or a private equity firm?
B.I.G Capital self-identifies as a family office on its website, but it operates more like a permanent-capital private equity firm. Rather than managing wealth generated by an external business, the three Bodet principals deploy what appears to be their own committed capital to acquire software companies with no disclosed external LP base and no fixed fund lifecycle.
What types of software companies does B.I.G Capital target?
The firm seeks small to mid-sized software companies with established products, stable customer bases, and high recurring revenues — typically low-growth businesses where owners want liquidity. It executes buyouts, corporate divestitures, and turnarounds, favoring targets where it can apply operational improvements and cross-portfolio R&D leverage rather than relying on market growth alone.
Does B.I.G Capital commit to funds or only make direct acquisitions?
All available evidence points to direct acquisitions only. The firm describes itself as an acquirer of software companies, not a limited partner in external funds. It does not market any commingled vehicle open to outside investors, consistent with a self-funded family-office model.
Where does B.I.G Capital's investment capital come from?
The wealth origin is not publicly disclosed. The firm's permanent-capital structure, lack of disclosed outside LPs, and self-designation as a family office suggest the capital is proprietary to the three Bodet brothers, but the underlying source — whether previous investment banking earnings, family wealth, or a liquidity event — has not been made public.
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