Digital Bandwidth

Digital Bandwidth

Digital Bandwidth launched as an independent entity in 2024 when CEO David Golub and a dedicated technology team separated from Golub Capital, the $60 billion credit asset manager his family built over three decades. The separation created a pure-play technology private equity firm headquartered in Chicago, distinct from Golub Capital's direct lending and credit strategies. The move formalized years of technology deal-making within the broader Golub platform into a standalone buyout franchise. The firm pursues majority and significant-minority control investments in growth-stage enterprise software, FinTech, digital health, and cybersecurity businesses. Target companies typically generate $10 million to $50 million in recurring revenue with strong founder relationships and established product-market fit. Digital Bandwidth writes equity checks between $50 million and $200 million per transaction, structured as a blend of platform acquisitions and strategic add-on rollups. Geographic focus spans the United States and Canada, with a stated preference for businesses headquartered in secondary technology markets such as Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and Austin. Digital Bandwidth began deploying capital immediately upon separation, inheriting a portfolio and pipeline developed within Golub Capital's technology practice. May 2024: David Golub assumed the role of CEO at the newly independent firm, per public filings. The team operates from Chicago with senior investment professionals drawn from the legacy technology buyout group. While total committed capital and deployment figures remain undisclosed, the firm's separation from a well-capitalized credit platform suggests significant internal backing for its initial fund vehicle. What distinguishes Digital Bandwidth structurally is its lineage: a technology buyout firm carved out of a credit powerhouse, not a venture capital network or an investment bank. The firm carries Golub Capital's relationship-driven origination model — built over decades of sponsor-backed lending relationships — into a pure equity mandate. This gives Digital Bandwidth a sourcing engine rooted in credit underwriting discipline rather than auction-process competition, a genuine structural difference for a middle-market technology buyout platform.