Income from the businesses that keep the Midwest running.
Handbuilt Capital is a preferred equity fund. We provide growth capital to established Midwest businesses in the trades, run day to day by proven operators, and share the income with accredited investors. A target 10–12% a year, paid monthly.
Income you can understand. From operators who have actually run the businesses.
Operators, Not Engineers
Handbuilt is led by people who have run trades businesses at scale — 100+ integrations, $750M+ in revenue managed. Your capital is deployed by operators, not spreadsheet investors.
Backed by the Real Economy
The fund invests in established specialty-trades businesses — remodeling, HVAC, and other blue-collar companies — operated as one vertically integrated platform.
Income With Protection
Monthly distributions from a preferred position — paid before the owners. A 0% management fee keeps Handbuilt aligned with investors.
Uncommon PE Structure
Our retail-accessible preferred equity in the trades is rare in private equity, providing a unique investment opportunity.
Operating track record of Handbuilt’s leadership team and its affiliated operating platform — not the fund, which is a new offering.
Handbuilt Capital Fund I
Target monthly preferred returns, backed by established, cash-flowing businesses in the trades. A preferred position, paid before the owners with zero management fee.
Target returns, not guaranteed. Capital at risk. Offered only to verified accredited investors under Rule 506(c).
Blue collar business is the most fragmented, underserved market in America.
Midwest businesses within the specialty blue-collar trades — one of the least consolidated industries in the country.
The average business owner, often with no succession plan creating a generational transition already underway.
Owners exiting meet capital seeking income. Handbuilt sits where those two demand waves converge.
The people managing your money have met a payroll.
Ryan Pudenz
Led operations across a $750M+ revenue portfolio for the world’s largest platform consolidator in its market — managing the acquisition and integration of 100+ owner-operated businesses. Oversees Handbuilt’s investment strategy, portfolio oversight, and capital raising.
Mike Heilman
Corporate counsel representing construction companies as outside counsel since 2013, across every operational model, transaction structure, and risk profile in the industry — a decade-plus of insight into how these businesses succeed, fail, and scale.
Kevin Lease
Leads Handbuilt’s investment pipeline and investor relations, from deal sourcing and underwriting through LOI negotiation, due diligence, and close. Kevin manages the deal team and oversees all transaction execution.
Handbuilt businesses. Handbuilt returns.
Turn your investment into monthly income from a preferred position — paid before the owners — in the Midwest trades.
This website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Securities are offered only to verified accredited investors through the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum pursuant to Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any investment involves significant risk, including the potential loss of the entire investment. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The returns described herein are targets, not guarantees, and actual results may vary materially. Prospective investors should consult their own legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decision.