--- title: "Beacon raises $225M for its 'anti-PE' AI roll-up" url: https://daily.dev/posts/beacon-raises-225m-for-its-anti-pe-ai-roll-up-jupmybjzs source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/beacon-225m-series-c-ai-roll-up type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-09T14:17:34.245Z updated: 2026-06-09T14:17:53.818Z reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Beacon raises $225M for its 'anti-PE' AI roll-up **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Beacon, a two-year-old Toronto/San Francisco holding company, has raised a $225M Series C led by General Catalyst and HarbourVest, bringing total funding past $500M. The company buys small, profitable vertical software businesses serving niche markets like youth sports leagues and campgrounds, then rebuilds them on an AI-native platform. Beacon now acquires roughly one company per week and claims over 50% EBITDA growth across its portfolio. Its thesis: falling AI code costs make it viable to modernize legacy software in underserved industries. Unlike traditional private equity, Beacon says it intends to hold companies indefinitely rather than flip them. The round comes just seven months after a $250M Series B that the CEO said would be the company's last. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bevel raises $10M Series A from General Catalyst for its AI health companion](https://daily.dev/posts/bevel-raises-10m-series-a-from-general-catalyst-for-its-ai-health-companion-9pociqdb8) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Together AI raises 800 million dollars in Series C led by Aramco Ventures](https://daily.dev/posts/together-ai-raises-800-million-dollars-in-series-c-led-by-aramco-ventures-uythhbnt5) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/beacon-raises-225m-for-its-anti-pe-ai-roll-up-jupmybjzs)