We bet on people.
The returns
follow.
Bold Promises Delivered backs operators, not just balance sheets. We bring capital, hands-on operating muscle, and a network built over decades and we stay in the room until the work is done.
Capital is the easy part.
The work is everything else.
We invest our own money, sit in on working sessions, help generate sales, and show up in person not just at quarterly reviews. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
Patient Capital
Our own money. No fund clock, no forced exits, no quarterly investor letters to anyone but ourselves. This allows the business to build the team necessary to execute their bold growth strategy.
Operating Muscle
Former Executives and Owners with decades inside demanding manufacturing and operating environments.
A Real Network
Customers, vendors, operators, advisors built over decades. Not a LinkedIn roster, a working network. A vetted and qualified network.
A Seat at the Table
Your team will be cared for and provided support. Not a distant investor demanding and not helping. Win-Win-Win with you, your team and BPD.
BPD has invested in
growing middle market businesses.
These businesses have unlimited growth potential but often lack the DREAM team to realize this potential. Every BPD venture is provided with the talent to achieve the bold vision. Capital is not the constraint to growth, management capacity is for middle market businesses.
Commercial solar & energy services · Partner since 2021
We find businesses where the fundamentals are solid and the people have potential, then we go to work. Some are active investments, some have moved to new ownership. All of them grew, measurably.
- Recruited critical new hires
- Focused strategy (avoided pitfall options)
- Investment in tech systems after simplifying workflow
- Higher standards in all functions
- Rigorous hiring/training systems
- Robust financial controls/reporting
4×+
Revenue Growth
~3 yrs
Partnership Duration
Data Center Infrastructure Components
Introduced operational discipline, leadership development, and scaled production to meet surging demand.
- Provided capital
- Talent
- Refined strategy
$250k
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We extend the same discretion to all our partners — details on companies under new ownership or NDA are held in confidence as a matter of practice.
People, not résumés.
Ray Attiyah
Co-Founder · Principal
Ray built the Run Improve Grow Management System over decades inside mid-sized manufacturers, tested across 17 businesses started, acquired, or invested in. RIG came from observing the best middle-market companies
Founded Definity Partners in 1996 and grew it to acquisition by Clark Schaefer Hackett, where he served as Chief Innovation Officer. Author of two award-recognized business books.
Fabian Schmahl
Co-Founder · Principal
Fourteen years building one of the Midwest’s most respected manufacturing operations. As President & CEO of ThyssenKrupp BILSTEIN of America, he led five major expansions and grew the workforce by 600+.
His philosophy, “Automate to Innovate,” is a people thesis: free people from low-value work so they can think, adapt, and lead. Now adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati.