500 Management LLC
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Two partners for the next stage of your business.

Ben Serkes and Ben Kram put capital into a business and work in it alongside the owner.

For owners of operating businesses in the US.

  • No fee to apply
  • About four minutes
  • Read by both partners

Do you own and run a business today?

Choose an answer to begin.

Ben Serkes and Ben Kram put capital into a business and work in it alongside the owner.

  • No fee to apply
  • About four minutes
  • Read by both partners

Who this is for

A woodworker in a green sweater leans on a chair frame in her workshop.

  • Owners who run an operating business in the United States.

  • Businesses with roughly half a million dollars or more in annual revenue.And smaller ones with exceptional growth, margins, customers, contracts, intellectual property or another real advantage.

  • Owners who have proven there is demand.And need capital, an experienced partner, or both, for the next stage.

The partners

  • Ben Serkes

    Ben Serkes

    Partner

  • Ben Kram

    Ben Kram

    Partner

Not a passive investor.

The aim is to partner with a strong operator, build or substantially grow the company, and create lasting value together.

They share their backgrounds in the first conversation.

What they bring

  • Capital
  • Business experience
  • Relationships
  • Business development
  • Strategy
  • Infrastructure
  • Hands-on involvement

How it works

  1. 1Apply

    About four minutes. One question at a time, and you can finish later.

  2. 2The partners read it

    Both partners read every application themselves. Nobody books a call before that.

  3. 3A conversation

    If there is a fit, one of the partners is in touch to set up a conversation with both of them.

  4. 4Diligence and an agreement

    Every decision follows that conversation and diligence. Structure is decided deal by deal.

There is no fee to apply.

Areas of interest

These are areas of interest, not limits. An exceptional operator or business outside them is still read.

  • Two technicians in navy cleanroom gowns disinfect their gloves while one logs the work on a tablet.

    Regulated or compliance-heavy industries

  • A clinician talks with a patient in a clinic room. Both wear masks.

    Healthcare, telehealth and related services

  • A technician in a cleanroom gown wipes down a laminar flow hood.

    Specialty pharmacy and healthcare infrastructure

  • A crew in safety vests coats the floor of a new warehouse.

    Industrial and commercial services

  • A field technician reaches into the water at the edge of a pond.

    Environmental and testing services

  • Three white ventilation intakes against a concrete wall.

    HVAC, plumbing and mechanical services

  • Red sprinkler mains and branch lines along the ceiling of a parking structure.

    Fire and life-safety and inspection businesses

  • Drainage pipe bedded in gravel at the bottom of an open trench.

    Wastewater, septic, waste and related infrastructure

  • An engineer inspects prototype hardware through a tangle of wiring.

    Technology and intellectual property commercialization

  • A fabricator works on a heavy steel part in a machine shop.

    Specialty manufacturing

  • A window cleaner squeegees a glass balustrade in a lounge.

    Businesses with recurring revenue or service requirements

  • Nationwide, across the United States.

Straight answers

Will I lose control of my business?

Roles, terms and ownership are decided deal by deal, after a conversation and diligence. Nothing is decided by the application.

What do you take?

Decided deal by deal. There is no standard structure and no standard percentage.

Who are you?

Two partners, Ben Serkes and Ben Kram, who put capital into businesses and work in them alongside the owner. They share their backgrounds in the first conversation.

Is this a loan?

The partners look for a partnership in the business, where they bring capital and hands-on involvement. The form of capital is decided deal by deal.

How fast do you decide?

Both partners read every application themselves and decide whether to set up a conversation. There is no fee to apply.

One question at a time.

About four minutes, and you can finish later. Both partners read every application themselves.

What the partners want to know

  • Revenue and years in operation
  • Profitability, where it applies
  • What is holding growth back
  • Capital requested and what it is for
  • What the capital and the partners' involvement could accomplish
  • Your application is private. It goes to the two partners and is not sold or shared for marketing.
  • Do not include confidential information that belongs to your employer or to anyone else.
  • Sending an application does not create an agreement or any duty to keep an idea confidential.