# BDT & MSD Partners

> BDT & MSD Partners is a VC fund in Chicago backing Software and Manufacturing. See 53 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 53
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 53%
- Fund size: $6.3B
- Last fund: May 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bdtmsd-partners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bdtmsdpartners
- Website: https://bdtmsd.com/

BDT & MSD Partners is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Software and Manufacturing. BDT Capital Partners is a private equity arm of BDT & Company that specializes in investments in family-owned and entrepreneurial businesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series D | $125M–$16B |
| Debt Financing | $86M–$650M |
| Private Equity | $74M–$3.5B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 13% |
| SaaS | 6 | 11% |
| Health Care | 5 | 9% |
| Retail | 4 | 8% |

112 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 14 | 26% |
| Debt Financing | 7 | 13% |
| Series D | 5 | 9% |
| Series C | 3 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 6% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 33 | 62% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 6% |
| Israel | 2 | 4% |
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gregg Lemkau | Co-CEO | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregg-lemkau |
| Byron Trott | Founder & CEO | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byron-d-trott |
| Charles Sun | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-sun |
| Henry Yeagley | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-yeagley |
| San W. Orr III, J.D. | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/san-w-orr-iii-j-d |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NinjaOne | NinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT, empowering more than 17,000 IT teams with visibility, security, and control over all endpoints. The NinjaOne platform is proven to increase productivity while reducing risk and IT costs. | $400M | Series C | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Beacon Software | Beacon Software acquires and supports software businesses, focusing on companies that serve established market niches and have demonstrated customer retention and operational stability. The company operates as a long-term holding organization, providing portfolio companies with operational support across areas such as engineering, artificialintelligence, sales, marketing, fintech, and business operations. Its model emphasizes maintaining the existing culture, customer relationships, and day-to-day autonomy of the businesses it acquires while helping them improve processes and scale sustainably. Beacon also offers shared resources, advisory expertise, and operational partners who work closely with management teams to address technical and organizational challenges. Through its platform, the company seeks to help software businesses strengthen their operations, develop products, and pursue long-term growth. | $225M | Series C | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Speed Bay | Speed Bay provides shallow bay industrial real estate focused on warehouse and light industrial needs of small and mid-sized businesses. The company offers units combining warehouse and office space in a range of sizes to support operations and future expansion. Its properties are located near major urban hubs and transportation routes to supportlast‑mile logistics and regional distribution. Speed Bay structures leases to provide agility as customer requirements change over time. Customers manage payments, maintenance requests, and lease renewals through a dedicated app for added convenience. The firm also operates and manages multi-building industrial parks, standardizing features like dock-high and ground-level doors across suites. | $350M | Private Equity | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| ECOncrete | ECOncrete technology provides sustainable solutions for construction of ecologically active infrastructures, in the coastal and marine environment as well as other urban landscapes. The Company develops, produces and supports implementation of innovative concrete products designed for enhancing the biological and ecological value of coastal andmarine infrastructures. ECOncrete's unique biological traits encourage biogenic buildup. They also provide substantial structural and economic advantages in terms of increased stability and longevity, as well as a reduction in maintenance costs. | $14M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Mark IV Capital | Mark IV Capital is a company which develop, acquire, own, and manage properties and provider for all the needs of tenants. | $86M | Debt Financing | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Waymo | Waymo stands for a new way forward in mobility. it is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.Waymo improves transportation by building software and sensor technology developed in Google’s labs since 2009. In October 2015, they achieved the world’s first fully self-drivingtrip on public roads, in a car without a steering wheel or pedals. They refine Waymo technology through one billion miles of simulation testing each year, and the cars have self-driven over two million miles on public roads across four U.S. cities.It was founded in 2009 and is located in Mountain View, California. | $16B | Series D | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| The Allen Morris | The Allen Morris is a commercial real estate firm that offers property management and property development services. | $138.5M | Debt Financing | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Skims | Skims is a solutions-oriented brand creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear, and shapewear.The company manufactures and retails undergarments and loungewear designed to enhance the body shape. It offers a wide range of products including bodysuits, shapewear, and underwear that feature styles and color shades for different bodytypes, providing women with the right support and coverage.Jens Grede and Kimberly Kardashian West co-founded SKIMS in Culver City, California in 2019. | $262M | Series D | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Metropolis | Metropolis develops artificial intelligence and computer vision technology designed to simplify real-world transactions. The company’s platform enables frictionless interactions between people and physical environments by using visual recognition and data processing tools. Its primary focus is on transforming parking operations, allowing users toenter and exit parking facilities without manual payments or tickets. Metropolis applies its AI technology to automate identification, payment, and access processes, creating seamless and efficient mobility experiences. | $500M | Series D | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| EXOS | EXOS is recognized as an industry leader offering the highest level of integrated performance training and performance physical therapy and the most fully integrated training system in the world.EXOS has been leading the way in workplace wellness for over two decades, creating evidence-based employee wellness programs for global companies across anumber of industries. |  | Private Equity | Oct 30, 2025 |  |

10 of 53 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does BDT & MSD Partners invest in?

BDT & MSD Partners invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and SaaS startups, most often at Private Equity and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BDT & MSD Partners's check size?

BDT & MSD Partners typically joins rounds of $125M–$16B at Series D, $86M–$650M at Debt Financing and $74M–$3.5B at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BDT & MSD Partners participates in.

### How do I contact BDT & MSD Partners?

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### Who are the partners at BDT & MSD Partners?

The team at BDT & MSD Partners includes Gregg Lemkau (Co-CEO), Byron Trott (Founder & CEO) and Charles Sun (Vice President), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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