Bend, Oregon · Permanent capital
We buy good Northwest businesses. Then we keep them.
An operator who has sold companies to Polaris and Cummins, now buying businesses with $250K–$1.5M in EBITDA and holding them for the long term. Send us a deal and you'll get a straight answer quickly.
You'll deal directly with Craig Bramscher, the founder.- 5
- Exits, built or backed
- 1996–2017
- Two decades of deals on the seller's side
- 3
- Public-company acquirers: Polaris, Cummins, Reed-Elsevier
- No clock
- Permanent capital: we hold what we buy
Track Record
We've sat on the seller's side of the table.
Five exits over two decades. We know what a clean exit takes because we've been the founder carrying a company through one.
Maxperts, Inc.
Software & Hardware VAR
acquired by
a private acquirer
1996
DreamMedia
Web Technology & Agency
acquired by
USWeb
9 months before IPO
1997
eLogic
Investment
acquired by
Reed-Elsevier
2000
Brammo
Electric Vehicles
acquired by
Polaris Industries
NYSE: PII
2015
Brammo Power
Powertrain & Battery Systems
acquired by
Cummins Inc.
NYSE: CMI
2017
What We Buy
Does your deal fit? Find out in twenty seconds.
Three questions. Nothing is sent. If it looks close, we'd still rather see it.
Strong fit. Send it today.
Right in our range and in our home region. You'll hear back the same week.
Submit this dealFor Brokers
What happens after you hit send.
Brokers tell us the worst buyers go quiet. Here is exactly what we do, and when.
- 1
Day 0
You send the teaser
Use the form or email. A teaser or a blind profile is plenty for a first look.
- 2
Same week
A clear yes or no
Craig reads it himself. If it isn't a fit, we say so and tell you why.
- 3
Right after
NDA and CIM
We sign your NDA and review the CIM. Confidentiality respected, no games.
- 4
Soon after
Owner conversation
Operator to operator: the business, the team, and what the owner wants next.
- 5
Without delay
A serious LOI
Cash, SBA, seller financing or pari passu structures, with or without the real estate.
The Operator
I've built companies, scaled them, and sold them. Now I buy good ones and help them get better every day.
Craig BramscherFounder, BramPlan · Bend, Oregon
- Founded and ran Brammo, whose businesses went to Polaris and Cummins
- Runs High Desert Property Management day to day
- Partner in Hang Ten Venture Studio, building AI products
- Investor and advisor to Greenfield Robotics
How We Operate
Building businesses that get better every day.
We keep what makes a business valuable and take away the busywork that holds its people back. Then we repeat, until improving is simply how the business works.
Step 1 of 8
Listen
Understand the customer, the employees, and how the business truly operates.
Current Portfolio
What we hold today.
Each holding says plainly whether we run it, back it, or advise it.
- Operating
High Desert Property ManagementBend, Oregon
Residential property management across Central Oregon since 2011. Where the thesis gets tested every day.
highdesertpm.com↗ - Partner
Hang Ten Venture StudioAI product studio
Builds and ships AI products for property management and health & wellness.
hangten.studio↗ - Venture studio
Wellifi · KonmashiBuilt at Hang Ten
Health optimization, and agentic content marketing for small businesses.
hangten.studio↗ - Investment · Advisory
Greenfield RoboticsAutonomous ag robotics
Small autonomous robots that cut weeds in row crops instead of spraying herbicide.
greenfieldrobotics.com↗
Writing
Notes from running the thesis.
Craig writes about what actually works when you put intelligent systems inside ordinary businesses.
Context Is King
I was fortunate enough to participate in the dot-com era, back when every company suddenly needed a website and very few of us knew exactly why. We were building things as quickly as we could, occasionally with a busi…
The Company Soul(.md)
I’ve spent most of my life building organizations of one kind or another. Some were startups. Some were manufacturing companies. Today I split my time between running a property management company and building an AI s…
The Hidden Layer of AI That Finally Started to Make Sense to Me
I have been trying to understand why AI sometimes feels like magic and other times feels like a really confident intern who completely missed the point.
Questions
Straight answers.
The things owners and brokers ask before the first call.
What happens to my team?
Sellers keep their team. The software takes the busywork. The purpose is not to reduce headcount. It is to give people more time for judgment, relationships, and the work that actually creates value.
Will you change what customers love about us?
No. We begin by understanding and protecting the relationships, expertise, and reputation that took years to build. Modernization should strengthen those assets, not erase them.
Are you going to flip the business in five years?
No. BramPlan is permanent capital, not a fund on a clock. We hold and grow.
Is this an AI experiment?
No. Automation handles routine work and organizes information. People stay responsible for the important decisions and for customer outcomes.
What size deals do you look at?
$250K to $1.5M in EBITDA. If you're close on EBITDA or just outside the region, send it anyway. We'd rather see it.
How do you structure offers?
Cash, SBA financing, seller financing and pari passu structures, whichever fits the deal. With or without the real estate: we're glad to buy owner-occupied real estate or to operate from a lease.
Do you only buy in the Pacific Northwest?
Pacific Northwest first: Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, with headquarters in Bend. We look outside the region when the fit is right.
How fast will I hear back?
The same week. Craig reads every submission himself, and if it isn't a fit we say so and tell you why.
Who will I be dealing with?
Craig Bramscher, the founder. He reads the submissions and runs what he buys.
One good deal is all it takes.
Send a teaser, a CIM, or just a paragraph. Everything is held in strict confidence.