Black Dragon capitalizes on its deep understanding of the impact that digitization has on industry workflows, technology, economics, and the human factors behind the transformation of the new digital landscape, codified in our proprietary Black Dragon Toolkit℠.
Black Dragon was born out of our founder’s own experience as an entrepreneur and operator with traditional investors, and he imagined a new kind of private equity firm that combined incredible operating expertise, with sophisticated investment capabilities.
They are not merely participants in the industry. They are recognized founders, CEO’s and innovators who have a track record of strong financial returns investing directly in the targeted sectors. They have also contributed significant amounts of their own capital to past fund investments, and intend to remain invested in future funds.
As fellow entrepreneurs and operators of companies from start up to multi-billion-dollar organizations, we understand the passion, loneliness, intensity, and joy that goes into building a company you believe in. Our goal is to work closely with our leaders to help build market-leading companies that outperform their peers over time and solve their industries’ more significant challenges.
Black Dragon Capital’s℠ Founder, Chairman and CEO, Louis Hernandez Jr., and the firm’s team represent a group of diverse professionals with a unique combination of highly experienced operating executives, in both public and private companies, combined a solid track record of investment success.
We combine this passion for building great companies with our emphasis on diversity in leadership and the economic stability in the communities we serve. Our focus on having an impact on the industries we serve is central to our investment thesis.
Strategic vision
Black Dragon Capital℠ is a technology focused investment firm formed by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and hands-on operators, with a track record of successful investing. Black Dragon invests in disruptive technology that strengthen economic stability within communities with a strong focus on promoting diversity, impact investing, and a history of delivering attractive returns.
78%
Employee Diversity (a)
603%
Enterprise Value of Assets under Management Growth (b)
27years
Average Operating Experience (c)
Notes:
(a) Employee Diversity: 78% of all BDC employees are diverse as of October 2023.
(b) Enterprise Value (EV) of our Assets under Management (AUM) has gone up by 603% in absolute terms and 63% on a compounded average basis from December 2018 to December 2022. EV of AUM is the aggregate of: (i) Fair Market Value of Equity on the actively held asset at the end of the respective periods, (ii) Net Debt for the asset at the end of the respective periods, (iii) Fair market value of registered securities held at the end of respective periods.
(c) Average Operating Experience: BDC deal team has an average operating experience of 27 years as of October 2023.
As fellow entrepreneurs and operators of companies from start up to multi-billion dollar organizations, we understand the passion, loneliness, intensity, and joy that goes into building a company you believe in.”
Louis Hernandez, Jr., Founder, Chairman and CEO, Black Dragon Capital℠