A privately held operating & investment company · Est. 2009
Open Core Holdings, LLC — We build, back, operate, and modernize businesses from the inside out.
Open Core works behind the scenes — redesigning operations, installing AI-enabled workflows, building internal systems, strengthening reporting, and creating smarter businesses over time.
Approach
How we work.
We are not a fund. We are not a consultancy. We are a small team of operators that builds, owns, backs, and selectively partners with companies — and rebuilds the way they run from the inside out.
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Operator-investors
We invest where we can also operate. We back people with real skin in the game, and we roll up our sleeves when the business calls for it.
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Long time horizons
There is no fund clock. Our default holding period is forever and our second choice is a decade.
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Systems over heroics
We replace tribal knowledge with workflows, reporting, and private AI. The business should run cleanly whether the owner is in the room or not.
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Quiet by default
We work selectively, usually through direct relationships and private introductions. The work shows up in the businesses themselves.
Engagement
How we get involved.
Open Core gets involved where there is real work to do. Sometimes we invest. Sometimes we partner. Sometimes we step into operations and rebuild the internal engine. The path depends on the business — long-term ownership, a recapitalization, a clean transition, or a sharper handoff back to the operator.
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Invest
Capital into businesses with real runway and operators we believe in. Minority or majority, depending on the situation.
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Partner
Joint ventures and aligned positions with founders who want a serious operating ally — not a passive check.
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Operate
Direct operational involvement when a business needs structure, systems, and accountability before it can grow.
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Modernize
Workflow redesign, automation, internal tools, owner dashboards, reporting layers, and private AI — designed and installed in-house.
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Market
Our in-house media and growth team handles production, brand, and visibility — so the modernized business can go to market with weight.
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Hold or transition
Some businesses we keep forever. Some we restructure and sell. Some we hand back cleaner than we found them. The right answer is situational.
Fit
Who we work with.
We're deliberately broad on industry and deliberately narrow on temperament. The pattern matters more than the sector.
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Founder-led businesses with real operations and real problems to solve.
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Owners ready to trade some control for structure, systems, and growth.
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Asset-heavy or operationally complex companies that have outgrown their original wiring.
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Profitable businesses stuck on manual workflows and tribal knowledge.
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Pre-revenue ideas looking for a co-founder or a check.
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Owners looking for a passive investor who stays out of the way.
Where we work
Nine industries. One operating book.
We deliberately don't list the businesses themselves. What follows is the work — vertically integrated, family-rooted, and built to outlast a market cycle.
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01Active
Real Estate Development
Multi-decade family heritage
Ground-up development across multifamily, workforce housing, mid- and high-rise residential, and second-home communities.
- Multifamily, workforce housing, and mid- to high-rise residential.
- Active across South Florida and the Caribbean.
- Family operating roots in the region going back decades.
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02Active
Vertical Construction
In-house, end-to-end
We don't subcontract our footprint. The construction company is ours. The dredge is ours. The block plant is ours. The concrete is ours.
- Own construction firm, dredging, and maritime construction.
- On-site block manufacturing and concrete plant.
- Full infrastructure scope — from waterfront to wiring.
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03Active
Power & Utilities
Privately operated
When the place you're building doesn't have a grid, you build the grid. We own and operate utilities sized for our own developments.
- Privately operated electrical generation.
- Privately operated water treatment.
- Built to serve our own communities; engineered to last.
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Marinas & Hospitality
Operating destination
A full-service marina and resort destination in the Bahamas, alongside joint ventures with hotel operators and partners on adjacent land plays.
- Operating a destination-scale marina and resort.
- Joint ventures with established hotel operators.
- Strategic land partnerships across the region.
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Rental Portfolio
Active management
A long-hold rental book, plus a basket of land we expect to develop on our own clock.
- A long-hold rental portfolio actively managed in-house.
- Strategic land holdings across the U.S. and Caribbean.
- Long-hold mentality. No forced exits.
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06Active
Technology & Infrastructure
Since 2009
Low-voltage and connected systems for residential, commercial, and hospitality properties — data, fiber, structured cabling, automation, sound.
- Data, fiber, and structured cabling.
- Building automation and integrated sound systems.
- Born inside our own developments; deployed widely since.
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07Currently building
Second-Home Development
Currently building
Mountain and coastal cabin communities under development in several U.S. markets, each shaped by its place.
- Cabin community in development in the Mountain West.
- Project in development in New England.
- Project in development in the Southeast.
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08In development
Artificial Intelligence
In development
A small suite of AI products built around operator workflows, executive coaching, and personal cognition — including a personal AI system modeled after the founder's own thinking.
- Operator-workflow AI in development.
- Executive-coaching AI in development.
- Personal AI — a cognition system built around the founder's own thinking.
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Brokerage & REO
Active
The transactional side of the business — a licensed brokerage and a long history of REO work for institutional owners and banks.
- Licensed Florida real estate brokerage.
- REO portfolio management for institutional sellers and banks.
- A long transactional track record across many thousands of units.
What we run
We own the floor. And the floor keeps getting smarter.
Most holding companies stop at the cap table. We pour the concrete, generate the power, run the marina, and build the private intelligence systems that make every business we touch sharper over time.
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We dredge our own waterfronts.
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We pour our own concrete and mold our own blocks.
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We build under our own general contractor's license.
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We power our own developments with a privately owned electrical plant.
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We treat our own water at a privately owned plant.
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We dock at our own destination-scale marina.
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We broker through our own licensed brokerage.
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We deploy our own AI developers and engineering team in-house.
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We produce our own media — production, brand, and growth execution under one roof.
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We build private intelligence systems that learn from the business itself — turning workflows, history, and institutional knowledge into an engine that gets smarter as the company grows.
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We hand owners a private reporting portal — so leadership sees the business, not the chaos.
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We've built hundreds of residential units.
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We've transacted many thousands more.
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We've moved hundreds of millions in real estate.
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We hold a long-hold rental portfolio and strategic land across the U.S. and Caribbean.
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We operate across nine industries, side by side.
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We do all of it on eight-figure annual revenue.
Principles
What we believe.
We care less about presentation than reality. We prefer honest numbers, visible problems, accountable teams, and businesses willing to adopt better systems. These are the principles that guide who we work with and how we work with them.
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Honesty over theater.
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Transparency over confusion.
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Workflows over chaos.
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Automation wherever it earns its keep.
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AI where it creates real leverage — not where it's fashionable.
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Teams over ego. No leader-groups. No hero culture.
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Operators with skin in the game — on both sides of the table.
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Long memories. Short cycles destroy good businesses.
About
A small team. A long memory.
Open Core Holdings was founded in 2009 by Alejandro Capo, building on a family operating heritage rooted in South Florida and the Caribbean. The work is unusually vertical: development, construction, utilities, marinas, brokerage, technology, AI, and media all live under one roof so every business we touch can be built and run the way it should be.
The founder is a licensed Florida general contractor and operates a licensed brokerage. Across two decades, the team has built a meaningful book of residential units, transacted many thousands more, and moved hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate.
We work selectively, usually through direct relationships and private introductions. If you've found your way here, there is likely a real reason — and that is the best way to start a conversation.
Founder's approach
Alejandro built Open Core around a simple idea: good businesses fail when operations get noisy, fragmented, or outdated. The approach combines long-horizon ownership, operator discipline, vertically integrated execution, and modern systems thinking — using workflows, automation, reporting, and private AI to make businesses more resilient, more intelligent, and easier to run.
FAQ
Common questions.
Is Open Core Holdings a fund?
No. Open Core is not a fund and not a consultancy. It is a privately held operating and investment company that builds, backs, operates, and modernizes businesses — usually for the long term.
What does Open Core Holdings do?
Open Core invests in, partners with, operates, and modernizes companies — redesigning operations and installing workflows, automation, reporting, and private AI so each business runs better over time.
Who founded Open Core Holdings, and when?
Open Core Holdings, LLC was founded in 2009 by Alejandro Capo, a licensed Florida general contractor and real estate broker, who serves as Managing Member.
Where is Open Core Holdings based?
Open Core is based in Coconut Grove, Florida, and works across South Florida and the Caribbean.
Contact
Get in touch.
We don't take cold pitches. We do read every note that comes with a real business behind it.