WAYLAND HOLDINGS, LLC · HOLDING COMPANY · EST. BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS

Built to hold.

A holding company that builds, operates, and invests in software, gaming, marketing, and managed-IT ventures.

01 / ABOUT

What we do

Wayland Holdings is a holding company, not a fund. We build products from zero, operate them for the long run, and invest where we know the terrain — software, gaming, marketing, and managed IT.

Model
Build · Operate · Invest
Horizon
Long-hold, exit-ready
Track record
1 exit — Byte-Werx → The 20 MSP
Base
Bentonville, Arkansas
02 / PORTFOLIO

Active holdings

03 / EXITS

Successful exits

Byte-Werx logo

ACQUIRED · OCT 2022

Byte-Werx

Acquired by The 20 MSP

A Bentonville, Arkansas managed-IT services firm founded in 2013, serving hundreds of businesses across IT support, consulting, and maintenance. Acquired by The 20 MSP in October 2022 after a five-year working relationship.

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04 / FOUNDER

The principal

Michael Wayland

Founder & Managing Director, Wayland Holdings, LLC

Michael Wayland is the Founder & Managing Director of Wayland Holdings, LLC. He led Byte-Werx, a Bentonville, Arkansas managed-IT services firm, through its 2022 acquisition by The 20 MSP, and today builds, operates, and invests across software, gaming, marketing, and managed IT — including the local-first investing platform Quantery, developer tooling under PiDE PiPER, and the indie studio Sunny Parasite Games.

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05 / CONTACT

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