We are partners, not bosses. We provide financial resources, operational insight and strategic counsel to entrepreneurs who understand that growth capital from an experienced financial partner will help them grow smarter and faster and substantially increase the value of their business.

We view our capital, expertise, and extensive network as the means for a company with a proven business model to accelerate its growth. Together, we will take your company to the next level.

Most of the time our capital is deployed to achieve faster organic growth, but we also have funded follow-on strategic acquisitions and provided liquidity to passive investors or outstanding entrepreneurs who want to continue building their business but would also like to “take a few chips off the table.”

We are long-term investors who focus on building and realizing value in the form of capital gains over a long period of time – typically three to seven years – and we prefer minority ownership stakes to control positions.

We view our capital, expertise, and extensive network as the means for a company with a proven business model to accelerate its growth.  Together, we will take your company to the next level.

Although we prefer to be the lead investor, we will participate in financings led by others who share our approach, objectives and values.

We look for many of the same things in a business partner that you do: talent, drive, intelligence, experience, vision, integrity. Ultimately we hope to build long-term relationships with outstanding entrepreneurs – many of whom we back in more than one venture, and some of whom become investors in our Funds.

• Deep domain and operating experience in your industry and a proven track record of success.
• The reputation and integrity necessary to attract high quality co-workers capable of building high performance companies.
• The character, determination, and work ethic needed to achieve their goals and to overcome the inevitable challenges associated with rapidly growing businesses.
• A willingness to listen to sound counsel and to let us and our network of relationships help you enhance your prospects for success.

One thing we don’t necessarily look for may surprise you: our experience with “quiet and cerebral” entrepreneurs has taught us that you don’t have to be an extroverted leader to run a successful high-growth company.

You can read a little bit about our thinking on the subject in “Do I put off a human vibe to you?“ where we share an excerpt from Susan Cain’s book, Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking:

“[It’s a mistake] to embrace the Extrovert Ideal so unthinkingly. Some of our greatest ideas, art and inventions — from the theory of evolution to van Gogh’s sunflowers to the personal computer — came from quiet and cerebral people who knew how to tune in to their inner worlds and the treasures to be found there.”