About

We are active partners with a proven track record of investing alongside founders, management, and families to grow businesses.

The Firm’s senior investment professionals have an average of over 20 years of investing and operating experience each in technology-enabled business services and information technology and communication services.

Value Added Partners

Key to the Firm’s investment strategy is the collaboration with management teams to create an operating plan focused on significantly increasing the rate of growth. The development and implementation of these initiatives augment the strengths of the management team and business with BV’s operating experience and extensive network. Some of the principal elements of this plan often include:

  • Our goal is to back or assemble top notch management teams. Upfront we help management to identify key organizational gaps and then leverage the BV network to assist in recruiting executives.

    Senior Management
    Recruitment

  • We provide the resources and capital to successfully develop and rollout complimentary and/or transformative products that can enhance the offering and expand the customer base.

    Ancillary Product
    Launches

  • We work with management to enhance efficiencies across the organization including pricing segmentation, marketing and sales initiatives, and automating processes and technologies.

    Operational
    Improvement

  • Often times the services offered by a company can benefit BV’s portfolio of investments and we pride ourselves on providing relevant introductions and sales leads. Additionally, Over 30 BV backed executives have invested in our funds and continue to provide support.

    BV Network
    Introductions

  • The Operating Advisory Board is made up of 16 executives with deep industry experience and operating knowledge to provide additional support to management teams.

    Strategic & Operational
    Support Through OAB

  • BV has the experience and a global network to help companies thoughtfully expand their offerings internationally to accelerate growth and increase their addressable market.

    New Sector & Geography
    Launches

  • BV promotes and supports technology investments that allow companies to develop sustainable competitive advantages.

    Technology
    Enhancements

  • BV plays an active role in creating a target list of potential acquisition opportunities and directly sourcing these investments, which are often both strategic and highly accretive to the growth plan.

    Strategic
    M&A

Investment Focus

BV’s investment focus is derived from the teams’ experience, network, knowledge and general interest in the business services and information technology services sectors.  The Firm’s Partners have developed multiple investment theses based on the transformation of the world economy by the abundance of data being generated.  The volume of data and information being generated is rapidly accelerating through new sensor technology, the worldwide deployment of mobile devices, and the proliferation of the Internet and social media.  We look to partner with owners and management of businesses that provide solutions and services that collect, store, disseminate, process, and utilize the information and data being created.

Areas of Focus

Business Services Information Technology

Investment Criteria