Davenport
Investments is a private family equity investment firm focusing
on creating opportunities for our stakeholders, including company
owners and management.
We
invest selectively in high-potential companies with solid fundamentals.
Then, we work with the management of these companies to build
outstanding businesses. We have no outside investors and draw
on deep family capital for our investments. As a result, we
don’t
have to meet external expectations of returns or a specific
timetable, so we can be patient. We are able to give our companies
the time they need to become great. We have a strong track
record as investors and we enjoy partnering with strong management
teams. Through processes that have been tested and proven in
a wide variety of business contexts, we help our partner companies
as they grow, create value, and become sustained leaders.
What
We Invest In
Though we explore many opportunities each year,
we don’t invest in everything. In fact, we invest in only
a very small percentage of the opportunities we explore, based
on:
• the
management team
• our estimate of how much value is inherent
in the business
• how much time and expertise we have to
devote to the business
• potential for sustained excellence.
We're interested in sound business models supported
by favorable fundamental trends. We like cash-flow positive businesses
as well as businesses that will respond positively to staged
infusions of growth capital. At a minimum, we expect a history
of strong EBITDA or revenue growth in order for us to explore
an investment.
What We Don't Invest In
We like to work in areas where we
can create opportunity, and we have a clear idea of where that's
possible. Davenport Investments doesn't invest
in:
• Companies
with unproven leadership
• Negative cash flow businesses
• Technology
companies
• Unproven start-ups
• Distressed companies
• Offshore-based
companies
Contact Davenport
For more information on Davenport Investments,
contact Russ Nesbit at rnesbit@thedavenportcompanies.com
Copyright © 2011 The Davenport Companies. All rights reserved.
|