What We Do
Since our founding in 1983, GenevaGroup has excelled in its commitment to supporting entrepreneurs in the software industry by providing equity financing, advice, recruitment and assistance to management of young, disruptive, innovative technology start-ups.
Fundamentally, we are growth equity investors in technology or technology-enabled service companies that are capital efficient. We invest in companies that have $500 thousand to $10 million in revenues, along with strong growth prospects. We seek investment opportunities where the combination of stellar ideas, dollars, experience, and relationships can create long-term, sustainable value. We have focused solely in this sector because of our deep rooted origins and the industry’s superb growth opportunities.
Huge problems remain to be solved and massive opportunities loom as major corporations, governments, mid to small businesses all seek competitive advantages via new innovations. The emergence of Software-as-a-Service, On-Demand, Cloud computing, Virtualization, Social and Business networks, Security software and green technologies are major tectonic shifts occurring in the global software ecosystem. These are areas of particular interest to us.
We believe in the power of cultivating and maintaining deep relationships, seeking new solutions, partnerships and market knowledge around a set of tech-centric innovations. Our focus means that entrepreneurs can count on us. It also allows us to quickly recognize the subtle but breakthrough impact of new ideas and business models. Our focus also means that we are fully immersed in current industry trends and dynamics. We are active, current and highly experienced at helping entrepreneurs build their companies as leaders within the industry. Within this target sector, we actively pursue initiatives that ultimately turn into new category defining companies. These initiatives embrace evolving market forces, disruption in industry structure, innovations in technology, and most importantly, the unique aspiration of our entrepreneurs.
“High expectations are the key to everything” – Warren Buffett