Investment Focus

Envest focuses on privately-held businesses in basic industries and non-revolutionary technologies.  Envest provides growth capital to cash generative businesses at various stages of growth with proven management teams.  We seek companies with superior market positioning and a well defined execution plan.  While we may consider start-up opportunities, our primary focus is early to mid stage companies, which have attained early market success and require equity capital for growth.  Please see the Investment Strategy & Criteria section for a detailed description of our investment approach.

Envest invests between $2.0 million to $7.0 million in a single portfolio company.  We often take a lead role, though this is not a requirement.   We generally invest alongside strong investor syndicates with sufficient capital to fund the business until a liquidity event is possible.  

We invest in domestic businesses with a focus on Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region.  

Targeted industries include: Manufacturing, Specialty Finance, Healthcare Services, Franchising and Software.  The industries in which Envest has previously invested include tax preparation, asset-backed lending, community banking, life insurance, healthcare financial services, managed healthcare, medical products distribution, computer manufacturing, aluminum manufacturing, medical equipment manufacturing, computer software products, ship repair, and moving and storage.