Our Culture

Every private equity firm will talk about partnership. However, partnership can mean different things to different people. For us, partnership means having an open, collaborative relationship — listening first and telling hard truths when necessary. It means doing what we say we will, living our values every single day and holding each other accountable. It means being fully aware that we don’t know it all. Fundamentally, it means doing what’s right, not what’s easy.

A Different Kind of Investment Firm

Private equity firms who see companies as assets think in short-term returns and can be ruthless in their nature beating down management, and controlling operations. That’s not us. We’re not transactional – we’ll go the distance. We’re in the private equity business because we value partnering with entrepreneurs to help them build their good company into an even greater one.

Our focus is to elevate your business, not to change it. Instead of inserting our team members to manage your operations, Sverica serves as active board members that allow management teams the flexibility to operate. We offer private equity solutions that allow you to remain in the driver’s seat throughout our partnership, providing founder and family-owned businesses with the capital needed to accelerate their growth.

Decision-making isn’t hard when you know your values.

Our Values

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Like all successful businesses, our culture defines who we are. Our values are deeply rooted in our culture and embody our essence. We live and breathe these values across our firm.

· Operate ethically and with integrity
· Be data-driven
· Act in the best interest of the company
· Be financially responsible
· Foster a spirit of collaboration and innovation
· Approach every day with curiosity
· Have fun and never take yourself too seriously

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Like all successful businesses, our culture defines who we are. Our values are deeply rooted in our culture and embody our essence. We live and breathe these values across our firm.

· Operate ethically and with integrity
· Be data-driven
· Act in the best interest of the company
· Be financially responsible
· Foster a spirit of collaboration and innovation
· Approach every day with curiosity
· Have fun and never take yourself too seriously

How We Work

For over two decades, we have partnered with market leading, entrepreneurial businesses in the lower middle market. We follow a thesis-driven approach based on three core principles: sustainable growth, building strong management teams, and reinvesting back into our portfolio companies to build businesses that will prosper long after our investment.

We invest with management teams who are passionate about their business and have a strategic vision for how to maximize its potential. We spend considerable time helping management refine and expand the strategies required to achieve their vision. These efforts and our ability to identify and partner with talented managers have served as the foundation of our success.

At Sverica, we work closely with management to accelerate growth and drive value creation. We provide management with the capital to reinvest in their business, strategic advice, acquisition/financing support, industry expertise, and other resources necessary to help build shareholder value. We maintain a robust network of industry-specific and value-added professionals, who can aid in executing organic and M&A-based growth initiatives.

Teamwork

Our people are our greatest asset. It is only through the dedication and determination of our talented team that we can support our portfolio companies, create opportunity and deliver long-term value. The Sverica team brings a wealth of experience and domain expertise to each of our investments. The senior professionals of our firm have been investing together for more than a decade, and we believe that an integrated and cohesive team approach yields better outcomes for both our management teams and our investors.

We're Ready to Listen