About
IGNITE! Family of Companies implements our Proprietary Platform of Wisdom as a Service (WaaS)™ through four distinct and foundational Support Service Offerings: People Operations, Applied Technology, Finance Strategy and Integrated Marketing. WE provide Immediate Impact Through Partnership.
As an Investment Holding Company, IGNITE! helps owners of great consumer brands realize their vision. We work side-by-side with them to provide financial, strategic, and operational support. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs and management teams grow their businesses through a combination of capital and operating expertise.
We learned the value of “Investment with Involvement” through our varied hands-on experience in multiple levels of startups and entrepreneurial endeavors.
IGNITE! is intentionally exclusive. We only invest in and support wide-ranging, but decidedly Consumer-facing businesses that passionately want to grow & scale while applying proven systems that ensure the same happens.
We are true partners who are uniquely positioned to understand and support SMB founders. We forge deep partnerships with our portfolio company management teams to drive great outcomes.
- Wisdom as a Service (WaaS)™ is a combination of expertise, continuous improvement, effective communication, and committed collaboration, powered by a client-centric focus.
- By consistently delivering valuable insights and solutions, we establish ourselves as a trusted advisor by partnering with founders to create sustainable-sensitive businesses that produce outstanding results, including:
- Establishing a clear long-term vision for each portfolio company; Attaining a deep understanding of their business models, market potential, and competitive landscape; Taking an active role in the portfolio companies by providing strategic guidance, operational support, and access to networks.
- This vision guides our investment decisions as well as the ability to identify growth opportunities. Likewise, our involvement will often include participating in board meetings, connecting business leadership with industry experts, and leveraging our experience to solve challenges
IGNITE! understands the effort required to build market-leading companies. IGNITE!
was created to provide Founders, Owners, and Leaders with a better solution to
ensure their businesses are built to last.
IGNITE!’s Proprietary Platform for GROWTH is known as :
People Operations
- IGNITE! Is neither a Private Equity, nor a Venture Capital firm. We are better!
- IGNITE! is an Investment Holding Company and SMB Accelerator.
Applied Technology
- We invest capital like PE & VC firms, but our differentiator is providing dedicated expertise in People, Technology, Finance, and Marketing that transform partnered companies and help them grow & scale exponentially.
Financial Acumen
- The IGNITE! Leadership Team has over a century of combined expertise and success, having honed its skills with some of the most famous and respected companies on the planet.
Integrated Marketing
- When IGNITE! invests or partners with a company, it deploys the most advanced and comprehensive systems available – including, Inventory Management, Operational Strategy Deployment, Cash Flow Enhancement, eCommerce & mCommerce Scaling, and Human Performance Technology – all of which is just a fraction of…
WISDOM AS A SERVICE (WaaS)TM
IGNITE! implements Wisdom as a Service (WaaS)TM through four distinct
and foundational Support Service Offerings to achieve real
Impact through Partnership
People Operations
- As an Investment Holding Company, IGNITE! helps owners of great consumer brands realize their vision. IGNITE! works alongside them to provide World Class financial, strategic, operational, and technical support. Our mission is to help our Partners grow their businesses through a combination of capital and operating expertise.
Applied Technology
- IGNITE! understands the value of “investment with involvement” through our hands-on experience in multiple levels of start-ups and entrepreneurial endeavors.
Financial Acumen
- The IGNITE! Team is a true partner who is uniquely positioned to successfully guide SMB founders. We forge deep partnerships with our portfolio company management teams to drive great outcomes.
Integrated Marketing
- IGNITE!’S flexible investment horizons align with founder goals, emphasizing repeatable and sustainable approaches to growth and value creation, partnering with the best management teams to drive operational efficiency. Everything we do is designed to build better businesses, both for today and for tomorrow.
IGNITE’s deep industry expertise allows us to
bring unparalleled value to our Portfolio Companies.
People Operations
- Our portfolio companies develop through the implementation and measurement of Wisdom as a Service (WaaS)TM People, Technology, Finance, Marketing and Operational Excellence dominates our focus.
Applied Technology
- IGNITE!’s objective is to invest in and build consumer-oriented businesses that are rooted in emotional connectivity, sustainability, and performance as well as the key services that will make them leaders within their respective categories. As a result, we develop close, longstanding relationships that allow us to rapidly scale.
- The IGNITE! Team is comprised of in-house functional and strategic leaders, with expertise in critical supplemental functions that create Blue Ocean Results.
Financial Acumen
- IGNITE! prides itself in making a real difference, leveraging its Global Experience as a Strategic Partner, working shoulder-to-shoulder with our Investors and Founders, while building from the local foundation that makes each prospect attractive in the first place.
Integrated Marketing
- IGNITE! is intentionally Selective. We invest primarily in decidedly Consumerfacing, sustainable-centric businesses that passionately want to grow and scale, while adopting proven systems that ensure the same happens.
CASE STUDY
A Case Study in Horizontal Integration
The Partners:
(Tier One) T-1 Advertising: Joint Venture (JV) relationship with IGNITE! Family of Companies whose expertise has built emerging brands such as Liquid Death, MeUndies, and Primark.
esby: Majority owned subsidiary of IGNITE! and one of the fastest growing Sustainable Lifestyle Brands.
The How:
By applying Blue Ocean strategies in advertising, SEO, SEM, and social media, esby continues to expand its reach worldwide. In the last 90 days esby has been featured in LA Magazine, USA Today, Daily Front Row, and Women’s Wear Daily (WWD).
Impact:
- esby is on pace to double year-over-year sales for 2023 while improving profitability by 645%.
- Additionally, esby is projecting 2024 total Revenue to increase by a factor of 2.5x over 2023 while escalating profitability by an additional 450%.
Links in the Media
Women’s Wear Daily
Forbes
Austin American-Statesman
CASE STUDY
A Case Study in Service Value Creation
The Partners:
Techless is a 4-year startup in a series A fund raising stage, focused on Clean Tech and Health Tech. IGNITE! is in final negotiations to becomes the strategic partner providing capital access and operational expertise.
The How:
Through execution of proprietary inventory management solutions, patent development expertise, software security management, and Blue Ocean go-tomarket initiatives – IGNITE! is guiding the Executives of Techless in their 24- months plan to introduce next generation of health conscious and safe technology.
Impact:
- With direct investment and operational decision making controls, IGNITE! is guiding Techless out of its infancy as a start-up into a market leader in this emerging tech space.
- Techless projects quadrupling (4x) its 2024 Revenue, while maintaining 67% gross margin.
