Our investment philosophy reflects the companies we work with: ambitious, innovative, growth-focused. These are more than just buzzwords – unlike most other investment firms, where the general partners put up 1 or 2% of the firm’s invested capital, a substantial amount of our capital is from our general partners investing their own money. That’s how much we believe in the companies we partner with.
Our target: premier growth companies in the consumer sector within the following areas:
KarpReilly seeks to invest $10 to $25 million in each of our partner companies. Oftentimes, we will make initial equity investments as small as $4 million in a particular company, with the goal of providing additional capital to such company as it begins to scale. We believe that this approach makes us an ideal investor for emerging brands that have embarked on a path of serious/sustainable growth and are looking for a long-term capital partner.