The Cava Advantage

We’ve been in your shoes! 

We believe the best advice entrepreneurs can get comes from entrepreneurs themselves. Our Team and members of the Cava Ecosystem are a unique combination of seasoned investors and entrepreneurs who know what it’s like to wake up at 2AM worried about making payroll. We understand the important details and have learned from our past endeavors so you don’t have to experience the same growing pains.

Active Venture Investing is a better model! 

We offer substantial value beyond capital. Utilizing our AVI Methodology, with the help of the Cava Ecosystem, we bring the people, processes, and connections required to help every investment succeed.

Laser focus! 

Our approach has been purpose built to work with one company at a time, engaging in only 3 to 5 deals per year, enabling us to be truly hands-on investors. We only invest in what we know best, using our experience to add more value to our entrepreneurs.

Great network!  

Providing truly Smart Capital, our relationships with later stage venture firms and private equity groups allow us to share services and best practices with our entrepreneurs, as well as offering potential access to later stage growth financing and increased exit opportunities.

Dilution is a swear word! 

Our goal for each portfolio company is to lead the investment and be there through all of the fundraising rounds, assuming they are needed and milestones have been met. Having multiple fund raising events in the early stages of company growth can dilute both investors and founders alike and are a significant distraction to achieving strategic business objectives.