Executive Network

Management Lead Investments

For over 15 years, Spire has been committed to seeking out and partnering with capable industry executives across our portfolio companies. Our experience has demonstrated that talented management teams can work through complex business challenges, identify and exploit market opportunities and navigate shifting competitive landscapes in order to successfully grow and expand a company. Our belief is that superior management leads all investments to success.

Spire has two significant models of working with executives, either as an Executive-In-Residence (EIR) or Executive Network Individual(s).

Executive-in-Residence (EIR)

Spire will partner with an executive or entire management to seek out specific investment targets around a certain theme or based upon management capabilities and experience. Under this relationship, Spire partners with the executive or team in order to identify compelling companies to buy and build. As part of this process, Spire will seed this effort and offer management a compelling opportunity to create returns for themselves as well as Spire’s Limited Partners.

EIR opportunities typically focus on acquiring founders-owned, under-performing or maturing companies that are in fragmented or growing industries where talented management can drive significant growth and generate attractive returns.

Spire principals have been operators, bankers, lenders and consultants to our investment sectors for the past 30+ years. We have developed, and continue to develop, a deep network of executives that we can leverage to help us with pre-investment due diligence as well as value creation post-investment. This network is crucial to our investment strategy and success.

These executives can become advisors, consultants, portfolio company executives and board members for Spire’s portfolio companies. Our Executive Network continues to grow and evolve as we invest in various new and exciting companies. We are constantly seeking to expand our Executive Network.

Testimonials

“I have had the opportunity to work with Spire twice recently and have been thoroughly impressed with their commitment and capabilities for success. They are highly skilled at both strategic and operational executive with small market, growing companies. I look forward to continued success with the Spire team.”

Dave Dawson
Former AssetNation CEO, Current Executive Network Board Member

“I was seeking a private equity partner to support our vision of building a unique managed service company. The team at Spire not only provided capital, but was integral in our acquisition sourcing and execution, helping us land new clients to grow revenues as well as guiding us through several successful capital markets events. Spire is a great group of people and I would highly recommend working with their team.”

Peter Weber
Former Carpathia Hosting CEO, Former Spire EIR

“Having worked with Spire as a board member and now as a CEO, I find that Spire has great balance between their industry experience and focus, their operational expertise and value add plus their emphasis on hiring quality, talented people at their portfolio companies. I would highly recommend other EIR candidates to work with the team at Spire.”

Dawn Robertson
On Campus Marketing, CEO

“I have worked with the Spire team closely for approximately 8 years in two different capacities. The first was as a member of the Certiport senior leadership team and the second as the Chief Executive Officer of the portfolio company PAN. In addition to Spire’s deep industry expertise and network of industry contacts, Spire’s unique partnership approach with portfolio company management provided me with the resources and guidance necessary to facilitate my transition to leading a highly successful private equity backed company as CEO. I frankly could not have picked a better partner.”

Jim Holm
Former Performance Assessment Network CEO
Former Certiport Executive

Get In Touch

For Executive recruiters with exclusive relationships with highly qualified executives please contact us.
Spire will compensate recruiters for successful placement of recruiter sourced executives.

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