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Changing the way agencies grow

AVA is a B2G agency aggregator. We take a people-centric approach to acquiring, supporting, and scaling digital agencies. AVA partners with investors and agency founders to grow and create immediate and long-term value.

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AVA’S approach to agency acquisition

A new type of holding company

AVA’S approach to agency acquisition

Our bespoke approach helps agencies maximize their years of effort.

Programmatic M&A provides fuel, and programmatic scaling delivers results. AVA deploys the pioneering 2Y3X program to drive fast growth across all agencies that join AVA. 2Y3X has a seven-year track record of successfully doubling or tripling agency revenue.

Agency founders have flexible choices. They can stay in place, leave, re-specialize, or move up into AVA’s Group Management.

This approach means AVA can move faster than most – and deliver stunning results.

AVA focuses on fostering a people-centric culture

AVA focuses on fostering a people-centric culture

AVA focuses on fostering a people-centric culture

Success depends upon nurturing our best and brightest — from visionary leaders to up-and-coming talent.

Our team has decades of experience with big agency networks. We know firsthand that an agency’s people are its greatest asset. The command-and-control model of the 20th century cannot sustain a strong, successful team.

One size doesn’t fit all

Because every agency is built differently, our people-centric and programmatic approach offers custom-tailored strategies to nurture each agency’s most remarkable attributes and people.

AVA’s investment opportunities are no different. We offer investors a flexible range of bespoke options with favorable returns.

Highway to high growth

Culture is the heart of stellar performance. When we look at acquisition opportunities, our first lens is culture. Our steadfast rule? We only invest in agencies that care about the way things get done.

Our highway to high growth offers two paths — one for agencies looking to be acquired, and one for investors looking to buy an agency.

For investors, by investors

As experienced founders and investors, AVA understands both sides of the deal. Our dedication to agencies — their founders and their people — means we take a unique approach to investing.

Our extensive experience in the agency world allows us to understand that a successful investment and acquisition is about more than just the numbers. It’s about ensuring growth and success after the deal is done.

In the news and around the world

AVA completed its acquisition of Atlanta-based TopRight Partners. TopRight Partners has been recognized as Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for the fourth consecutive year. TopRight, formerly chaired by Dave Sutton and led by former long-time Apple executive Bill Fasig, serves government and business-to-business clients, as well as select non-profit organizations, all of whom operate in complex markets. Terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
AVA recently welcomed Felix Velarde as the third partner and Chief Strategy Officer to help guide the future direction of the unique digital-agency anti-holding company. Defined by the overall quality of its talent, AVA is a new model aggregator of digital marketing agencies that is set to launch its first agency group in May. AVA's core strategy builds a series of agency groups that harvest value through programmatic scaling and a people-centered approach, focusing on giving founders a choice of career path, while using proven frameworks to enable and empower each subsequent agency.
Agency Ventures Aggregator (AVA), the highly disruptive digital agency network founded by billion-dollar brands entrepreneur Tom Shipley, Uhuru Network's Peter Lang and author and agency pioneer Felix Velarde, launches its first agency group in May, led by former Google, WPP and Unilever executive Jo Royce.