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People-Centricity.

Entrust your team to protect your agency’s legacy.
Trust your agency to those who care about it most.

Entrust your team to protect your agency's legacy
Trust your agency to those who care about it most

Why sell to AVA?

We’ll give you executive leadership

We’ll give you executive leadership

that will take on the stress and burden of operational efficiency

Instant access

Instant access

to our personal rolodex

Mentorship with top experts:

Mentorship with top experts

Our knowledge, resources, tools, team, and network

Our knowledge, resources, tools, team, and network

are now yours

Why sell to AVA?

We’ll give you executive leadership

We’ll give you executive leadership

that will take on the stress and burden of operational efficiency.

Instant access

Instant access

to our personal rolodex of 1000+ of investors

Mentorship with top experts:

Mentorship with top experts:

Peter Lang, Felix Velarde, and Tom Shipley

Our knowledge, resources, tools, team, and network

Our knowledge, resources, tools, team, and network

are now yours

Traditional M&A firm vs. AVA

Traditional M&A

Traditional M&A

Top down
Commercials-first
Forced Integrations

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Bottom up
People-first
Agile agency partnerships
Bespoke approach

Our secret sauce

(it’s no secret)

Our success is nothing without the facts and the proof to back it up.

Here’s some of AVA’s secret sauce that we know leads to better results:

Dedicated deal team that’s focused on people and agency success

Proven back-office support systems, tools, and approaches that deliver scale and efficiency

Our 2Y3X methodology is proven to scale and grow agencies at speed

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

AVA was founded by agency owners. This means we lead our acquisition programs with a founder-led and people-centric approach. We understand the inherent problems founders face when trying to scale their agency. We’ve gone through the same path you are experiencing and know how to generate the results you want for your agency.

We’ve been there, done that, and delivered the results. Suffice it to say, we’ve got your back.

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

You’ve reached the end of your business lifecycle; you’re burnt out and looking for a way to maximize your exit.

AVA ADVANTAGE:

Investment for your agency

WE PROVIDE:

Immediate and longer-term investment opportunities

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

You’re interested in another project or venture and no longer looking to run a service-based agency.

AVA ADVANTAGE:

We free you from operations for you to pursue other interests

WE PROVIDE:

Bespoke methodology utilizing our 2Y3X program

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

Your agency has grown, but you don’t enjoy the day-to-day anymore. You want to get back to doing what you love to do – whether that’s sales, consulting, or being a creative director.

AVA ADVANTAGE:

Opportunity to be in a position where you’ll thrive

WE PROVIDE:

Access to different roles, larger clients, & scope of services

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

You’re hitting the glass ceiling and constantly trying to reinvent the wheel. You need help scaling your business.

AVA ADVANTAGE:

Bigger & better pitching power

WE PROVIDE:

Scale-at-speed approach to healthy growth

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

It’s lonely at the top – we get that. You want greater challenges and to surround yourself with high-caliber team members to help you flourish.

AVA ADVANTAGE:

Access to seasoned colleagues

WE PROVIDE:

Opportunity to work with talented team members

Problem solvers & growth accelerators

You’re worried about your legacy. You want to sell your agency, but most M&A firms don’t care about the “tomorrow” after a founder leaves. You spent years creating your agency and care about your team and legacy.

AVA ADVANTAGE:

Work collaboratively on the future of your agency

WE PROVIDE:

A strategic approach to future planning

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.

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