Acquiring companies that we can help scale is our primary business. In addition, we have a small but mighty portfolio of startup investments. We’re lucky to call these founders our friends.
Saltwater buys and builds companies that scale the impact of creatives.
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Our humble family
of amazing companies.
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What
We are a holding company which invests culture. We support creatives, we value profitability, and we seek to change the growth trajectory of our companies to maximize the probability, not just the magnitude, of a great outcome. We are not VC, and we are not PE, we are long-term partners.
How
We operate as a company, not a fund. We set clear goals, and transparent expectations. We support operators through bringing world class talent, technical skill, pragmatic and data-driven decision-making, with the safety and patience to experiment.
Why
We believe a balance of passion, purpose and profit is the foundation to durable growth. We work to help our teams identify and implement their purpose authentically and patiently with an eye towards sustainable success.
Saltwater is backed by Ryan Graves
Ryan helped start Uber, first as CEO, then driving the business as SVP of Global Operations and Board Member. He was instrumental in building Uber’s leadership team and it’s global expansion. Now he is using those lessons to build Saltwater and our family of companies scaling passion, profit, and purpose.
