G&H Ventures Overview
G&H Ventures, LLC is an investment firm founded in 2010 by Danny Guttman and Thomas Hardy. We focus on direct private equity and mezzanine investments in the financial services sector. We have invested across the sector in areas including insurance, mortgage banking and specialty financing for energy companies.
G&H is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. We differ from a typical private equity firm in that we invest our own capital alongside managed capital of limited partners and co-investors. Our competitive advantages include our non-bureaucratic infrastructure, flexible decision making process, long-term investment horizon, ability to accommodate special needs of sellers and management teams, operations and transaction expertise, and opportunistic investment strategy.
G&H typically invests in mid-size private companies with capable management teams, fundamentally strong operations and track records that need capital and strategic guidance to “get to the next level”. We are opportunistic as to investment size and will explore transactions from $10-$50 million with capacity to underwrite larger transactions under the right circumstances.
G&H uses a “buy and build” investment approach, which includes organic growth and selective acquisition strategies. The G&H team leverages its broad skill set to create value in its portfolio companies by:
- Helping management teams formulate business strategy and performance goals
- Identifying, monitoring, and improving key performance metrics
- Advising on the optimal organizational and compensation structure, including management incentive plans
- Accessing a variety of resources from our universe of contacts and relationships
- Collaborating in the creation of flexible capital structures
- Analyzing acquisitions, divestitures, and major capital projects