
Visionary Private Equity Group
1520 S 5th St Ste 308, Saint Charles, Missouri, 63303, United States
Overview
Visionary Private Equity Group (VPEG) invests in early stage, high growth companies that have strong management teams and significant upside potential. Investments are typically structured to provide a substantial yield and ensure downside protection while preserving potential for dramatic growth. The VPEG team consists of professionals with a unique blend of private equity, investment banking, legal, medical, oil & gas, internet technology and operating experience and plays an active role ensuring our portfolio companies have a sound operating and capital strategy. A critical attribute of our portfolio companies is a management team that is receptive and responsive to VPEG involvement and influence. VPEG not only keeps a tight tab on the progress of the business but can also add significant value by providing management expertise and important connections needed to grow the company. We play an active role in ensuring clients have both a sound capital and operating strategy. Through our review processes, we work with the management team to not only be informed of the progress of their business plans and developments, but to also assist in the on-going revisions of those plans. Our team often becomes a key extension of the management of those companies in which we invest. Our investment opportunities are generated through our extensive networks that include contacts with numerous Angel Groups and traditional Venture Capitalists.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Investment portfolio
- Get Spiffy
Participated · Equity · Jul 2018
Get Spiffy operates an on-demand mobile car care service and a private-label hardware and software-as-a-service offering called Digital Servicing. The company performs wash & detail, oil change, tires, brakes, and other maintenance services onsite for fleets, office parks, and residences. Since launching in 2014, Spiffy has delivered over 2 million mobile automotive services and currently completes between 3,000 and 4,000 services daily across 45+ markets. The company employs over 500 W2 technicians and ASE-certified mechanics operating from 350+ vans nationwide. Spiffy reported back-to-back years of 90%+ growth. With Digital Servicing (introduced in 2020), Spiffy provides dealer-branded van upfits, a consumer app suite, technician app, and manager/customer dashboards to support dealer partners. Get Spiffy operates an on-demand car care, technology and services business centered on a Fleet Management as a Service (FMaaS) platform. Led by CEO Scot Wingo and based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., the platform enables rental car fleets, automotive auctions, midsize fleets and car-sharing services to manage vehicle in-fleeting, preventative maintenance and de-fleeting. Fleet managers use an app to schedule, track, rate and pay for services including pre-delivery inspections, reconditioning (wash/detail), preventative maintenance (oil change, tire rotation) and de-fleeting (de-fueling, label removal). The company is available in metro areas including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas‑Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Raleigh‑Durham, and lists Denver, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa and Washington, DC among planned expansion targets. Get Spiffy raised $10M in funding and said it will use the proceeds to expand into those new cities and further roll out in existing markets. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. Get Spiffy is an on-demand car care, technology, and services company that lets customers schedule mobile washes, detailing, and oil changes via its app. The service uses a green, environmentally-friendly system and the company’s technology enables clients to track and pay for services at their chosen time and location. Led by CEO Scot Wingo, Spiffy operates in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles, California and Dallas, Texas. The company closed a $9M funding round in July 2018. Management intends to use the proceeds to broaden car care services, expand into additional geographies, and develop new channels. The business combines field operations with a consumer-facing app and service logistics technology. Get Spiffy, led by CEO Scot Wingo, offers an app-based platform that lets users schedule, track and pay for mobile car washing and detailing services using an environmentally-friendly cleaning system. The company is Research Triangle Park, NC–based and currently operates in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California. Spiffy provides on-demand services to both residential and commercial customers and announced the acquisition of ongoing operations from Squeegy, adding over 14,000 residential and commercial relationships. The business intends to use the new capital to expand into new markets, invest in its technology and explore additional services. Financially, the company closed a $5m Series A to support those growth plans.
Team
Ronald Zamber
Founder, Chairman & Senior Managing Director
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