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The craftsmen. The dogged. The outsiders. The hungry. The creative.
These are they with whom we stand. 
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Pracinco is an elite community of visionary founders who build value networks.
Value network companies build platforms, membership communities, marketplaces and shared infrastructures that enable the network to become more valuable to each member as more members use it.
Value networks create increasing advantage. Accelerate flywheel momentum.
Building value networks is different than building most companies. Network forces are never static. They are either working for you or against you. The architecture may be 1-to-1: connecting a buyer to a seller; 1-to-many: connecting a buyer to a supplier or distribution network, or even many-many: connecting developer ecosystems, data collaboratives, or knowledge networks.
We've build these networks by infusing several types of networks effects. We eat our own dog food: investing our own capital to build networks that enable others to win. Our networks circulate tools, capital, data, and relationships to strengthen all.
We are people-first investors.
First, we find the exceptional entrepreneurs and executives, the independent thinkers and the builders. We look for legacies so compelling we want to continue building them. We prefer a small team of leaders with diverse strengths focused on building a handful of companies. We only buy companies that bring real meaning to us and the customers and employees we serve.
We bring capital, know-how, team, and processes to accelerate growth. Our network is vast. Our advantage comes from decades of helping one another build great companies.
We don’t “do deals.” Our business model isn't constrained by a 3-year investment treadmill. We’re not trying to "realize gains" to raise our next fund. Our capital is our own and our time horizon is decades. Our aim is long-term market-leadership and a company employees are proud to own.
Our team mirrors the leaders with whom we partner. Many come from humble backgrounds. Most have either founded or acquired and built their companies. Each shares the entrepreneurial mindset.
Our contribution to a company comes from several of us working together. We are mindful of the (often painful) lessons we’ve learned. We value teamwork over taking credit. Truth over persuasion. People over problems.
We are serious about our work. Our reputation for integrity and excellence is our most valuable asset. We believe in the unyielding search for truth, and in upholding the obligation to dissent. We're often called investors, but we see ourselves as builders.
Value networks create increasing advantage. Accelerate flywheel momentum.
Building value networks is different than building most companies. Network forces are never static. They are either working for you or against you. The architecture may be 1-to-1: connecting a buyer to a seller; 1-to-many: connecting a buyer to a supplier or distribution network, or even many-many: connecting developer ecosystems, data collaboratives, or knowledge networks.
We've build these networks by infusing several types of networks effects. We eat our own dog food: investing our own capital to build networks that enable others to win. Our networks circulate tools, capital, data, and relationships to strengthen all.
We are people-first investors.
First, we find the exceptional entrepreneurs and executives, the independent thinkers and the builders. We look for legacies so compelling we want to continue building them. We prefer a small team of leaders with diverse strengths focused on building a handful of companies. We only buy companies that bring real meaning to us and the customers and employees we serve.
We bring capital, know-how, team, and processes to accelerate growth. Our network is vast. Our advantage comes from decades of helping one another build great companies.
We don’t “do deals.” Our business model isn't constrained by a 3-year investment treadmill. We’re not trying to "realize gains" to raise our next fund. Our capital is our own and our time horizon is decades. Our aim is long-term market-leadership and a company employees are proud to own.
Our team mirrors the leaders with whom we partner. Many come from humble backgrounds. Most have either founded or acquired and built their companies. Each shares the entrepreneurial mindset.
Our contribution to a company comes from several of us working together. We are mindful of the (often painful) lessons we’ve learned. We value teamwork over taking credit. Truth over persuasion. People over problems.
We are serious about our work. Our reputation for integrity and excellence is our most valuable asset. We believe in the unyielding search for truth, and in upholding the obligation to dissent. We're often called investors, but we see ourselves as builders.
Our team of investing CEOs has founded and built value networks, vertical software, and technology infrastructure companies, including:
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Lacey Wismer
Founder of Hunter Search |
Aaron Gabbart
Former CEO of BenefitGuard |
Rich Augustyn
CEO of NIP Group |
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Alex Gelman
Former CEO of mTAB |
Rameez Ansari
CEO of AutoLeap |
Jeff Chambers
Former Managing Director of TA Associates |