Forging Tomorrow:
Securing Your Family's Enduring Legacy
For generations, you have built a company defined by trust, people, and values. Now comes the most important step: ensuring that legacy endures.
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EviGrow helps founders secure the financial value of their life’s work while guiding a smooth transition to the next generation. We safeguard your company’s name, culture, and employees, while ensuring your son or daughter can step into leadership with confidence.
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A future built on respect, continuity, and care — where your family’s legacy remains strong for decades to come.
Your Legacy – Their Future
You have spent years building your company into what it is today. Many founders dream of passing the company on to their children — ensuring continuity, protecting the employees, and preserving the company's name and culture.
But succession also raises important questions that might keep you awake at night. How can you secure the economic value you have built over decades, without forcing your son or daughter to take on heavy loans in order to buy you out? And most importantly, how can you guarantee the company continues to thrive, preserving the legacy you’ve worked so hard to create?
Securing Economic Value
Protecting the financial reward of your life's work whilst ensuring sustainable growth for the next generation
Enabling Seamless Transition
Creating a pathway for your children to lead without overwhelming financial burdens or structural constraints
Ensuring Long-Term Success
Building a foundation that supports continued growth, innovation, and market leadership for generations
This is where EviGrow comes in. We understand the unique challenges founder-owners face when considering family succession, and we've built our structure around addressing these concerns with integrity, expertise, and genuine partnership.
The Succession Challenge: Why Most Family Businesses Struggle Over Time
Building a family business means creating something that transcends mere commerce, it's your life's work, your family's bedrock, and a cornerstone in the lives of your employees. The company culture you've nurtured, the relationships you've built, and the values you've instilled represent decades of careful cultivation. Yet when it comes time to pass the baton, the statistics paint a concerning picture that keeps many founders awake at night.
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The harsh reality is that only 30% of family businesses successfully transition to the second generation, and a mere 12% make it to the third generation. This isn't typically due to market conditions or external factors, they stem from rushed succession planning, inadequate support structures, and the immense pressure placed on the next generation to succeed without proper long-term guidance or resources.
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Most traditional succession approaches have historically forced founders into an all-or-nothing decision: either retain control and face the risks of succession, or sell completely and risk losing everything that made the business special. This limited perspective often causes family enterprises to falter at a crucial moment when they should be celebrating their enduring success.
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Our experience is that successful succession requires more than capital, it demands a partner who understands that preserving culture whilst enabling growth isn't just possible, it's essential. By combining patient capital with deep operational expertise, EviGrow provides the foundation for multi-generational success.
The Right Partner for Family Successions
Get to Know Us
Unlike private equity firms or industrial buyers, EviGrow is built on the lifetime investor model. We don't operate with artificial timelines or exit strategies that prioritise short-term gains over sustainable growth. Instead, we've structured our approach to align perfectly with your family's long-term vision.
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Our commitment extends beyond mere financial investment. We recognise that your company represents far more than assets and revenue streams — it embodies your values, relationships, and the trust you've built with employees and customers over the years. This understanding shapes every aspect of how we approach partnership opportunities.
Our Promise
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Permanent Ownership
We do not buy to sell in 4–7 years. We are a permanent home for companies, ensuring continuity for your family and employees without the pressure of artificial exit timelines.
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Significant Value Today
By selling all or a majority of your shares, you realise the value of your life's work in a secure and responsible way, providing financial security whilst maintaining involvement.
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Next Generation Leadership
Your chosen successor can step into the leadership role with the backing of a strong partner who supports their independence and entrepreneurial vision.
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Culture & Brand Preservation
We safeguard what makes your company unique: its name, its people, and its values. Your company's identity remains intact and continues to reflect the principles you've instilled.
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Hands-Off Operational Model
We support, but do not interfere. Your family stays in the driver's seat, making strategic decisions whilst benefiting from our experience and resources when needed.
A Win-Win for Founders and the Next Generation
With EviGrow as your partner, your family can achieve the best of both worlds — immediate value realisation and long-term growth potential. Our approach ensures that every stakeholder benefits from the transition, creating a foundation for sustained success.
For You as Founder
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Secure and realise significant value for your life's work
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Reduce personal financial risk tied to the company
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Ensure a smooth and respected succession process
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Stay involved if you wish, as minority owner, board member or adviser
For your Daughter or Son​
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Opportunity to take over without buyout pressure
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Backing from an experienced, permanent owner
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Access to capital, networks, and know-how to grow the business
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Ability to run the company with full entrepreneurial responsibility
Brand & Culture Protection
Brand, culture, and headquarters remain intact. The identity your company has built over years of dedicated service continues unchanged, maintaining customer trust and employee loyalty.
Employee Security
Employees keep their trusted leadership and workplace identity. The stability and culture they value remains constant throughout the transition, ensuring continued productivity and satisfaction.
Long-Term Focus
Long-term focus instead of short-term exit planning. Strategic decisions are made with sustainability and growth in mind, not quarterly targets or exit valuations.
Group Expertise
Access to EviGrow's group expertise: pricing playbooks, AI tools, and cross-company learning opportunities that enhance competitive advantage and operational efficiency.
This comprehensive approach ensures that the transition benefits everyone involved, from the founding generation to the next leaders, from employees to customers.
It's succession planning designed with genuine care for all stakeholders' long-term success.
How We Work with Founders and Families
Our process is built on trust, respect, and simplicity.
Family succession is deeply personal, involving not just business considerations but family dynamics, legacy concerns, and emotional attachments that have developed over decades of building something meaningful.
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Relationship First
We get to know you and your family's vision, understanding your values, concerns, and aspirations for the company's future. This foundation of trust guides every subsequent decision.
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​Fair and Transparent Valuation
secures significant value. Our valuation is thorough, transparent, and reflects the true worth of what you've built over the years.
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Succession Planning
Together, we structure a leadership transition for your son or daughter, ensuring they have the support, resources, and authority needed to lead effectively from day one.
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Smooth Transaction
We handle the process with efficiency, minimising disruption to daily operations whilst ensuring all legal, financial, and operational aspects are addressed comprehensively.
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Permanent Partnership
We stay with you for the long term, ensuring the company continues to grow and thrive under family leadership with our ongoing support and resources.
"We see ourselves as stewards of great companies.
Our mission is to help families realise value whilst ensuring the next generation can thrive."
Your legacy deserves more than a short-term owner who views your company merely as a stepping stone to the next opportunity. With EviGrow, you realise the value you've built whilst giving your children the opportunity to lead, supported by a partner who will never sell your company and who genuinely cares about its continued success.
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Let's talk about how we can secure your family's legacy and your company's future.