Island Ventures

About Island Ventures

Our multifaceted team brings decades of experience in retail and financial related fields across numerous categories. While we have the expertise to build and develop brands from scratch, we continue to have a passion for helping existing or fledgling businesses grow and succeed. Regardless of the position we take in a business, we seek opportunities where we can add innovation or deliver disruptive options to a category or business channel. Our business units are diverse. In our portfolio, you will find everything from businesses where we take a silent investment position to brands that are solely owned and built from the ground up. Regardless of the structure, we leverage both human and financial capital to maximize the success of each business unit. It’s our belief that the success of our current and future businesses can be contributed to three core practices: thoroughly evaluating opportunities; developing appropriate and effective business plans; and executing defined objectives with precision. While much detail falls behind each of these three disciplines, they must be true for a business unit to succeed. Above all we love what we do. We love the people we work with and strive to align with others who feel the same way about organizational health and its impact on successful businesses.
People
  • Justin Whaley, Board Director