Villhard Growth Partners

We are a St. Louis-based growth buyout firm that invests in, partners with and grows strong, tech-enabled healthcare and business services companies. We focus on lower market transactions in which we can invest alongside aggressive, entrepreneurial teams that share our passion for growing and building great businesses.

Peter S. Villhard

Co-Founder

Doug Villhard

Co-Founder

12 past transactions

uFab

Pre Seed Round in 2022
uFab LLC is developing a circuit board printing device, named the pcBee, that can cut high accuracy circuit boards quickly and cheaply. This device uses a novel method for cutting, drilling, and board assembly that reduces board costs and production times. We are offering a product that will supercharge the Rapid Prototyping Industry, doing to circuit boards what 3D printing did to plastics. We want to see this device be as necessary a tool in an engineering space as a 3D printer.

Benchmark Learning

Pre Seed Round in 2022
High-quality online tutoring in Math, English, Science and Coding!

Buoy

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water a day seems like a longshot for most people - especially unattainable when you stack them on top of all of the other better tasting, more functional drinks we all enjoy. Even for those that are able to consistently drink the recommended 8 glasses of water a day, inadequate electrolyte levels can still cause dehydration symptoms to appear. Today, 3 out of 4 Americans are chronically dehydrated* and suffer from symptoms like low energy levels, headaches, and increased blood pressure, among countless other symptoms. Everyday things like exercise, travel, consuming foods high in sodium and sugar, drinking caffeine or alcohol, and even just being outside on a sunny afternoon lead to loss of electrolytes. All of these things are not only dehydrating in the moment, but also make it harder to rehydrate for the rest of the day - partially offsetting the glasses of water you do manage to drink. With Buoy, people can efficiently stay hydrated by adding electrolytes to ANY drinks they are already consuming without compromising taste.

Wagr

Series A in 2022
Wagr operates as an online sports betting mobile application. The company provides a platform to the users to make and share sports bet with friends. The user can challenge friends, start groups, and track leaderboards through the platform. Wagr is based in the United States.

Flipstik

Seed Round in 2021
Flipstik offers a device that serves as a kickstand, wall mount, and selfie stick for phones. It allows users to complete tasks such as watching videos, taking selfies, and using GPS hands-free.

Honeymoon Chocolates

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Honeymoon Chocolates is one of five manufacturers in the US that has formulated the process for producing chocolate sweetened with honey. The process is much like mixing water and oil. Because this process is difficult, only a handful of small craft chocolate makers have been able to reproduce this. The market potential for a nationwide craft chocolate brand that uses honey is untapped. Our goal is to use chocolate as a medium to speak with our consumers. We not only want to introduce honey as a staple sweetener to the food industry- but also encourage our customers to make smarter decisions when purchasing other food items. Our hope is to be a brand that can bring about change within an industry that is focused on turning a profit at the expense of their consumers by using cheap ingredients in their products. With each bar we sell, we have pledged 20% of our profits to the Pollinator Partnership- a coalition fighting for research and education of honeybees nationwide.

Wepower

Funding Round in 2021
Wepower is a local nonprofit focused on developing equitable education, economic, health, and justice systems.

Hum

Pre Seed Round in 2020
HUM Industrial Technology is a supply chain technology company building predictive sensors to make the supply chain smarter and safer. Our wireless wheel and bearing sensors for railcars and locomotives provides predictive visibility into the health of your assets, eliminating derailments, optimizing your maintenance management, and controlling your inventory costs.

Adalo

Seed Round in 2019
Adalo is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of android, software, and information technology. It features a software application platform that allows its users to create a mobile app without traditionally learning how to code. Adalo was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Missouri, United States.