Investment Bank for Founder-Led Businesses
Guiding
entrepreneurs
to the exit they deserve.
From healthy growth to a successful sale to life beyond the exit, Class VI is your partner throughout your entrepreneurial journey.
$5B+
In realized value for entrepreneurs
How to know when you’re ready to sell
Answering the “Is it time?” question comes down to preparedness in three distinct areas: business, personal, and market readiness. If you’re considering a sale, we’ve put together a guide to help you measure where you are and what you need to do to be ready.
Class VI By The Numbers
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Closed Deals
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Net Promoter Score: World-Class Client Satisfaction
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In Transaction Value
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Years
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Assets Under Management By Our Family Office
*Based on internal data as of 8/1/2026
WHAT WE DO
One partner for every defining moment of the entrepreneurial journey.
Grow
Build a stronger, healthier business that supports your life today and your exit goals tomorrow.
Thrive
Manage your wealth and assets before, during and after a sale to make the absolute most of your life beyond the exit.
Dev Pathik, Co-Founder of The Sports Facilities Companies
Class VI represented the Sports Facilities Companies in its recapitalization
WHY CLASS VI
Our only focus: helping entrepreneurs succeed.
You deserve a partner you can trust to help you at every step in your journey.
- We love entrepreneurs. You are the engine that drives and sustains your community, and you deserve people in your corner who genuinely understand what you have been through and where you’re going. People like us.
- We are founder-led and we’re exclusively focused on serving entrepreneurs and the businesses they have built. We will do everything in our power to help you reach the goals you’ve set for your business.
- Whatever your definition of success, be it building a business that maximizes market value (whether you choose to exit or not), finding a partner to help you grow, pursuing a sale that balances proceeds with the continued well-being of your team, or planning for and managing your post-transaction life and financial objectives, Class VI is set up to help you achieve it.
Our offerings are tailored to meet you where you are and to help you optimize every phase of your entrepreneurship journey.
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INSIGHTS & RESOURCES
What you need (and want) to know about selling your business.
Throughout your journey as an entrepreneur, you’ll go through every different type of situation. Some of these waters will be calm, some will require more paddling and skill, and some, like the sale of your business, will feel like navigating the toughest rapids imaginable.
We’re called Class VI because we can be your guide through every critical stage in your journey as a business owner, including and beyond those heavy rapids around your exit. Preparation, experience and a trusted guide matter, especially as the going gets tougher, and we strive to be that partner who can guide you to get everything you want out of your life’s work.
CLASS VI PARTNERS
Class VI: What's in a name?
Class VI is the highest classification of whitewater rapids. Navigating them requires a guide who has been through the rapids before, knows what lies ahead, and knows how to get you safely to the other side.
