Founded in 2006 and based in Ketchum, Idaho, Greyhawk makes majority and minority investments in vertical software and franchise services businesses.
Approach
We take majority positions in the companies we lead.
We chair the boards of our majority owned companies.
AI native transformation is the central strategic priority across our portfolio.
Portfolio
Fleet compliance and driver qualification software.
Area franchise business for The UPS Store across multiple states.
Online booking, gate entry, and point of sale platform for small to mid sized amusement parks, cultural venues, and family entertainment centers in North America, Western Europe, and Australia/New Zealand.
Automates daily purchasing and inventory decisions for retail and long term care pharmacies, and is expanding into hospital pharmacy.
Helps large US banks improve collections and recovery on consumer loans in default.
Automates merchandising and buying decisions for e-commerce merchants, primarily in the Shopify ecosystem.
AI native platform that helps government affairs professionals discover, analyze, manage, and report on state legislation in all 50 states, with a separate national product.
Minority investments made alongside Acadian Software.
Team
Mr. Bunce is a Founder and Managing Director of Greyhawk and serves as a Senior Advisor to Hellman & Friedman, LLC, a private equity firm based in San Francisco. Prior to founding Greyhawk in 2006, he was a Managing Director and member of the Investment and Executive Committees of H&F, which he joined in 1988 and where he was responsible for many of the firm's investments in media, communications, and financial services. Earlier he worked for TA Associates (1984 to 1988) and Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb (1980 to 1982). He has been a director of numerous private and public companies and currently serves as a director of Arch Capital Group, Ltd. and several Greyhawk portfolio companies. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of The Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho. BA, Stanford University; MBA, Harvard University.
Mr. Hovey is a Founder and Managing Director of Greyhawk. Prior to founding Greyhawk in 2006, he was an equity research analyst in the New York and London offices of Credit Suisse from 1995 to 2001, covering major energy companies and then IT services companies, and achieving a #1 ranking in the Reuters Portfolio Manager Survey and a #2 ranking in Institutional Investor. He started his career in the investment training program at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (1993 to 1995). On the industry side, he was General Manager of Eye Safety Systems (2002 to 2003) and Direct Sales Manager at Smith Optics (2002). He currently serves as a director of several Greyhawk portfolio companies: Foley Holdings and Raffles Ventures. BA, Middlebury College.
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