About Ivystone
Built at the intersection of profit and purpose
Our Origin
IvystoneCapitalbeganwithaquestion:Whatwouldhappenifwebuiltaventurefirmthatrefusedtoseparateprofitfrompurpose?Notasamarketingline—asanoperatingprinciple.
Combined decades of experience across entrepreneurship, military leadership, international development, and institutional finance. We built Ivystone because the venture world needed a firm that measures success in both returns and real-world outcomes.
Ivystone Track Record
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Signed & executed contracts
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Family office relationships
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Clean energy projects completed
Our Approach
Impact capital, built different
At Ivystone Capital, we believe the future belongs to founders who refuse to compromise between profit and purpose. We're not traditional VCs. We're a comprehensive impact capital growth advisory — providing multi-stage funding strategy, IP protection, go-to-market excellence, operational systems, talent development, and strategic M&A support.
This alignment creates unprecedented opportunity for founders solving real problems and investors seeking returns with meaning. Ivystone exists to connect both sides of this equation with discipline, rigor, and unwavering standards.
Profit without apology. Purpose without compromise.
Co-Founders
Josh Cleghorn
Co-Founder | Principal
Deven Davis
Co-Founder | Principal
David Fallon
Co-Founder | Principal
Our Principles
the standards we refuse to lower
Every investment decision, every founder relationship, every co-investor conversation is filtered through these four commitments. They are not aspirations. They are the operating conditions under which we work — or we do not work.
Profit Without Apology
Financial return is not the enemy of purpose. It is the proof that purpose works at scale. We do not ask our portfolio companies to sacrifice margin for mission. We build the systems that make both inevitable.
Purpose Without Compromise
Impact is not a marketing layer. We measure outcomes using IRIS+ metrics — the global standard for impact performance — and we refuse to call something impact if the numbers do not prove it. Intention without verification is just a press release.
Founders First, Always
We built Ivystone because we are founders. We have raised capital, navigated regulatory environments, managed payroll through uncertain quarters, and carried the weight that founders carry. Every policy we set, every term we negotiate, passes one test: does this serve the entrepreneur who is building something that matters?
Institutional Rigor, Human Heart
Four hundred family office relationships. Military operational discipline. Global development experience across emerging and established markets. We bring the full credibility of institutional infrastructure — and the empathy of people who have been exactly where our founders are standing.