Donald J. Phillips

P-S Machens Allen Venture Partners (PSMAVP) provides equity capital and strategic support to consumer-oriented companies that are seeking to become leading regional or national businesses. The firm focuses on the following sectors: retail stores and restaurants, consumer related support services, consumer products and services, distributors and direct marketers of consumer products and multi-location consumer or small business services providers. PSMAVP looks for companies with (1) a large market opportunity in a category that follows consumer preferences and can be clearly differentiated (2) an experienced management team with a history of strong performance (3) strong growth potential and (4) an attractive economic model. The firm prefers to take a lead position in their investments. The firm typically holds a seat on their portfolio companies' boards of directors.