--- title: AVID Evergreen | Your Business Deserves the Right Steward description: AVID Evergreen acquires founder-led businesses, focusing on long-term stewardship and growth while honoring their legacy. Start a confidential conversation today. --- [Skip to content](https://www.avidevergreen.com#main-content) [![AVID](https://www.avidevergreen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AVID_Evergreen_logo_WarmGold_RGB.png?width=200&height=89&name=AVID_Evergreen_logo_WarmGold_RGB.png)](https://www.avidevergreen.com/?hsLang=en) - [OUR APPROACH](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-approach?hsLang=en) - [LETTER TO FOUNDERS](https://www.avidevergreen.com/letter-to-founders?hsLang=en) - [OUR TEAM](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-team?hsLang=en) [LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION](https://www.avidevergreen.com/contact-us?hsLang=en) # Your business deserves more than a buyer. It deserves the right steward. AVID Evergreen acquires, invests in, and stewards founder-led businesses for the long term. We believe selling a company is about more than a financial transaction. It is about the people who helped build it, the customers who depend on it, and the legacy that comes with it. We are looking for businesses that can strengthen what AVID Products already does or take us into new markets. Our intention is simple: to build on what you created, not simply buy it and sell it again. Let's Start a Conversation [Read Tom's letter to founders](https://www.avidevergreen.com/letter-to-founders?hsLang=en) [Start a conversation](https://www.avidevergreen.com/contact-us?hsLang=en) *No obligation.  Every conversation is confidential.* # Your business deserves more than a buyer. It deserves the right steward. AVID Evergreen acquires, invests in, and stewards founder-led businesses for the long term. We believe selling a company is about more than a financial transaction. It is about the people who helped build it, the customers who depend on it, and the legacy that comes with it. We are looking for businesses that can strengthen what AVID Products already does or take us into new markets. Our intention is simple: to build on what you created, not simply buy it and sell it again. [Read Tom's letter to founders](https://www.avidevergreen.com/letter-to-founders?hsLang=en) [Start a conversation](https://www.avidevergreen.com/contact-us?hsLang=en) *No obligation.  Every conversation is confidential.* ### Why AVID Evergreen Exists  [Learn about our approach](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-approach?hsLang=en) **We believe there is another way to transition a business.** AVID Evergreen grew from our own experience with employee ownership. In 2013, AVID Products became employee-owned. It changed how we think about ownership, investment, and the future. AVID Evergreen was created to offer other founders a similar long-term home for the businesses they built. ### Why AVID Evergreen Exists  **We believe there is another way to transition a business.** AVID Evergreen grew from our own experience with employee ownership. In 2013, AVID Products became employee-owned. It changed how we think about ownership, investment, and the future. AVID Evergreen was created to offer other founders a similar long-term home for the businesses they built. [Learn about our approach](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-approach?hsLang=en) # Built to hold businesses for the long term, not prepare them for another sale. # Built to hold businesses for the long term, not prepare them for another sale. # AVID Evergreen Today **A long-term approach, built on a long-term company.** AVID Evergreen is the holding company behind AVID Products, a Providence-based company founded in 1953 and employee-owned since 2013. For more than 70 years AVID Products has served customers across education, healthcare, travel and hospitality. ### Who We Hope To Meet [See what we look for](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-approach?hsLang=en) **Great businesses have more ahead of them.** We are interested in founder- and family-led businesses with strong foundations, engaged teams, and opportunities for continued growth. New England is our home, and our preferred geography, but we are open to the right opportunity wherever it may be. ### Who We Hope To Meet **Great businesses have more ahead of them.** We are interested in founder- and family-led businesses with strong foundations, engaged teams, and opportunities for continued growth. New England is our home, and our preferred geography, but we are open to the right opportunity wherever it may be. [See what we look for](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-approach?hsLang=en) # Every founder eventually leaves their business. Few get to choose the kind of steward that carries it forward. # The People you Meet Matter You will work directly with the people responsible for the conversation, the evaluation, and the future of the business. ![Tom Finn AVID Evergreen President & CEO](https://www.avidevergreen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tom.webp?width=441&height=431&name=Tom.webp) **Tom Finn ** President & CEO ![Linda Gibeau AVID Evergreen Controller](https://www.avidevergreen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Linda.webp?width=441&height=431&name=Linda.webp) **Linda Gibeau** Controller ![Mike Elia AVID Evergreen M&A Advisor](https://www.avidevergreen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.webp?width=441&height=431&name=Mike.webp) **Mike Elia** M&A Advisor [Meet the Team](https://www.avidevergreen.com/our-team?hsLang=en) ### Thinking about what comes next? You do not have to be ready to sell to start a conversation. Tell us about your business, where you are headed, and what matters to you. We will take it from there. **Talk to Tom directly. Call: 401.285.4001 Email: tfinn@avidevergreen.com** ###### © 2026 AVID Evergreen. All rights reserved.