Sponsorship Appreciation Month

The Groove Investment Group is celebrating our partners, with a special sponsor appreciation month. This is our opportunity to shine a spotlight on the remarkable companies and individuals who support our community of builders and backers. Without further ado, Let's take a moment to introduce and celebrate our valued partners.

ADP Total Source

ADP TotalSource is your go-to comprehensive HR solution supporting businesses with payroll, strategic benefit offering, compliance support, and talent acquisition, allowing customers to focus on what matters. Beth Witt, partners with businesses to tailor a solution to meet their organizational goals,  drive efficiencies, minimize risk and maximize profitability.

Bell Bank

Bell Bank provides community-focused banking, offering everything from personal and business services to wealth management and insurance. As one of the largest family-and employee-owned banks in the country, the firm is known for its customer-first approach, providing transparent and friendly services. If you're interested in learning more about personal or business finance, check out Hailey Margetta's LinkedIn learning page which features some really insightful content.

Bust Out

Bust Out excels at dreaming up, designing, and building software solutions that deliver real impact. With their impressive technical coding expertise and dedication in forming strong partnerships, Bust Out has been instrumental behind the scenes for big names like Best Buy, Target, and the City of Minneapolis. Big props to Jeff Lin, founder of Bust Out, co-founder of Pennant, early-stage investor, and ecosystem builder extraordinaire!

Coalition 9 

Coalition9 provides a community that nurtures group learning as well as relationship building opportunities within small peer advisory groups and a large tribe of business and community leaders – all to help you evolve as a person and develop your talents as a leader. It is created around one simple premise—Bring good people together, regardless of their progress in the leadership journey, with a focus on character first. Founder, Aaron Eggert, is committed to creating a collaborative environment that inspires valuable leadership.

Denamico

Founded by Brendon and Kristin Dennewill, Denamico is a global Top 50 Accredited CRM and Systems Integrations firm and HubSpot Solutions Partner. Denamico - a play on the Spanish and Italian words for dynamic, "dinamico" - works with businesses looking to continuously improve their processes, data insights, and technology systems to create scalability, operational efficiency and more proactive customer experience programs. Since 2009, their consulting formula for continuous improvement in aligning people, process, and systems has helped over 100 businesses thrive nationally, internationally, and in Minnesota.

Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Fredrikson Law is known for blending legal expertise with business acumen. The firm provides strategic solutions across various areas ranging from mergers and acquisitions, healthcare, and employment law. Kevin Spreng, specializing in Corporate Finance and startups, and Dominick Grande, adept in Business Transactions, play crucial roles in guiding clients through complex legal matters.

Redpath & Company

Redpath is a certified St. Paul-based accounting firm, providing proactive, innovative, and value-driven services. The team's top-tier focus on their clients enables them to deliver top-notch service year-round. Big on employee ownership, Redpath aims to give clients the best experience possible. Talk to Greg Smith if you need any accounting help; he’s got over 20 years of experience as a Controller and fractional-CFO.

Riverbridge Partners

Riverbridge Partners is an investment management firm that has been serving institutions and consultants, advisors and intermediaries, and individuals and families for over 35 years.  Riverbridge thinks long-term. This is exemplified in their investment approach and thoughts about the fundamental purpose of investments. They believe that investing in businesses positioned to build long-term value drives innovation and opportunities that contribute to furthering human flourishing—both in their communities today and for future generations. Make sure to connect with Austin Cumblad, he’s the real deal.

Versique

Versique is all about finding the right people for the right organizations. It is a high-performance recruiting firm that provides interim solutions, direct hire, and executive leadership search. Versique’s goal is to connect companies with skilled professionals who can really make a difference in their teams and industries. Kevin Vig, who leads Finance and Accounting Interim Solutions, helps clients achieve lasting success by placing strategic temporary hires in key roles.

Be sure to reach out to these awesome folx as the knowledge and experience they bring to the Groove community is vast. Thank you to all of our sponsors for your continued support!