We Build Market-Leading Businesses
Three Ships is a growth equity firm that specializes in the digital distribution of products and services.
We identify opportunities, launch businesses, build great leadership teams, and help them scale.
What We Do
We build the digital edge to create the next generation of market-leading businesses.
Why We Exist
We help leaders unlock their full potential through the journey of building high-growth, healthy businesses.
How We Win
Create Deeply-Researched Strategies
Build High-Performing Leadership Teams
Accelerate the 10x Opportunities
Our Digital Businesses
We’re building enduring, great businesses that shape the world for the better. Meet them.
Our name honors the spirit of exploration.
Those who set sail, uncertain of the final destination. Those who took the risk when they could have stayed ashore.
Three Ships evokes the innovative spirit that’s required to navigate the ever-changing tide of digital marketing. Change strengthens you because it presents new opportunities. Winning in digital businesses requires a bold vision… and bold moves.
Unique Capabilities
We use our digital edge to build market-leading businesses that simplify, elevate, and reimagine consumer experiences.
Create Deeply-Researched Strategies
Case Study: Launching Stacksphere, B2B Tech Platform
Incumbents provided old-line content distributed on niche websites. We believed there was a mobile-first way to connect with the next generation of IT decision-makers.
- Launched in 2023
- Free, highly-researched advice to optimize and grow American small businesses
- High-intent audience of more than 29 million consumers
Build High-Performing Leadership Teams
Case Study: Leadership Succession at Home Solutions
A rapidly growing business needed an experienced leader who could grow it to the next stage while nurturing a strong team and culture. We launched a national search, interviewed 150+ candidates and selected experienced customer acquisition leader Sarah Soule as CEO.
- Created a high-performing executive team including several strong, high potential leaders who were promoted internally
- Internal promotions of Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Growth Officer, SVP of Paid Media, and SVP of Product and Technology
- Strong employee engagement scores of 4.5+ / 5.0
Accelerate the 10x Opportunities
Case Study: Neighborhood Alerts
Consumers want critical, local alerts without the drama of user-generated content. In six months, we incubated the product with impressive results.
- Launched in 2023
- Six person product/tech innovation team
- Strong user engagement, with email open rates at 8x and CTRs at 10x comparable products
