About

About

Built around people. Led by experience

Civaris is a private investment firm founded by Jordan Earnheardt in August 2025, after years of investing in business services and human capital management sectors. We work alongside founder-led businesses to build market-leading companies, helping strengthen teams, align incentives, and grow with clarity and purpose.

mission & vision

Civaris invests in people-driven businesses to build market-leading platforms by identifying and developing great talent, setting clear standards, and aligning incentives so performance compounds. We're the partner of choice for founders who want shared success, with no compromise on underperformance.

how we work

We orchestrate—your team performs

Civaris is the conductor, not the orchestra. We set direction, align incentives, and remove obstacles so your people can do the work. We bring private equity expertise, operating systems, and a shared vision to augment founders and management—not replace them. When new talent is needed, we identify and integrate it without disrupting culture.
Core Values

People are the strategy

Teams drive outcomes. We invest accordingly—placing the right talent in the right roles and holding everyone, including ourselves, to high standards.

Shared success

Alignment matters. We believe ownership, incentives, and accountability should reinforce one another to reward performance and address underperformance swiftly and directly.

Earned credibility

We lead through experience and execution, not once a quarter at the Board meeting. We show up, do the work, and stay close to the action.

Discipline with intent

Repeatable systems create clarity and predictability—but judgment always matters. We apply proven structures, without rigidity.

Authenticity over optics

We do what we say we will do. We manage our firm using the same principles and protocols we apply to our portfolio.

Long-term mindset

We build companies meant to last. Decisions are made with durability, culture, and compounding value at the forefront.
Careers

For people who own outcomes

Civaris is for builders, operators, and investors who believe performance starts with people—and who operate with high ethical standards. We work side-by-side with founders and leadership teams, take real ownership of outcomes, and expect accountability at every level.

If you’re motivated by shared success and real responsibility, we’d like to hear from you.