Ntiva

Ntiva

Ntiva launched in 2004 when founder Steven Freidkin started offering IT support from his dorm room at American University. The company grew organically for over a decade before taking external capital, establishing itself as a provider of managed IT, cybersecurity, and cloud services to small and mid-sized businesses throughout the Washington, DC metro area. The firm's wealth-creation story is tied entirely to operating a services business rather than managing inherited capital, making it an operator-founded growth-equity asset rather than a traditional family office. Ntiva's investment strategy is effectively its corporate development playbook — acquiring and integrating regional managed service providers (MSPs) to build national scale. Its focus spans enterprise software support, cloud infrastructure management, and cybersecurity monitoring, typically serving clients with 50 to 500 employees. Notable acquisitions include ConnecTel in Texas and The Purple Guys in the Midwest, both closed in 2021. The firm operates across the United States, with dense coverage along the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to New York and expanding into the central time zone. Since taking a growth investment from private equity firm PSP Capital in 2021, the firm has accelerated its acquisition pace, completing more than a dozen deals. The company maintains its headquarters in McLean, Virginia, with satellite offices in Chicago and Dallas post-acquisition. Team size has not been publicly disclosed in recent reporting. The firm's leadership remains under founder Steven Freidkin as CEO, functioning as a standalone platform within PSP Capital's portfolio rather than a pass-through entity for a single family's capital. What distinguishes Ntiva structurally is its identity as an operating company purpose-built for consolidation — a permanent-capital strategy executed through a PE-backed holdco rather than a fund vehicle. Unlike most family offices that diversify across asset classes and third-party funds, Ntiva's capital concentrates entirely within its own industry vertical, using investor equity to acquire cash-flowing IT service firms and integrate them under one brand and operational backbone.