Chris Fredericks

Empowered Ventures, Inc. is an employee-owned holding private company based in Carmel, IN. The company was founded in 2020 by Chris Fredericks, who has been the CEO since then. Empowered Ventures helps successful small businesses with ownership succession planning by providing a long-term home for companies and employees. The company is not a fund and has no outside investors. It uses its own capital to fund acquisitions and has a do-no-harm approach to supporting operating management. All employees of companies owned by Empowered Ventures join its employee ownership program.

TVF, Inc. operates as an international supplier of industrial, recreational and print media fabrics for a variety of applications and industries. The products it offers are nylon, vinyl, canvas/duck, print media, prints, apparel, marine, slip resistant, mil-spec, polyester, and dye sublimation. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.