Pemberton Holdings

Pemberton
Holdings

Operator. Builder. Investor.

Nahant, Massachusetts  ·  Since 2014
About

Built by
operators.

Pemberton Holdings is the DeGregorio holding company, named for Pemberton Street in Revere, where Vincenzo DeGregorio grew up.

Vincenzo's first business started behind the counter at Polcari's Coffee in Boston's North End, a shop his family has been part of since the late 1970s. In 2014, still in high school and before Starbucks or Dunkin' sold cold brew, he began brewing his own and selling it to friends and teachers. Vincenzo's Cold Brew grew into a 24-hour craft cold brew delivered by the bottle across Boston, and he watched the whole category take off from the inside. He built it for love of the craft more than the money, and it taught the lesson every Pemberton company still runs on: make something people want, then make it effortless to buy again.

He studied entrepreneurship at Babson College, the No. 1 ranked school for entrepreneurship in the country, and trained at Cue Ball Capital, a Boston venture fund, where he learned how investors judge a business. Then he chose the harder seat: running them.

He has stepped in for other owners too. In 2022, when Red City Fitness in Brighton hit a rough patch with almost no ad budget, he went grassroots: street signage, third-party partner programs, and a system that captured reviews, grew the social following and turned members into referrals. It reignited the business.

Today Pemberton owns or partners in ten businesses across parking, travel technology, car rentals, home services, film and private capital. Every one runs on software, data and AI we build in-house, and Vincenzo backs other founders as an angel investor. He invested in SpaceX in 2021.

ITeenage founderCold brew in high school at Polcari's Coffee, before the big chains sold it
IIBabson CollegeEntrepreneurship at the No. 1 ranked program in the U.S.
IIICue Ball CapitalVenture capital, learning how great companies are judged
IVOperator & angel investorBuilding, owning and backing companies, including SpaceX
Portfolio

The companies.

Ten businesses, each with its own name, team and customers. Pemberton owns some outright and partners with strong operators on the rest, bringing capital, technology and marketing to each.

History

Built one company at a time.

How we work

How we build.

I

Own for decades.

We build and buy to hold. No exit clock and no flipping: every decision is made for the next ten years, not the next quarter.

II

Operate up close.

Ownership shows up on the job, not just on the cap table. We know our customers by name and our crews by their work.

III

Run on intelligence.

Pricing, booking, estimating, scheduling and finance run on software, data and AI we build ourselves and share across every company.

Contact

Let's talk.

Partnerships, acquisitions and introductions.

vincenzo@pembertonholdingsllc.com
Nahant, Massachusetts