What Inventure does

Inventure is a privately held, full-service architecture and interior design firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Nashville, Tennessee. The firm delivers integrated design services across architecture, interior design, and brand experience design (including experiential graphics, signage, and wayfinding), organized into vertical practices spanning workplace, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, retail, hospitality, education, and landlord services. Its core technology stack is built on BIM and 3D visualization, and the firm holds HUB, MBE, and WBE certifications, giving it a procurement advantage in corporate diversity-spend and public-sector RFPs.

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements, with fees scoped per project on dimensions such as square footage, service phases (programming through construction administration), and complexity. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the go-to-market motion is enterprise and mid-market field sales driven by direct relationships, referrals, and a dedicated in-house business development function. Notable marquee projects include the 770,000 ft² Texas Children's Hospital Pavilion for Women (2012), an 80,000 ft² Port of Houston Authority headquarters, a 320,698 ft² industrial conversion for RS Technologies, and the Schneider Electric Houston headquarters, alongside a steady cadence of mid-market workplace and healthcare engagements. Inventure is led by Managing Principal Raymond A. Romero and Principal/Owner Catherine Bellshaw, with a team of approximately 50+ professionals.

Name

Inventure

Legal name

Inventure

Website

https://inventure.design

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Inventure is a privately held architecture, interior design, and brand experience design firm serving enterprise and mid-market clients across workplace, healthcare, industrial, retail, hospitality, and education sectors. It operates from Houston, Tulsa, and Nashville, and is HUB/MBE/WBE certified.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410), Industrial Design Services (54142), Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Exhibition, Retail & Experiential Design (BPAHAKAL), Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM), Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Interior design
• Brand experience design
• Healthcare design
• Workplace design

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Design and Architecture Services: Inventure generates revenue through project-based design and architecture engagements, including interior architecture, workplace design, healthcare design, brand experience design, and wayfinding services. Fees are structured around project scope, square footage, and service phases from programming through construction.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Inventure is a full-service architecture and interior design firm delivering integrated design solutions from programming through construction administration. The firm serves enterprise and mid-market clients across Workplace, Healthcare, Industrial, Retail, Education, Hospitality, and Landlord Services sectors, and complements its core architecture and interior design practice with Brand Experience Design including experiential graphics, signage, and wayfinding.

Product overview

Inventure is an architecture and interior design firm providing physical design services, not a software or technology platform. The company operates as a single integrated design practice organized into distinct service verticals including Architecture, Interior Design, and Brand Experience Design. These services are delivered across multiple market sectors (Workplace, Healthcare, Industrial, Retail, Education, Hospitality, Landlord Services) as a unified offering rather than as separate software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Project IMPACT: Community support program driving local development through pro-bono design services offered in partnership with charitable entities. Inventure pledges to donate 500 pro-bono hours per calendar year to non-profit partners.

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design covering commercial, industrial, healthcare, and institutional building projects from concept through construction, for enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Interior Design Commercial interior design services for workplace, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and educational environments, delivered for enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Brand Experience Design Experiential graphic design, signage, wayfinding, and visual identity implementation for the built environment, for clients seeking to translate brand identity into physical space.
• Workplace Design Design services for corporate offices and commercial workplaces, including workplace strategy and furniture services, for organizations seeking modern, flexible work environments.
• Healthcare Design Specialized design for healthcare facilities including hospitals, clinics, medical offices, and specialty care centers, with expertise in healing environments and regulatory compliance.
• Industrial Design Design for industrial facilities including warehouses, manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and corporate offices within industrial settings.
• Landlord Services Commercial real estate design services for landlords including tenant improvement and building modernization projects.
• Retail Design Retail space design services for stores, restaurants, and hospitality venues.
• Education Design Educational facility design for schools, universities, and training facilities.
• Hospitality Design Design services for hotels, restaurants, and hospitality venues.
• Experiential Design + Wayfinding Environmental graphic design, wayfinding systems, signage, and experiential graphics for complex environments including healthcare facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Texas Children's Hospital Pavilion for Women: 770,000 ft², 15-story women's hospital completed in 2012
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kirksey Architecture: Houston-headquartered architecture and interior design firm with comparable size, full-service offerings, and enterprise client base across workplace, healthcare, and education in Texas and the Gulf Coast region.
• Powers Brown Architecture: Houston-based architecture firm offering integrated design services across commercial, healthcare, and workplace sectors, similar in scale and regional focus to Inventure.
• WHR Architects: Houston-based architecture and interior design firm serving healthcare, higher education, and corporate clients in Texas with comparable service breadth to Inventure.
• Studio Red Architects: Houston architecture firm focused on workplace, healthcare, and educational environments, with comparable regional footprint and project type mix to Inventure.
• Page (Page Southerland Page): Texas-headquartered architecture and engineering firm with Houston office, serving healthcare, workplace, and government clients at a slightly larger scale than Inventure but with overlapping service verticals.
• IA Interior Architects: Interior architecture and design firm focused on workplace, healthcare, and retail environments, comparable in service offering and project type mix, but operating nationally rather than regionally.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture and design firm with deep healthcare design practice (hospitals, research facilities) and integrated interior design capability, competing for the same enterprise healthcare engagements as Inventure's KBI and Texas Children's projects.
• HKS: Large architecture firm with strong healthcare and workplace practices, providing an integrated design offering that overlaps with Inventure's services at a national scale.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with deep workplace, healthcare, and brand experience practices; competes for large enterprise mandates (e.g., Schneider Electric HQ-scale projects) that Inventure also pursues.
• DLR Group: Employee-owned architecture and engineering firm with integrated design practice serving civic, healthcare, workplace, and education markets, comparable in service mix but substantially larger in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/inventuredesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inventure-design

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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