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Provide strategic guidance, operational support to regional, national and global Startups.

Auckland, New Zealand

Importing California wine into New Zealand

We provide strategic guidance and operational support to global Startups and their technologies. Corporate Venturing - Transferring technology to parallel sectors through licensing, partnerships.Identify then evaluate global acquisitions or partnerships that enhance multiple revenue streams for rapid growth. Our specialties are M&A, IPO & PIPE preparation, PPM's, Carve-Outs, Spin-Offs, Turnarounds, Change Agents, C Leader Engagements, Corporate Venturing and referrals to PE, VC or Angels etc. We are a virtual group comprised of successful second generation Silicon Valley high tech entrepreneurs and founders.Our key value is the ability to organize sector-specific technologies into new industries and economic vehicles for a eventual IPO/Acquisition.FINANCIAL M&A SPECIALTIES: Liquidity Enhancement, Equity Financing, Turnaround and Change Agent, Executive Consultant, Team Leader on Engagements, Business Plan Preparation, IPO's; Re-staging. PPM's (Private Placement Memorandum), M&A - Buy and Sell Side Representations, Roll ups, Carve-Out's/Spin-offs. My Startups - 7, Startups that IPO'd - 2, Startups that were Acquired - 4, Startups brought in to restructure - 1 With a successful S1 filing for an IPO.

Restructure Global Company as COB, CEO and President of a Linux OS software company. Determined the organizational structure and its core technology to restructure the company.Established the technical framework for the primary business and multi sub-businesses.Applied a M&A strategy to acquire and integrate key companies, their hardware, software, wireless technologies, new markets or human capital into the host firm.Identified and structured the acquisitions then integrated their technologies into the host company for added value or revenue.Two acquisitions within the first thirty days acquired four more tech companies within six months.This secured additional bizness relationships and validated the restructure while expanding markets.Keiretsu strategy added multiple revenue streams, new markets, key human capital and multiple new emerging technologies.After eight months we became then and now the only profitable Linux company in the world. This milestone still stands. Successful restructure / turnaround. Filed an S1 to go public.

Medialive the originator of Surfmonkey an online application, web browser and portal for children.First web portal, browser for children to safely browse, chat, and email online to other children. One of the top web browsers in the world by Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal. Surfmonkey was acquired by Yahoo .

High resolution Tethered Digital Cameras to PC's and Mac's with vertical e-collaborative software.Internet Voice and Video Communication, Internet Video Phone, Video Conference Systems, Video email, Scientific, Surgical, Microscopy, Medical applications systems, IP Digital Cameras, Surveillance, DTV Networks. Pixera advanced technology is used through out the industry.

NetUSA was one of the first online eCommerce sites in the world. Successful IPO and then a follow on Acquisition

Launched British based Insignia Solutions into the USA. Insignia introduced to the world a unique intellectual property of Virtualization or Hardware Emulation technology.Virtualization produced a paradigm shift in user interface application.Served as a key USA leader in the initial launch and market penetration strategy for the USA.MacWorld Magazines ‘Top ten software products of the year’ for 1988. UK Queens Awards for Technology and Export Achievement for our revolutionary product SoftPC.SoftPC was #1 on software sales charts then and today it is still the premier product in its category.After acquisition by Microsoft it is now called VirtualPC. Successful IPO.