Technology Commercialization

Short- to medium-term engagements to commercialize innovations created by leading scientists and engineers, in life sciences and IT.

We work with innovators to introduce world-class inventions and platform technologies into unfamiliar markets, or to negotiate custom deals under unique circumstances.

Our special commercialization and venture formation initiatives, are not available from standard technology transfer programs. We undertake this work on behalf of talented R&D teams, leading research institutes, and major universities.

At present, our commercialization activities are based on the principles of Capability Based Innovation. For more information, please visit the Initiatives section of our website.

We have been called upon to intervene at the following stages of the commercialization process:

::  Market assessments

::  Preparation and validation of commercialization plans

::  Identification, profiling, and outreach to target licensees or industry partners

::  Development of latent value propositions

::  Financial modeling

::  Expansion of the competitive bidder set

::  Negotiation of licensing, sale, alliance and partnering deals

::  Interim C-level executive roles

Advisory

Medium- to long-term development of challenging transformational initiatives, leading to restructurings and to important strategic and financial transactions.

We advise larger clients at strategic inflection points, where they consider undertaking new initiatives beyond their traditional comfort zone.

Much of our Advisory work occurs at the nexus of strategy and finance, e.g., our Venture Funding Platforms. For more information, please visit the Initiatives section of our website.

Our specialty consists of operating decisively and adaptably, under conditions of high uncertainty, to architect novel solutions and develop latent opportunities.

We take an eclectic and agile approach to our advisory work, profoundly different from the template-based drills of process consultants and functional specialists.

Merchant Banking

High-risk, long-term venture development projects, undertaken in tandem with talented, creative inventors and entrepreneurs.

As merchant bankers, we act at the point of inception of proprietary investments and venture formations, developing the resulting opportunities in close collaboration with a select clientele.

We focus on special situations where we can leverage our abilities to recognize world-class talent; patiently develop differentiated market positions; and deploy an eclectic range of executive, negotiating, and transactional skills.

Based on a classic European model of Merchant Banking, we form lasting business relationships based on trust and long-term strategic perspective, rather than serving as intermediaries.

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