Practice Areas

High Tech

Our high tech clients have included a variety of strategy, finance and corporate development assignments for:

• A specialty ISP start-up, serving the Internet access needs of business guests in select hotel properties.

• An established Alberta-based data storage business seeking $2.5 million for market expansion.

• A BC-based applied R&D botanical products start-up seeking $1.0 million for R&D and market development.

• A California-based applied R&D food supplement start-up seeking US $1.0 million to develop its business in the zero-calorie sweetener market.

• A Canadian R&D company seeking US $16 million to finalize R&D and to initiate its market development efforts targeting global diesel-powered transport markets for its “bolt-on” hydrogen power technology.

• A California-based Internet service provider seeking US $3 million for its US market expansion.

• Several specialty Web portal site start-ups based in Canada and the US, each seeking US $1 million for development and marketing efforts.

• An established Canadian software development firm, funded with US $3 million, undertaking expanded R&D efforts and planning initial market introduction.

• A major North American hydro utility requiring reviews and/or opportunity assessments related to:
  1. Telecommunications markets.
  2. Power Smart energy management and conservation programs.
  3. Electric vehicle industry.

• A US subsidiary of a large British multi-national, targeting Canadian and US markets for high tech cash handling and electronic security equipment and services.

• An Ontario based high-tech joint venture seeking $2.5 million to build a 200-ton per day plant utilizing an innovative, closed system, thermophilic waste processing technology.

• A hydro utility seeking US $7 million and championing an R&D venture that became the Machine Condition Monitoring Consortium.

• An entrepreneur purchasing a hotel management software firm as a platform for very aggressive growth plans.

• A specialty retailer providing video rental services utilizing leading edge computer technologies for point-of-sale transaction processing of upwards of 1 million transactions weekly and tracking 1.2 million video cassettes.

• A hearing aid manufacturing and dispensing firm operating in distress.

• High tech project planning and management assignments including:
  1. Resonance and vibration mitigation projects
  2. Advanced computer modeling initiatives
  3. Development of Web-browser enabled intranet and Internet sites to access specialized databases.