ObSimRef also autonomously develops and operates ICT-related ventures and can act as an independant consulting corporation for customers with (ICT-related) corporate issues. In the past we have completed projects regarding VPN's, complex websites, administrative systems, hosting and internet-telephony. Also ICT-solutions for public events, both on- and off-site pose no problems for us.
Wilmington Rexford is a venture development company that acquires and manages a portfolio of related businesses. Together with experienced senior operating executives ("Industrial Partners"), Wilmington Rexford seeks to make investments and or acquisitions that meet its portfolio criteria, and then pursue pre-defined strategies to support the operating management in enhancing the value of these businesses. The business objective of Wilmington Rexford is to build a leading global organization that combines established operating companies and innovative technologies. The Company plans to achieve this objective by growing through a combination of synergistic acquisitions and organic expansion of operations. We are currently pursuing an aggressive acquisition strategy to enhance our position in our current markets and to acquire operations in new markets.
GlobalMedia Design is a cyberspace ventures firm, involved in new media design (Ernst & Young LLP, the Florida Entertainment Commission, WTKS-Real Radio 104.1 FM, Florida Film Festival) and Internet software development (including the Intelligent Systems line of website tools.) Based in Winter Park, Florida, GlobalMedia Design is the region's oldest and most prestigious Internet development firm.
Mind Drivers was founded in 2000 by Michael Dever, Gene McWilliams and Kane Bender, who have long-time business experience in finance, direct marketing, brand development and ecommerce. Their founding vision was clear: combine the unbounded energy, powerful ideas and specific knowledge of other exceptional entrepreneurs with the talent, experience and structure provided by Mind Drivers' specialists and experienced entrepreneurs to produce dominant leading-edge businesses. Mind Drivers is not a venture capital firm. We are active participants in supporting the growth of our businesses. The Mind Drivers team fills out the key positions essential in driving a business forward and provides its portfolio companies with strategic guidance, management and infrastructure to support rapid scalability and market focus.
Through its various resources, the NewMarket Forum site provides a one-stop information repository that makes it easier for business professionals to find information on products, seminars, conferences, and people from tens of thousands of professional associations, Chambers of Commerce, training organizations, and other commercial organizations.
As FOX GROUP continues our evaluation and deployment of VoIP equipment and solutions available in the Canadian marketplace (we've been at this since 1997), one of our areas of endeavour involves trialing a variety of platforms ourselves. As consultants to the industry, we believe it is imperative to have first-hand experience with a reasonable cross section of the service offerings available to our enterprise customers. As more and more of our clients engage us to facilitate evaluation and migration to VoIP-based environments, we are finding our experience with IP-PBXs (premises-based) and hosted/managed (network-based) service offerings to be particularly valuable. As we develop strategic architectures of blended owned and hybrid designs to support distributed corporate environments including call centres and Teleworking, IP telephony is playing a greater role with each engagement. FOX GROUP is presently testing two IP-PBX platforms and two network solutions. In the coming months, we will update our readers on our findings and progress. We are learning that each system has unique idiosyncrasies, and we are constantly evaluating various technology configurations and physical environmental differences to establish some base lines of design that will support even the most extreme circumstances. FOX GROUP has extensive hands-on experience with Mitel 3100/3300 IP-PBX which we have used as our in-house system for a number of months. Internally the IP sets have functioned very well. We have also tested the Avaya IP-600 SMB VoIP solution in our test labs (1997-98). Being a small technology-dependent consulting firm with most of our consultants working remotely, one of the significant benefits of an IP-based phone systems has been the ability to create a virtual environment with the nucleus of our team having IP telework sets in their respective home offices.
Sherpa, which was founded by Lewis in 1997, previously invested about $5 million from three partners in local start-up companies. Among its local investments are Eden Prairie-based Xiotech Corp., a network computer storage firm that was acquired by Seagate Technology, and marketing software firm Cognicity Inc. of Edina. Using the new $15 million fund, Sherpa's average investment in a start-up company will be about $1 million, and the maximum investment will be $3 million to $4 million, Lewis said. That means that as these companies grow, they will have to attract investment from venture capital funds other than Sherpa. While Sherpa's fund managers hope to create long-lasting companies in the state, they concede that in the near term they are more likely to be funding start-ups which, if successful, will be acquired by larger, established companies in other parts of the country. Right now, the sale of a company is the best way for the original investors to recover their investment plus a profit because the stock market isn't favorable for initial public offerings. Sherpa has been what Pederson called an "incubator stage" investor, but with the new fund it will wait until later in a company's life cycle to invest, he said. To qualify for the venture capital funds, companies already should have acquired good management, attracted some private funding or, in some cases, started selling a product. But the best thing about the new venture fund is that will allow Sherpa to think about making bigger investments, Pederson said. "Two years ago we would have had to scrape to raise $1 million to $2 million. Now we can offer a larger fund," Pederson said.
Founded in 1997, Trillium Group is a Rochester, N.Y.-based private equity firm managing early stage venture capital and growth equity funds. Trillium partners have extensive venture/private equity investment and management experience, having been chief executive officers, presidents and board members of a wide variety of startup companies, joint ventures, and Fortune 100 multinationals. Trillium is dedicated to achieving venture rates of return on invested capital at acceptable levels of risk. Our investment experience and industry knowledge have made us a valuable resource for entrepreneurs, CEOs and owners of established businesses. We are also trusted advisors for our equity investors. Our business acumen, access to research institutions, industry contacts and personal involvement with Trillium portfolio companies are cornerstones of the way we do business. We invest currently through Trillium Lakefront Partners III, a regional growth equity fund, and the University Technology Seed Fund, a true early startup venture fund. The Trillium portfolio also includes investments by the fully invested Monroe Fund, which is a late startup/early stage fund. Equity investments can range from $250,000 to several million dollars in carefully selected portfolio companies. Trillium's primary focus is on growth equity investment opportunities located in Western N.Y. Our current portfolio consists of more than 20 companies in a broad range of industry sectors and businesses. Because of our emphasis on personal involvement, our relationships with portfolio companies remains intense, lasting three to six years, depending on the needs of the business. When business goals are met, or are clearly on track to meet expectations, we pursue previously developed plans to exit as investors. Trillium Affiliations - Aimed at insuring a most current, wide ranging network of regional growth equity and venture capital knowledge, we maintain active involvement with the following organizations:
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