We help you do big things

• Angel Investments - Helped numerous companies raise millions of dollars in seed to series B rounds
• Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) - helped raise $8M for Wavelink and $4M for Spiral Genetics; $31M for 
• Raising international capital - in Australia and Singapore
• IPOs and follow-on offerings - over $450M raised for five companies: Buddy Platform; Illuminet Holdings (now part of TNS, Inc.); Loudeye; Onyx Software; Sunhawk.com (now onlinesheetmusic.com; ImageX.com

• Acquired a consumer tech company for a publicly-held tech firm 
• Merged 4 international offices into one ad agency (USA, Germany, Czech, China)  
• Acquired 2 software companies (InStar Corp and AIM) for a large software company
• Acquired software company for Robotics/AI firm
• Acquired 4 companies for a publicly-held dot-com (CreativePro, PrintBid, Howard Press and Fine Arts Graphics)

• Cost review, assessment and reduction plan
• Compensation systems evaluation and improvement
• Product and pricing assessment and improvement plan
• Process assessment and improvement plan
• Process Automation
• Systems implementation - new management information, accounting and CRM systems

• Bank Debt - Established Lines of Credit for 2 businesses totaling $3M with established banks
• Convertible debt - Angel and PE often prefer debt that can later convert into equity.  Helped 2 businesses raise $2.5M in bridge loans 
• Raised $5M in venture debt 
• Factoring - removed personal guarantees and business covenants by moving from a LOC at a traditional bank

• High-tech company sold to emerging technology company in the Bay Area
• Prepared an award winning, 3-office, national advertising agency for sale to a large international holding company.  

• Completed successful one-year turn-around of lighting contractor.  One of puget sound's fastest growing company was losing money.  It now makes a profit and was acquired
• Restructured ad agency after loss of major clients reducing staff and returned to profitability.

We have an agile team that can expand and contract as needed.  Our team is focused on getting things done.  We are efficient.  We are effective. We are fast.

Our mission is to 

impact organizations so they can better serve their vision.  

By serving the vision, we serve owners, employees and customers at the same time.

We are led by an award-winning executive, Richard Jacroux, who began his career at Ernst & Young and eceived his Masters from The JL Kellogg School of Management (ranked 3rd by US News).  

He frequently teaches at the University of Washington and sits on private-company Boards Learn more about him on LinkedIn