Creating, realizing and capturing value from biotechnology opportunities requires a wide range of expertise at the interface between technology and business and mastery of several disciplines. BIOPONS can complement your capabilities - whether you are seeking advice and assistance for a single project, a comprehensive package of assistence or a partner to co-found and co-invest in a new bioscience-based company (see Portfolio Companies). BIOPONS can tailor a solution geared to your needs, drawing on a wide range of skills and experience. Contact us to arrange a free, confidential initial analysis of your needs and our proposed solution. Our well-honed services include: Opportunity Analysis. We'll objectively and rigorously analyse the strengths and weaknesses, commercial applications, target markets, competition, IP needs, product opportunities and development options for your new biotechnologies.
Strategy Development. We'll work with you through a proven, iterative process, creatively generating long-lists of strategic options and winnowing them down to the most attractive options, relative to your needs, constraints, situation and resources and the demands of a competitive marketplace, then examine the potential business outcomes and financial implications.
Business Planning. We'll develop comprehensive business plans, turning opportunity analyses and strategies into compelling investment stories and actionable plans for management.
Strategic Transactions. Rarely can a biotechnology be commercialized without raising finance or securing a corporate partner. We'll develop a transaction strategy, identify prospective partners, prepare memoranda, arrange meetings, negotiate and structure deals - working closely with you and your advisors.
Company Creation and Development. Where appropriate BIOPONS will found companies and invest in them, bringing the full range of disciplines and the entrepreneurial skills needed to successfully launch a new venture. For local companies, we can provide hands-on top management, or for distant companies, participate on the board.
Location. We'll bring our hard-won experience to help non-US bioscience-based companies establish a US presence. We have particularly strong knowledge of and contacts in Wisconsin, home to GE, Thermoelectron, Promega, Third Wave. Wisconsin has a growing biotech hub, is lower cost than many other locations, represents excellent value and a provides a very high quality of living (#1 Forbes Best Place, 2004). |
