Harbour Bridge Ventures
Providing Know What, Know How, and Know Who
What We Do
Harbour Bridge Ventures clients include both institutional and private investors, entrepreneurs, businesses ranging in size from startups to global Fortune 500 corporations, banks, accounting firms, and other business advisory partners. Please take the opportunity to review our client case studies and testimonials.
Harbour Bridge Ventures experience and core competencies allow us to assist our clients with the following service offerings:
Performance Improvement Engagements
Challenging economic climates, tightened credit markets, competitive challenges, and difficult market conditions cause many businesses to experience performance shortfalls and financial difficulties. HBV’s experience working with companies ranging in size from start-ups to global Fortune 500 corporations, allows us to quickly identify the causes for performance problems so as to achieve significantly improved results. When problems and performance shortfalls are allowed to go unresolved, the problems can quickly become more difficult to resolve and turnarounds more difficult to achieve. Early detection and assistance by HBV can offer you the best chance to restore financial health and improve performance. Read more …
Corporate Renewal / Turnaround Management
HBV is an active member of the largest global organization devoted exclusively to Corporate Renewal, the Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Periods of economic and financial distress pose special challenges to the capabilities and decision-making processes of most management teams. Not only do such occurrences increase demands on existing managerial abilities, but they also create a whole new spectrum of legal, accounting, and financial considerations that impact the renewal process. Today’s increased competition, cyclical and volatile financial markets, and economic trends have created a climate in which no business can take stability for granted. HBV professionals can preserve and often restore value when the only other alternative may be failure or bankruptcy. Read more …
Comprehensive Due Diligence Assessments and Investment Decision Support
Over 90% of all investments or acquisitions do not achieve the anticipated returns. This has frequently been shown to be due to flawed or at best incomplete due diligence. HBV has extensive experience in both the design and execution of comprehensive due diligence programs for capital investment groups and Fortune 500 corporations. Our experience allows us to design due diligence and post-acquisition integration programs to ensure that all required investments and capital requirements are identified and validated; thereby assuring the anticipated values and synergies are achieved. Read more …
Strategic Planning
Promising companies need more than breakout solutions to attract investment capital or realize their vision, they need a deep understanding of their market opportunities and competition, a go-to-market strategy to optimize their opportunities, and a well constructed business plan both mapping out plans to achieve success and against which their progress can be measured. A good strategic plan should include sound risk analysis and risk mitigation programs and provide a clear and executable plan for achieving the company’s objectives. HBV has extensive experience in leading management teams and business owners in developing and documenting strategic business plans that attract required investment and provide achievable roadmaps for success. Read more …
Capital Advisory Services
Capital funding assistance is required by virtually all emerging and rapidly growing companies to drive their growth. HBV is often approached to assist such companies with their funding requirements. Additionally, we are often asked to assist in recapitalizations or funding during corporate renewal engagements. Our relationships with providers of both debt and equity capital are extensive and we can often assist with such requests. Let us take a close look at your company and show you how we can assist to properly prepare it for funding, introduce it to the best potential sources, and assist in negotiating and structuring a transaction that makes sense for all parties. Read more …
Merger and Acquisition Assistance
Most acquisitions do not achieve the returns or synergies anticipated. This is often a failure to anticipate and plan adequately the programs required to deliver the returns, or a failure to properly execute in a timely manner against those plans. Management may be too busy on day-to-day urgencies to focus on the required post-acquisition programs and priorities. Cultural clashes and simply “doing it the way we always have” suddenly materialize as hurdles. HBV has experience in the design, leadership, and execution of successful pre-acquisition due diligence programs and post-acquisition integration programs to ensure that all required investments and capital requirements are identified and validated; thereby assuring the anticipated values and synergies are achieved. Read more …
Smart-sourcing, Outsourcing, and Off-shoring
HBV maintains its own outsourcing capabilities as well as significant partnerships with major on-shore and off-shore outsource service providers. HBV has extensive experience in the management and delivery of Business Process Outsource (BPO) Services, IT Services, and supply chain capabilities in on-shore, near-shore, and off-shore models. We can help you identify opportunities to outsource those operations not responsible for your competitive advantages while saving from 40% to 60% of current costs, improving the quality of deliverables, and reducing turnaround time. Read more …
Supply Chain Management
Whether your business sources inventory, operations, services, or supplies on-shore or off-shore selecting, structuring, and managing your supply chain and vendor partnerships well is key to your success. HBV principals have an extensive network of global relationships and successful experience in selecting, structuring, and managing supply chains and vendor relationships in many different industries. Businesses ranging in size from start-ups to global Fortune 500 companies have found HBV’s services in supply chain management invaluable components of their success. Read more …
Go-to-market Planning and Enablement
Great products alone do not ensure market success. Many companies with great products and strong management teams still fail to achieve anticipated market penetration and success. HBV has extensive experience successfully launching products in over sixty countries around the world. We understand what it takes to assemble and execute winning go-to-market campaigns. Successful go-to-market campaigns must be properly capitalized with dollars, critical human capital, the right strategies, and focused energy to ensure success. We can offer assistance in all of these critical elements. Read more …
Development of Strategic Sales and Marketing Programs
A company can only be successful by attracting, acquiring, and retaining sufficient valued and profitable customers from its target markets. HBV is often called on to assist in the development of strategic sales and marketing programs. Whether the challenge is a new product or new market launch, building a successful direct-sales team or a distribution channel program, or understanding how to succeed in a highly competitive market through differentiation strategies, HBV professionals have “been there and done that.” We can provide the “know what”, “know how,” and most importantly the “know who” to help you succeed. Read more …
Channel Distribution Programs
Emerging or rapid-expansion companies often do not have the resources required to capture large market scale within what may be perceived as relatively short opportunity windows. HBV’s experience in building successful channel distribution programs combined with our extensive global contacts and relationships can make the difference between success and failure in these important initiatives. Read more …
Product Development, Delivery, and Support
Managing the entire product life cycle is of critical importance. Are you optimizing your opportunities? Many early stage companies go to market without the "whole product." Success depends on meeting customer expectations and delivering on your promises. The early buyers and showcase clients expect delivery of a market-ready, whole product. HBV is prepared to assist in whatever phases are required to ensure your showcase clients get what they need to become your best references. Read more …
Executive Management and Advisory Board Roles
Frequently young, developing companies lack the management bandwidth, experience, or breadth of talent required to quickly seize opportunities, grab desired market share, or build the corporate infrastructure necessary to achieve desired growth. HBV professionals have extensive experience in building and growing strong successful companies from small startup entrepreneurial ventures to global Fortune 500 corporations. HBV professionals can step into a wide variety of management or Advisory Board roles to lead the company’s growth and develop the corporate processes, disciplines, and resources necessary for success. Read more …
Management Coaching and Mentoring
The most critical element in the successful development of any business is its management team. HBV often finds young developing companies led by managers committed to the company’s success and passionate about their business, but sometimes lacking the professional management experience or disciplines to assure the venture’s success. HBV can work closely with such young management teams to provide regular coaching and guidance to aide in their development. Read more …