Silverwood Partners

Congratulations to Full Glass Wine Co. on another significant milestone with the closing of their most recent financing.   Silverwood Partners looks forward to continuing to work with Louis Amoroso, Neha T. Kumar, and the Full Glass Wine Team.   Deal team led by Jonathan Hodson-Walker and EJ Culhane.

Set up a meeting with Silverwood Partners at SSW if you are interested in raising capital or executing mergers & acquisitions; curious about valuation trends and the state of the capital markets; or have questions related to other strategic financial issues. www.silverwoodpartners.com @chuckslotkin

Weekly Transaction Review Ending 10/20/24 Read the latest deals in tech, consumer & healthcare here: https://bit.ly/35DBrVG - Debt crisis: federal debt/GDP at WW II levels - New economic era: Restaurant bankruptcy filings increasing - Extreme market conditions – historic underpricing of risk Private Placement/Financing Highlights: MeliBio, ForceMetrics, QuEra Computing Inc., MyLand Agriculture, A Soil Health Company, Elektrofi, SpectraWAVE, Inc. M&A Highlights: ShiftPixy®, Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd, 1440 Foods, INVO Bioscience This is a glimpse of our weekly digest of deals in the healthcare, technology & consumer sectors designed to provide a quick read-out of activity. We look forward to staying in touch with strategic and financing insight focused on the respective industry. #SWPTech #SWPHealthcare #SWPBonus #Inflation #Economy #venturefunding #venturecapital #privateequity #SWPconsumer #innovation #IP #startups #funding #vc #funding #outsourcing #investmentbanking

Executive Spotlight – Jerry Gepner is an experienced business leader and technologist with several Emmy Awards for his work on major sporting events such as the Winter Olympics Games, and The World Series for CBS Sports and Fox Sports. He was part of the founding team and COO of Sportvision, a silicon-valley company that was responsible for the creation of products that are now ubiquitous in sports television; the virtual first down line used in American football, the GPS-based tracking system for NASCAR and various other products for baseball, basketball and golf telecasts. Mr. Gepner became president of National Mobile Television (NMT), the largest supplier of outside broadcast facilities in North America. During his tenure Mr. Gepner guided the company through the HD transition and in the creation of new services and technologies for NMT’s many network clients. Mr. Gepner subsequently joined The Vitec Group, a publicly held broadcast, live-event and photographic conglomerate in 2005. As Chief Technology Officer he was responsible for technology strategy and technology development for new products across all of the VitecGroup companies. In 2009, Mr. Gepner was promoted to Division CEO and oversaw the operation of the broadcast services businesses in Los Angeles, along with aluminum truss manufacturing businesses in Texas and Italy, and a custom scenic and staging company in the UK. He developed and managed transformational strategies for each of the businesses that resulted in significant operational improvements for each of the companies. Mr. Gepner reported directly to the Group CEO and was a member of the Group executive board. Since Vitec Group, Mr. Gepner has been an independent consultant for companies seeking guidance in the areas of media technology, startup financing and the development of business and technology strategies.

Weekly Transaction Review Ending 10/13/24 Read the latest deals in tech, consumer & healthcare here: https://bit.ly/35DBrVG - Extreme equity market valuations – near historic all-time highs - Recovery in PE dealmaking in 2024 YTD - PE deals – add ons ~ 75% of all PE activity Private Placement/Financing Highlights: TensorWave, Emojot Inc, Nasuni, Plantible, Cytovale, Invectys, Vizgen M&A Highlights: MadKudu, ShowHeroes, Summerhouse Drinks, ChemoMetec This is a glimpse of our weekly digest of deals in the healthcare, technology & consumer sectors designed to provide a quick read-out of activity. We look forward to staying in touch with strategic and financing insight focused on the respective industry. #SWPTech #SWPHealthcare #SWPBonus #Inflation #Economy #venturefunding #venturecapital #privateequity #SWPconsumer #innovation #IP #startups #funding #vc #funding #outsourcing #investmentbanking

Executive Spotlight – Brian Powell is a 30-year veteran of the Better-For-You Food Industry. Mr. Powell is a seasoned entrepreneur working within (his own or others’) successful startups since 1990. He is an experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer goods industry. Brian is the Founder of Powell & Mahoney, allGoode Organics, Upgrade Partners and Junto Bicycle Works, Ltd. Balance Bar Company, allGoode Organics, Stirrings and Powell & Mahoney are companies that all grew from a great idea to $5M, $10M, $20M, and $100M companies. Mr. Powell is a visionary with an uncanny ability to see “around the corner.” Brian’s previous experience also includes Executive Vice President of Stirrings, Vice President Sales Special Projects/Business Development of Balance Bar Company, as well as, Foodservice Sales Director of The NutraSweet Company.

Weekly Transaction Review Ending 10/6/24 Read the latest deals in tech, consumer & healthcare here: https://bit.ly/35DBrVG - Private credit dominating LBO financing market - Family office; wealth management firm formation in decline - VC fund returns underperforming expectations Private Placement/Financing Highlights: Nusano, VieCure, Mindpeak GmbH, Brother Justus Whiskey Co. M&A Highlights: Accelmed, Stryker, PepsiCo

Executive Spotlight – Sharron Amin is a finance, accounting, and commodities intermediary professional with broad experience in all aspects of accounting and finance, as well as, commodities deals. Ms. Amin’s accounting experience with Fortune 500 firms spans the technology, Big 4, energy, real estate, retail and pharmaceutical industries. Ms. Amin has direct experience with energy industry, commodities brokering, and capital sourcing for worldwide projects. Interested in commodities brokering, M&A projects with various funds and other entities, capital sourcing for worldwide projects. Ms. Amin’s experience ranges from General Ledger Accountant with NAI Maestas & Ward Commercial Real Estate to Analyst with Gap, Inc., as well as, Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Accountant with New Mexico Gas Company. Ms. Amin is currently with Emerson Automation Solutions in a Project Accountant capacity. Sharron holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering Geology from the University of California and received her Masters of Business Administration/Accounting & Finance from the Keller Graduate School of Management.

Weekly Transaction Review Ending 9/29/24 Read the latest deals in tech, consumer & healthcare here: https://bit.ly/35DBrVG - Debt crisis: 50%+ of US counties at 25% income from government aid - Inflation nation: house prices at all-time highs - New economic era: money market funds at $6.75 trillion Private Placement/Financing Highlights: Meatable, Distyl AI, Kleecks, ujet.cx M&A Highlights: Blackstone, Diageo, Colruyt Group This is a glimpse of our weekly digest of deals in the healthcare, technology & consumer sectors designed to provide a quick read-out of activity. We look forward to staying in touch with strategic and financing insight focused on the respective industry. #SWPTech #SWPHealthcare #SWPBonus #Inflation #Economy #venturefunding #venturecapital #privateequity #SWPconsumer #innovation #IP #startups #funding #vc #funding #outsourcing #investmentbanking

Executive Spotlight – Mike G. Schultz is a consumer packaged goods and technology entrepreneur, thought leader, strategist, and speaker specializing in strategic and tactical business development principals. Currently Mr. Schultz is the Managing Partner for MGSS Holdings, LLC, a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) consulting company. He and his team help companies in the Healthier-for-You market segment “cross the chasm” into gaining increased market share by focusing on business fundamentals of strategy, timing, planning, targeting and execution. Prior to managing MGSS Holdings, Mr. Schultz was founder, president and CEO of Sedulous Foods Inc. Sedulous Foods was established in 2005 creating the Schultz’s Gourmet® brand which is marketed as a Health Helpful™ brand of gourmet quality cooking hot sauces, seasonings and snacks. Strategically taking a balanced approach to the market, Sedulous Foods created a robust distribution model that penetrated the natural/organic, conventional and warehouse membership retailers. Today “Schultz’s” can be found coast to coast throughout North America. Schultz’s was acquired by the Boulder CO based 1908 Brands Company in June of 2016. Mr. Schultz is often a guest speaker for Colorado’s Department of Agriculture in connection with Colorado State University sharing his experiences on taking a personal, tangible idea to market successfully. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay; Bachelor of Sciences Degree with a double major in Business and Communications.