Starweaver offers a diverse set of venture banking and consulting services that we tailor to our client's specific situation and need. The first segment of any engagement typically begins with a 1-3 day Project Assessment wherein we rapidly determine and frame the core issues that need to be resolved. We outline, categorize and prioritize the issues; develop a plan, timeframe, cost estimate and team to be assigned to address the problems; and provide executives, board members and investors - as directed - feedback on strategies and tactics for reaching the desired solution. The Project Assessment is a discrete deliverable that either stands alone or become part of a more comprehensive mandate.

From this point forward, our services comprise one of five interrelated tracks, each of which build upon the Project Assessment:

Mergers and Acquisitions Engagement
Investment Screening and Transactions Support Engagement
Turnarounds and Interim Management Engagement
Strategic Business Unit Engagement
Start-up Engagement

The components of these assignments are listed below.

Mergers and Acquisitions Engagement

Buy and sell-side representation

• Identification of candidates
• Presentation of suitable candidates for consideration and approval
• Solicitation and qualification of interest from candidates
• Assisting in development of presentations to suitable candidates
• Negotiation of term sheets and support to close in conjunction with lawyers, accountants, investors and management teams

Pre-merger planning and integration strategy

Post-merger integration and optimization project management

• Sales and marketing
• Information technology
• Operations
• Management, financing, and G&A

Investment Screening and Transactions Support Engagement

Investment screening

• Market Analysis
• Financial projections and assumption validation
• Valuation analysis and comparables

Negotiation support and documentation

Due diligence

• Markets
• Customers
• Competitors

Project management

• Technology audit and review
• Operations audit and review

Turnaround and Interim Management Engagement

Due diligence

• Market, strategy, product, operations, sales and technology audit
• Immediate and interim financial planning
• Turnaround assessment audit

Turnaround planning

• Profit/performance re-engineering
• Cost analysis & restructuring
• Business process re-engineering
• Organizational transformation analysis
• IT assessment
• Market assessment

Business valuation services

• Fairness opinions
• Risk analysis

Business Integration

Strategic Business Unit Engagement

Business portfolio analysis

• Portfolio review
  • Strengths/weaknesses/dynamics
  • Financial projections and benchmarking
• Acquisition and divestiture outline and plan
• Internal growth alternatives
• Operations integration (management, operations, IT, sales/marketing)
• Organizational design

Spin-out analysis and support

• Business plan and offering memoranda
• Buyer identification
• Buyer solicitation
• Negotiation support
• Spin-out support planning (management, operations, IT, sales/marketing)

Acquisition analysis and support

• Target industry analysis
• Target identification
• Target solicitation
• Negotiation support
• Acquisition support planning (management, operations, IT, sales/marketing)

Start-up Engagement

Business concept and strategy

Business plan development

Sales/marketing strategy and channel development

Product design and development

Organizational/team design and development

Financing/funding support

• Descriptive memoranda/selling documents
• Supporting documents/due diligence

Line management/executive coaching/mentorship

Board oversight/observer/support

Partnership strategy

• Recommendation
• Negotiation