Strategic Consulting
Centient’s Strategic Consulting services address the business, financial, and structural needs of both our emerging and established life science clients. From funding through merger and acquisitions to liquidity events, our deep expertise in the biotechnology and medical device industries enables us to understand the issues, evaluate the driving factors, and recommend the best possible strategy for success.
Within Strategic Consulting, there are two focus areas:
As life science companies move from technology development to clinical trials through product launch, each step presents a completely new set of demands. Additional funding is needed, key management must be added, customer and partner relationships need to be developed, collaborations established – it can be an overwhelming experience.
Centient can help by providing guidance to senior management on most critical business issues:
- Business and product strategy
- Business plan development
- Fund raising assistance
- Competitive analysis
- Market analysis
- Management recruiting
- Merger and acquisition assistance
- Alliance/collaboration support
Drawing on our extensive network of Silicon Valley and Southern California based partners, Centient also brings access to top tier law firms, marketing and public relations firms, venture capital and angel investors, and a complete array of support services.
Centient can also help companies located outside the United States overcome the complexities of entering the lucrative U.S. market — forming a U.S. corporation to attracting the right management team, securing funding, and establishing a strong network of U.S.-based partners and customers.
Centient assists venture capital firms and investment funds with analyzing potential investments and reviewing their investment portfolios. Our deep knowledge of the market drivers and players in both the private and public markets, combined with many years of hands-on management experience, enable us to provide insights that may not be obvious, even to the seasoned investor.
A sampling of our Investor Services include:
- Due diligence assistance
- Technology analysis
- Scientific assessment
- Competitive analysis
- Market analysis
- Portfolio analysis
Centient management has performed over 50 due diligence analyses and reviewed over 300 companies for potential investors. They were also instrumental in the founding of two private equity investment groups, including
Life Science Angels, a private equity investment group, and chaired investment committees.
Last Updated: Jan 1, 2007 at 3:06 PM
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