Investment Strategy
Our team has over 150 years of collective experience in a wide range of industry sectors and operating environments We have spent most of our careers translating promising technologies into winning businesses and nurturing these businesses through each stage of the life cycle. We have managed through many industry and technology disruptions and evolving market needs, and have witnessed many successes as well as failures. We have also worked with a variety of people, some great leaders and others who cannot navigate successfully through the changes. Omni uses this experience to identify and invest in promising people and their companies and, by assisting with operational and strategic challenges, help these companies achieve their greatest potential.
Industry Product Gaps. Cuts in R&D spending over the past years have left many large companies with major gaps in their product lines. Because their smaller R&D organizations are not capable of developing products fast enough to meet time to market requirements, these companies are and will be looking to fill gaps through acquisitions. Omni sees this as an opportunity to invest in portfolio companies that can fill the current and future product gaps of large corporations.
Disruptive Technologies. We look for companies that have the potential to address
or create large fast-
Investing Stages. Omni will focus primarily on growth stage opportunities, but may opportunistically invest in attractive later stage deals.
Company Support. Omni takes an active role in the development of portfolio companies and looks for investments in areas where we can add the greatest value. Omni has an extensive network of industry contacts which can be utilized to help companies acquire customers, get opinions on product ideas, forge strategic alliances, and start discussions with potential acquirers. Our many executive and technical contacts in the industry also provide a good grounding for our views of the major industry issues and trends, and can help us to understand the product portfolio gaps of potential acquirers.
Omni helps portfolio companies by:
- Introducing companies to technical experts by leveraging our network of Bell Labs alumni and to industry channel partners;
- Providing experience based insights on operations, sales and channel strategies;
- Providing R & D capabilities in India for low cost, high quality and easy availability
Omni focuses on investments on the east coast, from Washington, D.C. to Boston, so
that we can spend more time working with each portfolio company. The Fund invests
$2-
In all of our business dealings we strive for the highest level of integrity and
forthrightness. We aim to build healthy long-
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