
Business Ventures Corp. is a Special Situations Venture Capital company,
that develops and sponsors industry consolidations and raising capital via
the public markets.
Representative transactions include:
Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR)- formed in 1998 with the simultaneous merger and
initial public offering of 4 companies, raising an initial $45 million with
1998 combined revenues of $150 million. 2007 revenues were approximately
$2.66 billion.
Centerprise Advisors (private) - formed in 1999 with the simultaneous merger
and private offering of 11 companies, forming the 14th largest professional
services firm (accounting and consulting) in the U.S. with over 1,100
employees.
Digital Music Group, Inc./ The Orchard Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORCD) -
formed in Feb 2006 with the simultaneous merger and initial public offering
of two companies raising approximately $38 million. Acquired an additional
company in 2006 and engineered a merger with The Orchard in November 2007
creating the worlds largest digital music and video distributor.
Trans-India Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: TIL) - a Special Purpose Acquisition
Company (SPAC) Raised approximately $93 million in February 2007 to acquire
life-science companies in India.