Investment
We invest in businesses, brands, technology, and patents. We look for real assets, defensible positions, and people worth backing — and we stay for the long term.
Businesses · Brands · Technology · PatentsThe company
behind the brands.
Investment, operation, and growth for businesses, brands, and technology. Since 1993.
Consumer products • Since 1993 • California
What we do
Three things, and
we do them well.
Capital, the day-to-day, and the long game — three things a business needs and rarely has all at once.
Operation
One professional backbone — finance, legal, HR, IT and EDI, procurement, logistics, sales and marketing, customer service, and design — running the day-to-day for the brands we support and for outside businesses.
Lower cost · Standard process · GovernanceGrowth
Setting up a US entity, opening sales channels, arranging funding, reorganizing management, and running merger and acquisition processes — getting a company established, unstuck, or sold.
From market entry to exitYou have the technology, the product, the factory.
What’s missing is the
team on the American side.
Most manufacturers stop at OEM: the product is excellent, the margin is thin, and somebody else owns the brand and the customer. Getting past that takes more than a US business license — it takes a team on the ground in America doing sales, marketing, brand, and channel.
OEM export
Take orders, produce, ship.
Thin margin, no brand,
no leverage.
Brand landed in the US
US entity, brand positioning,
first retail accounts.
Direct to buyers — no middleman.
Full-channel brand
Mass, club, and e-commerce
in parallel. You own the pricing,
the customer, the brand.
The factory is the starting point.
The brand is the destination.
Sales team
Salespeople with direct relationships at mass, club, home improvement, and e-commerce buyers. Not a broker — a sales team representing your brand, from line review to account management.
Marketing & brand
Positioning, naming, packaging, launch campaigns, Amazon operations, social, and retailer co-marketing — turning a product into a brand consumers recognize.
Channel management
Channel strategy and price architecture, conflict management, promotional calendars, and annual category planning — so your channels build on each other instead of fighting.
US entity & compliance
Incorporation, EIN, banking, state registrations and tax filings — plus product certification, UPC, labeling, and the retailer requirements that gate every account.
How it works — You keep doing what you do best: building great products. The company, the team, and the channels on the American side go to a firm that has been putting products on US shelves for thirty years.
We back assets,
not spreadsheets.
The factory is the starting point.
The brand is the destination.
Businesses
Operating companies with proven demand and room to grow — where capital, structure, and a professional backbone unlock the next stage.
Brands
Brands with equity worth building on — established names that need investment and distribution, and emerging ones that need both from the start.
Technology
& patents
Protected ideas that deserve to reach the market — patents, designs, and technology we can fund, engineer, manufacture, and commercialize.
One professional backbone —
ours, or yours.
A growing business can’t afford a treasury desk, a tax strategist, and a compliance officer. Working with us, it doesn’t have to.
Finance & Accounting
Reporting, controls, and month-end close.
Treasury & Banking
Cash management, credit lines, FX.
Tax Planning
Structuring, transfer pricing, filings.
Legal & Compliance
Contracts, IP, trade and product compliance.
Human Resources
Recruiting, benefits, org design.
Payroll
Multi-state payroll and statutory reporting.
Information Technology
ERP, cybersecurity, business systems.
EDI & Retail Systems
Retailer integration, orders, ASNs, invoicing.
Procurement
Group purchasing across materials and freight.
Insurance & Risk
Property, liability, cargo, and product programs.
Logistics & Fulfillment
Warehousing, freight, 3PL, and returns.
Sales & Marketing
Retail account management, channel, and brand.
Customer Service
Consumer support, warranty, and returns.
Design & Creative
Packaging, product design, photography, content.
Investor Relations
Reporting and stakeholder communication.
We don’t just keep the books.
We improve the numbers.
Shared services lower cost. Operational improvement raises performance — our team sits with management, agrees the targets, and works the problem alongside them.
Financial
Performance
- Reducing manufacturing cost
- Improving gross margin
- Better pricing strategy
Operational
Efficiency
- Increasing factory automation
- Improving warehouse efficiency
- Better inventory management
Commercial
Execution
- Improving sales execution
- KPI dashboards
Technology
& Leadership
- AI implementation
- Leadership coaching
What improvement looks like
A representative factory turnaround — the shape of change
our operating discipline targets.
10% 3%
Scrap rate
Lower is better85 days 45 days
Inventory days
Lower is better65% 98%
On-time delivery
Higher is betterGetting a company
into the market —
or out of trouble.
Two situations bring companies
to us most often. Both need the same
thing: someone who has done it before.
Case 01 A product without a US company
A startup or overseas manufacturer with a proven product, a factory, and no way into the American market — no US entity, no retail relationships, no infrastructure behind it.
What we put in place
- US legal entity formation, banking, tax and compliance registration
- Product compliance, packaging, and retailer requirements
- Retail channel strategy — mass, club, home improvement, e-commerce
- The full back office from Pillar 02 — logistics, EDI, customer service, finance
- Buyer introductions and account management
US legal entity formation, banking, tax and compliance registration
Product compliance, packaging, and retailer requirements
Retail channel strategy — mass, club, home improvement, e-commerce
The full back office from Pillar 02 — logistics, EDI, customer service, finance
Buyer introductions and account managementCase 02 A US business under pressure
An established company where sales have stalled, distribution has narrowed, the organization has outgrown its systems, working capital is tight — or the owner is ready to talk about selling.
What we work on
- Rebuilding sales and distribution across channels
- Reorganizing management, reporting lines, and accountability
- Arranging growth financing and lender relationships
- Running a merger, acquisition, or sale process end to end
- Operational improvement — cost, margin, inventory, and delivery
Reorganizing management, reporting lines, and accountability
Arranging growth financing and lender relationships
Running a merger, acquisition, or sale process end to endUS entity formation
Incorporation, registrations, banking, and the structure a foreign business needs to trade here.
Sales & channel development
Retail strategy, buyer relationships, and channel expansion across mass, club, and online.
Growth financing
Debt, credit facilities, and lender relationships arranged to fund inventory and expansion.
Mergers & acquisitions
Identifying targets or buyers, valuation, diligence, structuring, and closing.
Divestiture & sale process
Preparing, separating, and selling a business or product line cleanly.
Leadership & organization
Recruiting senior management, restructuring reporting lines, and planning succession.
Opportunities across
a range of specialized and
growing categories.
These are the aisles we know — the buyers, the factories, the compliance, the shelf. If your product lives here, we can move fast.
Home Automation
Wearable Devices
Consumer Electronics
Small Appliances
Portable Energy
Home Organizer
Sporting Goods
Outdoor Living
Fitness & Wellness
Garden Tools
Eight brands. National shelves.
Eight brands across ten categories — each one supported by
the same professional backbone.
The original folding utility wagon and a full line of outdoor gear — a product that created its own retail category.
macsports.com
Smart outdoor umbrellas with motorized canopies, solar charging, wind sensors, LED lighting, and app control.
theabove.com
Luxury automated umbrellas — the Pinnacle cantilever and Paramount series, built for premium outdoor spaces.
pasticallo.com
Home comfort done properly — fans and air purifiers, including a patented fully washable tower fan.
theaspen.com
Folding storage inspired by paper art — no assembly required, sold across dozens of countries.
origamirack.com
Smartwatches and smart rings with health tracking, GPS, and 100+ workout modes — at an accessible price.
3plususa.com
Smart fitness equipment — treadmills, bikes, and strength gear built to make fitness accessible at home.
thexplus.com
Garden dolly wagons and yard tools built for hauling, planting, and heavy work — by Trekko Industries Inc.
Invest time and capital.
Expect superior results.
Inventors with a product, owners considering a permanent home for their company, and businesses that need a back office rather than another hire — let’s talk.