Services


Alpine Meridian helps clients with investment banking, strategy, and corporate and business development. Founded in 1987, Alpine Meridian has developed extensive relationships and expertise in information services, digital media, healthcare, electronic payments, and software.

Advisory & Business Development

Alpine Meridian helps clients develop digital strategies and accelerate revenue growth. We have helped numerous clients expand business development activities, identify and negotiate strategic alliances, and create marketing partnerships. Representative engagements include:

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  • Structured and negotiated a VPN for the largest pharmaceutical company, allowing it to communicate with and market to selected physicians.

  • Negotiated agreements for one of the world’s largest publishers with major telecommunications and web partners to increase its distribution and licensing revenues.

  • Sourced new distributions channels for a major healthcare publisher and identified acquisitions to expand its digital network.

  • Advised a leading legal database provider on expanding its online presence, selection of distribution partners, channel conflict, and pricing.

  • Helped a leading healthcare publisher develop consumer and professional marketplaces, identify strategic partnerships and expand revenues.

  • Helped a leading business publisher increase profitability of its digital activities of its 100+ properties, optimizing vendors, content and marketing.

  • Developed a digital strategy for a major consumer media company to monetize its publishing assets.

  • Advised one of the largest providers of technical services on strategic acquisitions to expand its engineering and systems integration business.

  • Evaluated hosting, connectivity, and digital programming alternatives for a major entertainment industry publisher; identified partners and negotiated agreements.

  • Developed a leading music company’s web distribution strategy and negotiated marketing partnerships with partners.

  • Created a product plan for a regional telecommunications company to increase the revenues and profitability of its digital businesses.

  • Negotiated agreements with third party distribution channels for a leading consumer publisher that increased its news service’s online subscriber revenues.

  • Initiated, structured and closed strategic alliances with major financial publishers for a financial tools company.

  • Assisted a major educational company in negotiating online marketing partnerships.

  • Initiated, negotiated, and closed marketing partnerships for a national fulfillment company.

  • Structured an marketing partnership between a major online business and an EMR provider.

  • Initiated and structured a joint marketing agreement between an emerging entertainment business and a major publishing distributor.

  • Created and managed an IVR service for a major media company.

  • Created and managed digital joint ventures with telecommunications and publishing companies.

Financial Advisory

Alpine Meridian and its affiliates provide clients integrated financing solutions.  We have investments in and relationships with many funds and strategic investors, providing clients with access to capital and with insight and assistance in optimizing transactions. Alpine Meridian advises clients on financings and M&A, and sources and structures investment capital from strategic corporate investors, venture capital firms, and prominent private investors. Representative transactions include:

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  • Advised a contextual search company on its spin-off from a prior entity; initial financing from influential industry participants, corporate development activities; and sale of the company.

  • Advised a SaaS software company on its equity financing.

  • Advised a leading business services company on its private placement and IPO, business development transactions, and two equity investments.

  • Advised a start-up web advertising company on its initial capitalization and subsequent financings from industry investors.

  • Advised on optimizing the capital structure of an entertainment company backed by one of the world’s largest banks and prominent music industry veterans.

  • Advised a leading B2B corporation on an equity investment in a prominent scientific community.

  • Advised a M2M data and metering business on equity financing from venture capital firms and strategic investors.

  • Advised on equity financing for a leading text and video messaging provider from a prominent international venture firm.

  • Advised a wireless software company on equity financing from one of the largest venture firms.

  • Advised on the acquisition of a credit card processor, development of its business strategy and its ultimate sale to a public entity.

Investments

Alpine Meridian and affiliates invest in information services, software, and technology businesses, together with its network of experienced venture and individual investors. We provide operational and marketing expertise that helps businesses grow and succeed.

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  • Delphi Solutions (sold to AT&T) Telecommunications systems and services provider to business and government organizations in Canada

  • Telephia (sold to Nielsen) World's largest provider of consumer research to telecom / mobile media markets

  • IndustryBrains (sold to Marchex) Leader in site-specific contextual advertising solutions to vertical markets and premium publishers

  • Orbit Commerce (sold to Digital River) Provider of e-commerce platforms

  • VerticalNet (IPO) B2B vertical professional and trading communities

  • Zinio (sold to Gilvest) Largest digital newsstand platform

  • Tranvia (sold to Comdata/Ceridian) Full-service credit/debit/prepaid/gift card processor

  • Fetchback (sold to GSI Commerce [Ebay]) Retargeting platform for advertisers and publishers

  • AmericanWholeHealth (sold to Axia Health/Healthways) Largest network of alternative healthcare providers

  • BYFAD (sold to LivingSocial) Social commerce leader

  • Certify Enterprise-class, SaaS expense management software

  • Circadence Optimization platform for application acceleration and enhanced IT performance

  • EnerTrac M2M monitoring to improve business operational efficiency

  • Force Therapeutics Physical therapy patient management and tracking platform

  • Invuity Advanced optical structures to light uniformly and efficiently during less invasive surgery

  • Madison Logic Leading lead generation ad serving and inventory management business

  • PayPerks Benefits platform for the financially underserved

  • PexCard Corporate prepaid cards to fund employee purchases

  • Precision Health Media Largest healthcare ad network

  • Sanbolic Software for large-scale data management and enhanced application availability

  • Spanfeller Media Group All things food and drink

  • Rethink Autism Web-based educational treatment solutions for autism assessment, training, & monitoring

  • Transactis Electronic bill presentment and payment platform for financial institutions

  • Trustwave Leading provider of on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions