Effective strategy for growth often requires sophisticated insight into financial and capital markets, and in some cases an infusion of capital. Yet traditional capital sources often come with bias and insufficient skills to help drive innovative strategies for growth.

For example, deciding how to grow in a market may involve evaluating organic and inorganic (acquisition, alliance) options alongside each other. Deciding how to source a new technology may involve comparing in-house development with acquisition and alliance options. All such decisions need to consider strategic, financial, and capital market issues with equal rigor and depth.

Monitor has distinctive capabilities in this area due to our mix of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory services, and our principal investing activities. Monitor Clipper Partners (focused on the mid market) and Monitor Ventures (focused on the early stage) are affiliated private equity funds. Monitor has preferred access to the expertise of the managing partners of both Monitor Clipper and Monitor Ventures, which provides Monitor with real world insight into transaction design, maximizing value and growth in acquisition targets, and maximizing exit values where appropriate.