- Investment Management<span class="bodytitle">Aegis: Philosophy</span><a name="top"> </a> <span class="subtitle"> </span><br><br> <div id="box"> <span class="bodytxt2"> <a href="#top" class="bodytxt2">Introduction</a><br> <a href="#1" class="bodytxt2">Effective Partnerships</a><br> <a href="#2" class="bodytxt2">CVOS</a><br> <a href="#3" class="bodytxt2">Customized Investments</a><br> <a href="#4" class="bodytxt2">Strategic Growth</a><br> <a href="#5" class="bodytxt2">Long-term Investments</a><br> </span> </div>Our strategic approach to investing makes us unique. In fact, understanding the strategic fit between a corporate partner and a portfolio company is the bedrock of our investment management process. <br><br> Many corporations are looking to increase shareholder value through the acquisition of people, products and processes that reside in smaller companies. We help corporations find strategic investments, so they can leverage them into long-term business advantages. <br><br> At its core, our investment process answers these basic questions:<br> <li type="square">What is the value of a business to my operations today? <li type="square">How can that business improve my operations in the future?<br><br> <br><br><br><br> <span class="bodytitle">Aegis: Philosophy</span><a name="1"> </a><br> <span class="subtitle">Develop Effective Partnerships</span><br><br> <div id="box"> <span class="bodytxt2"> <a href="#top" class="bodytxt2">Introduction</a><br> <a href="#1" class="bodytxt2">Effective Partnerships</a><br> <a href="#2" class="bodytxt2">CVOS</a><br> <a href="#3" class="bodytxt2">Customized Investments</a><br> <a href="#4" class="bodytxt2">Strategic Growth</a><br> <a href="#5" class="bodytxt2">Long-term Investments</a><br> </span> </div>Strategic partnerships are the key to our success. Successful partnerships start when a corporate partner and an acquisition candidate educate us about their company and industry. <br><br> Next, we walk them through our investment selection process to help develop an operating plan and investment structure that mitigate financial risk and accommodate future growth.<br><br> After the initial investment, our corporate partner and the management team continue to operate their business and we support them when appropriate.<br> <br> <br><br><br><br> <span class="bodytitle">Aegis: Philosophy</span><a name="2"> </a><br> <span class="subtitle">CVOS</span><br><br> <div id="box"> <span class="bodytxt2"> <a href="#top" class="bodytxt2">Introduction</a><br> <a href="#1" class="bodytxt2">Effective Partnerships</a><br> <a href="#2" class="bodytxt2">CVOS</a><br> <a href="#3" class="bodytxt2">Customized Investments</a><br> <a href="#4" class="bodytxt2">Strategic Growth</a><br> <a href="#5" class="bodytxt2">Long-term Investments</a><br> </span> </div>The Corporate Venture Operating System (CVOS) is our proprietary due diligence tool.<br><br> It contains templates that identify specific assessment areas as well as key characteristics of intellectual ca
- Asset Management<span class="bodytitle">Aegis: Team</span><a name="top"> </a><br> <span class="subtitle"> </span><br> <div id="box"> <span class="bodytxt2"> Teams:<br> <a href="#1" class="bodytxt2">Senior Management</a><br> <a href="#9" class="bodytxt2">Strategic Analysis</a><br> <a href="#10" class="bodytxt2">Integration Analysis</a><br> <a href="#8" class="bodytxt2">Financial Analysis</a><br> <a href="#7" class="bodytxt2">Administration</a><br> </span> </div> We are a newly expanded management team that came together to build successful companies.<br><br> Aegis senior management has over 125 years of collective experience in professional asset management, business development, corporate operations and M+A.<br><br> We have started, scaled and sold companies and now look forward to the next major upturn in economic activity.<br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <span class="bodytitle">Thomas F. Kane, Jr.</span><a name="1"> </a><br> <span class="subtitle">Senior Managing Partner and President</span><br><br> <div id="box"> <span class="bodytxt2"> <a href="#1" class="bodytxt2">Thomas F. Kane, Jr.</a><br> <a href="#2" class="bodytxt2">Garnet S. Heraman</a><br> <a href="#3" class="bodytxt2">Raymond L. Britt, Jr.</a><br> <a href="#4" class="bodytxt2">Michael R. Webb</a><br> <a href="#5" class="bodytxt2">Christopher O'Toole</a><br> <a href="#6" class="bodytxt2">Richard B. Wigton III</a><br> </span> </div> Mr. Kane, 40, is in charge of the group's overall activities and used his extensive investment understanding to develop the firm's investment and due diligence processes.<br> <br> He has over eighteen years of experience in the financial services industry. He was a General Partner of Printon Kane & Company, an investment banking house that held private equity investments in various early-stage companies involving asset securitization and reinsurance, real estate, cable telecommunications and financial services companies. <br> <br> Over time these investments grew their collective market values to be in excess of $100 million. <a href="#1b" class="navtxt">cont'd</a> ><br> <br><br><br><br> <span class="bodytitle">Thomas F. Kane, Jr. cont'd</span><a name="1b"> </a><br> <span class="subtitle">Senior Managing Partner and President</span><br><br> <div id="box"> <span class="bodytxt2"> <a href="#1" class="bodytxt2">Thomas F. Kane, Jr.</a><br> <a href="#2" class="bodytxt2">Garnet S. Heraman</a><br> <a href="#3" class="bodytxt2">Raymond L. Britt, Jr.</a><br> <a href="#4" class="bodytxt2">Michael R. Webb</a><br> <a href="#5" class="bodytxt2">Christopher O'Toole</a><br> <a href="#6" class="bodytxt2">Richard B. Wigton III</a><br> </span> </div>< <a href="#1" class="navtxt">previous</a><br> <br> Among his successful asset sales are the sale Printon Kane's share of The Patriot Group to John Hancock and sale of interests in Smith Graham & Company to ABN-AMBRO.<br><br> Mr. Kane is also a co-founder of Venture-Vortex, Inc., an affiliated company that licenses knowled