Services

CERES offers market-focused strategic planning for growth and harvest to small businesses and corporations serving the photonics industry and vertical market segments enabled by photonics - such as life sciences, medical devices, medical and environmental diagnostics, industrial automation and manufacturing, semiconductor equipment, display and solid stage lighting, energy, telecommunications, security and defense.

Differentiation

CERES sets itself apart from management consulting and investment banking firms with its market focus and industry experience:

• Working knowledge from both market and financial perspectives of what strategic buyers and investors value and what they perceive as risk
• Hands-on marketing and business development experience growing companies and product lines with sound marketing strategy
• Established network of strategic buyers and knowledge of their individual acquisition strategies - forward/backward integration, product/market extension
• Established network of privately held small businesses serving the photonics industry and its markets
• Established network and knowledge of companies in the photonics industry's supply chain and markets served
• Understanding of the inherent strengths and weaknesses of capital equipment, working capital and manufacturing processes associated with a broad range of photonics technologies:
  • Optical components - lenses, gratings, fiber and thin films
  • Lasers - semiconductor, solid state and gas
  • Integrated optics
  • MEMS devices
  • Complete end-user products and solutions that integrating packaging, software and service
• Partnered with technologists and manufacturing operations specialists for the purpose of due diligence across the breadth of photonics technologies
• Appreciation and practice of ethics working with individuals in the photonics industry and its markets served for nearly 20 years