Meet the Team.

Jim Brailean, PhD.

Jim Brailean

Successful entrepreneur and Investor

♦Major contributor to MPEG with 17 patents for audio & video communication
♦Founder and CEO PacketVideo (PV) 1998 – 2013, grew sales from $0 – $~100M
♦Sold PV to NextWave (NASDAQ: WAVE) in 2005
♦As CEO of NextWave, sold PV subsidiary to NTT DOCOMO in 2009
♦Board member, DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX)
♦Board member , Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ:SNIC)
♦Board member, NIC Technologies, acquired by Google in 2012
♦Active investor in 6 startups

Scott Neuberger.

Scott Neuberger

Lifelong entrepreneur and Investor

♦Proven leader of corporate turnarounds
♦CEO with 10 years experience turning companies into high growth businesses
♦Co-founded Collegeboxes in college, the largest full service student storage company.
♦CEO of Collegeboxes until sale to strategic buyer in 2008.
♦President and Board Member, Infocore, a leading provider of sophisticated, customized marketing data serving Fortune 500 global marketers
♦Angel Investor in Infochimps, an enterprise big data cloud offering real time Hadoop Analytics

  • "Karmel Capital unlocks value by bringing operational excellence and strategic direction with an alternative perspective to disruptive technology companies."
  • "Karmel Capital partners with current investors/owners and management team to turn around companies ."

Investment Strategy.

Karmel’s principals partner with current investors/owners to create a win/win deal structure for all stakeholders. Our principals implement a turnaround strategy that is true to our values. Our core values are:

 ♦ Intelligent Risk Taking: Invest both growth capital and 25+ years of experience growing companies to propel your business to a new level of success.
♦ Fresh Perspective: Look at your business from a different angle and design a turnaround plan that defies conventional wisdom.
♦ Don’t run away from Challenges: Identify creative ways to attack the company’s existing markets as well as find new markets.
♦ Family is our core: A strong family is built around everyone looking out for each other. We only work on deals that are a win/win for all stakeholders.

EXPERIENCE

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To see information on our previous projects hover over each logo.

collegeboxes Scott Neuberger

Website: www.collegeboxes.com
Headquarters: Boston, MA
Status: Acquired
Started out of a dorm room, Collegeboxes grew to be the largest full service logistics company for college students currently available at over 100 campuses. It is now owned by U-Haul (NASDAQ: UHAL).

Divx Jim Brailean

Website: www.divx.com
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Status: Acquired
DivX helps consumers enjoy a high-quality video experience on any device or platform. Over 600 million DivX devices have shipped worldwide. Divx is now a subsidiary of Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI).

InfoChimps Scott Neuberger

Website: www.infochimps.com
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Status: Active
Infochimps was founded by data scientists and cloud computing experts to make developing and deploying enterprise Big Data Applications faster, easier, and far less complex.

Scott Neuberger Infocore

Website: www.infocore.com
Headquarters: Carlsbad, CA
Status: Active
Infocore is a leading provider of sophisticated, customized marketing data serving Fortune 500 global marketers in several industries including Automotive, Financial Services, and High Tech.

Itelligent Blends Jim Brailean

Website: www.IntelligentBlends.com
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Status: Active
Intelligent Blends is an exciting new company dedicated to the pursuit of delivering single serve coffee to brands & suppliers who are as passionate about their beverage freshness and taste profile as we are.

Karmel Capital InvestRent

Website: www.investrent.com
Headquarters: Newport Beach, CA
Status: Active
Startup that crowdsources funds to buy real estate properties. Investrent aims to become the first online marketplace where participants will be able to trade their shares with other participants.

Micropower Jim Brailean

Website: www.micropower.com
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Status: Active
Micropower’s flagship product, the Helios™ solar wireless video camera, uses ultra-low power wireless technologies to deliver cost effective, easy‐to‐deploy, secure, and reliable wireless surveillance.

Nik Software

Website: www.niksoftware.com
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Status: Acquired
Nik Software develops award-winning desktop and mobile software and technologies for the professional and consumer photography markets. Nik Software was acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in 2012.

Packet Video Jim Brailean

Website: www.packetvideo.com
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Status: Acquired:
A pioneer in bringing digital media to mobile phones, PacketVideo, today, enables a seamless media experience between mobile and living room devices. PacketVideo was acquired by NTT DOCOMO in 2010.

Sonic

Website: www.sonic.com
Headquarters: Novato, CA
Status: Acquired
Sonic Solutions is a leading developer of technology that enables the creation and management of digital media content across a wide variety of platforms. It was acquired by Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) in 2010.

  • "Karmel Capital unlocks value by bringing operational excellence and strategic direction with an alternative perspective to disruptive technology companies."
  • "Karmel Capital partners with current investors/owners and management team to turn around companies ."

Investment Checklist.

The companies that we acquire typically meet these general criteria.

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♦ Startups, small businesses, or corporate subsidiaries with over $10mm invested
♦ Technology and/or product is proven and shipping
♦ $100k monthly burn rate or better
♦ Not yet able to scale up sales in current market
♦ Investor fatigue has set in
♦ Passionate management that is open to try new approaches and markets

If this sounds like your company, please contact us below. We would love to hear from you.

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