• Overview
• Process

The Omnia Value Creation Process

The key to success at Omnia Ventures is its proven multi-phase process for long-term value creation. Through significant, long-term experience in building dozens of companies, the Management Team has developed a winning process which generally can be broken down into five distinct phases.

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Phase I. Opportunity Identification

Working with universities, corporations, governments and entrepreneurs seeking to commercialize their intellectual property, Omnia identifies potential company-building opportunities. Throughout the process, Omnia maximizes value creation by drawing upon a collaborative network of strategic partners built over thirty years. This network provides access to innovative technologies, enhances its ability to identify and address unmet market needs and solicits the guidance of industry and technical experts. While this network is a key source of opportunities, it also provides advice and counsel throughout the company-building process that may be technical, financial or business-related and ultimately helps the Portfolio Companies compete and grow.

Phase II. Opportunity Selection

Omnia devotes considerable time and resources to screening for the most attractive business models and proven technology platforms from the available opportunities. Potential opportunities must also provide a tractable corporate and ownership position to ensure that Omnia will be able to implement its company-building process. Central to Omnia's selection and investment strategy is rigorous risk management based on identifying companies with proven technology and a quantifiable, verifiable business opportunity. Omnia does not invest in "speculative" technologies requiring long development timeframes or excessive capital investment; it looks for defensible core intellectual property and know-how for long-term competitive advantage, and growth potential in very large markets of at least $500 million in size - and actively works with Portfolio Companies from the earliest stages to identify and defend core intellectual property ('IP').

Phase III. Strategic Development

Omnia then seeks to optimize its Portfolio Company’s products and market positioning through refining or changing the emerging company's market focus and/or business model.

Concurrently, Omnia will undertake a review of the intellectual property, both strategic IP (i.e. what can be protected) and tactical IP (i.e. what can be protected) both to defend and expand the Portfolio Company's competitive advantage and lead time over competitors. Optimizing the business is often a "trial and error" process of rapid iteration and learning, with the objective of creating a company targeted on the greatest commercial opportunity that also provides a sustainable source of competitive advantage.

From this stage on, Omnia accelerates company development through a methodical and focused application of financial and human resources. The Management Team has traditionally adopted a hands-on approach with each new investment, (this is true for a short period of time or at the critical stages of development) to new Portfolio Companies in order to utilize Omnia's accumulated knowledge in the company value-creation process, while gaining additional experience and insight which can be applied to subsequent investments.

Phase IV. Profitable Scaling

In building its Portfolio Companies, Omnia typically provides a wide range of services including direct management, strategic planning, intellectual property planning and strategy, capital raising from Omnia's network of investors, recruiting, business development, and other advisory services in areas such as marketing, administration, and capital markets.

Omnia will then identify and recruit leading industry talent from its network of life science and technology partners and contacts to strengthen the Portfolio Company's management team as appropriate propelling it to the next stage of development.

Phase V. Growth

With an experienced industry team in place, Omnia continues to work with its companies over the long term, staying integrally involved with management, and seeking to influence and manage the boards and advisory committees to build value for both Omnia and Portfolio Company shareholders.

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