Sandia Capital Partners, LLC (SCP) provides corporate finance and strategic advisory services to businesses and institutions in Asia seeking to execute strategic alliances and corporate finance transactions with businesses and institutions in New Mexico. SCP provides similar services to businesses and institutions in New Mexico seeking advice and counsel in executing strategic alliances and corporate finance transactions with businesses and institutions in Asia.

SCP services provided to Asian corporate and institutional clients include advice and assistance in:

• identifying and arranging strategic alliances with New Mexico businesses and institutions, and
• the identification, analysis and execution of the acquisition of New Mexico businesses
• identifying and consummating capital investments in New Mexico businesses
• providing a competent technical resource and single point of contact for Asian businesses and institutions seeking business opportunities in New Mexico

Specific services provided by SCP in assisting New Mexico corporate and institutional clients include:

• forming strategic alliances with Asian businesses and institutions
• securing capital investment from Asian businesses and financial institutions
• forming distribution agreements with Asian businesses
• sale of businesses to Asian businesses, and
• providing business and market expertise in concluding business transactions with Asian businesses

SCP believes it has a unique and compelling competitive advantage in providing these services in that its partners and associates have extensive:

• corporate finance skills
• experience in executing corporate finance transactions and corporate strategic initiatives
• an in depth knowledge of the New Mexico economy and business climate, and
• a unique network of associations and contacts in Asia.

SCP believes that there is a growing need for such services, and that there are few if any alternative providers of such services in New Mexico. Furthermore, SCP believes that initiatives at the state government, national laboratories, and state universities to stimulate cross border relationships with Asian businesses and governmental agencies will provide a growing need for such services. SCP intends to provide these services in a manner that supports and compliments those activities.

Asia /New Mexico Business and Institutional Opportunities:

New Mexico’s extensive government, university and private sector research targeted to certain specific industry and technical sectors has captured the attention of various Asian governments and businesses seeking to expand knowledge, technical expertise and business opportunities in those sectors. Renewable energy, hydrogen fuel cells, micro and nano technology and MEMS, as well as photovoltaics and life sciences are all heavily supported research fields in New Mexico as well as fields of great interest to Asian governments and businesses.

In addition, the State of New Mexico has aggressively and successfully marketed these capabilities to Asian constituencies and has established excellent personal and governmental relationships to bring about opportunities to the state from these shared interests and capabilities.

The state government, the state’s research universities, and the national labs have all expressed a keen interest in accomplishing this. Specifically, these instituions wish to benefit from an expanded New Mexico/Asia realtionship by:

• expanding the licensing of technology and intellectual property to Asian businesses and governments
• stimulating the development and growth of technology businesses funded or supported by Asian capital so as to increase utilization and tenancy in corporate research and technology parks supported by the universities
• develop enhanced collaborative research opportunities with Asian businesses and governmental and educational institutions
• stimulate technology transfer to the US and Asian private sector, and
• develop joint research and development programs with Asian business, governments and educational institutions

The Role of Sandia Capital Partners, LLC:

The Asia/New Mexico relationship described above is primarily focused on the public sector. Licensing of technology and intellectual property from the state’s universities and national labs, housing technology enterprises in research parks and business incubators, enhancing collaboratively funded research, technology transfer and joint research and development are all activities and important roles of the public sector stakeholders in the Asia/New Mexico relationship. These organizations and institutions all have experienced and capable staff and existing infrastructure to accomplish this.

SCP believes that as these activities expand and grow it is inevitable that private sector, corporate finance and strategic alliance opportunities will significantly increase as by products of many of the public sector aspects of the Asia/New Mexico relationship. SCP also believes that the availability of a competent, connected, informed and respected corporate finance service and strategic advisory service provider will enhance and stimulate the growth and accomplishment of the public sector objectives of the Asia/New Mexico initiatives.

Businesses in New Mexico that license technology from the universities and national labs can utilize SCP’s services to enhance their business performance by obtaining capital, forming marketing and distribution relationships and other strategic relationships with Asian businesses and financial institutions. This should translate into enhanced revenue streams of royalty and licensing income to the universities and labs. Similarly, tech businesses seeking to locate at university supported facilities with capital and relationships with Asian businesses may make better and more profitable tenants. Finally as New Mexico businesses with Asian investment and support become successful and better known in the global markets, the stature and capabilities of the New Mexico research, scientific and business environment will become better known, benefiting all involved.

By focusing exclusively on private sector, corporate finance related activities with Asian and New Mexico businesses, SCP believes it will facilitate accelerated growth of Asia/New Mexico corporate relationships. These expanded relationships will directly and indirectly enhance the growth and financial rewards of the public sector stakeholders while at the same time raising the positive profile of New Mexico and its abundant technological resources in the Asian business community.