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Shiboomi Brings in Cisco as Corporate Partner to American Ballers

Shiboomi brings Cisco on board as a corporate partner to American Ballers.  Shiboomi is working with Cisco to co-develop events and programs with American Baller to help at-risk inner-city youth across the US in partnership with the NBA, NFL, WNBA team and current and professional athletes. 

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Shiboomi Partners with Nuzzi Ventures & Forecastle to Form SFN Group

SFN was formed by uniting of companies: Shiboomi, Forecastle, and Nuzzi Ventures to provide multi-faceted corporate growth services to lower to middle market growth companies and development projects. Shiboomi brings its expertise in corporate development strategy, human capital, and leadership strategy.  Forecastle focuses on financial strategy, analysis, and services as well as operational consulting and providing AI tools and strategies across industries.  Nuzzi Ventures focuses on partnerships and relationships for strategic growth and financing initiatives.

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Shiboomi Partners with M&A Advisory Firm HVA

Shiboomi partners with HVA, executing middle-market acquistions focused on real estate/ operating companies. 

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Select Shiboomi Executives took on Interim C-Suite Roles at IKAR Holdings

IKAR is an international  multi-industry investment and holding company with 26 companies, based in London.  Shiboomi stepped in and took on key positions, including CEO, during a transitional phase for the company. 

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Investment Banking Services 

Gary Woolf joins Charles Towne Holdings (re-branded CTH Advisors) as a Managing Director and Investment Banker and moves investment banking licenses under this broker-dealer for all regulated investment banking activities for former Shiboomi Capital clients.   

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Shiboomi Formalizes Official Partnership with Sumec-Capital to Execute Cross-Border Transactions between US & China

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Shiboomi is proud to announce the formalization of an official partnership with Sumec-Capital to execute cross-border equity transactions, M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships between the US and China.  Shiboomi is honored to join Sumec-Capital’s prestigious group of international partners including Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Deloitte, PWC, Ernst & Young, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Clifford Chance, and other prominent international corporations:  http://www.sumec-capital.com/hzhb

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Sumec Capital is the investment and financing platform for Sumec’s 53 domestic Chinese and 17 international subsidiary companies as well as for Sumec’s parent company, the SINOMACH Conglomerate, which consistently ranks in the top 300 on the Fortune Global 500 list and holds 180 subsidiaries including 9 listed companies. 

Shiboomi’s Gary Woolf Discusses Big Booster Companies from France & the Big Booster's Expansion into China 

 

Shiboomi's CEO, Gary Woolf helps companies from France through the Big Booster Program looking to expand internationally and advises Big Booster in expanding their program into China. 

China Merchants Group's Subsidiary CMCT Meets with Shiboomi's Clients in Boston, MA

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Leaders from the China Merchants Group's subsidiary, CMCT, which is focused on R&D and technological innovation for the conglomerate, visits select Shiboomi clients to facilitate strategic business partnerships between CMCT and these US technology companies as well between the China Merchants Group Shiboomi.  China Merchants Group is one of China's largest diversified state-owned conglomerates with an estimated $148 Billion USD in Assets and $1 Trillion USD in total assets under management.  For more information on China Merchants Group, please visit: http://www.cmhk.com/home/

Shiboomi's Leadership Launches Shiboomi Capital, A Boutique Investment Bank for Growth-Stage Companies

 

Shiboomi Capital is launched to help growth stage companies access the appropriate sources of capital and partnerships to grow and to expand into new markets.  Shiboomi Capital focuses on equity and debt corporate financings, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic financial advisory services.  

Shiboomi’s Gary Woolf & Gunnar Armannsson Discuss Shiboomi's Economic Development Efforts in Iceland on Icelandic National News 

 

Shiboomi's CEO, Gary Woolf and Shiboomi's Director of Icelandic Operations, Gunar Armannsson, discuss some of Shiboomi's economic development efforts in Iceland on Icelandic National News.

Shiboomi’s CEO, Gary Woolf, speaks at MDG Boston Forum

 

Shiboomi's CEO presents as guest speaker at "MDG Boston Forum: How to Enter & Expand in China's Medtech Double-Digit Growth Space."

Shiboomi's Leadership Serves as Mentors & Judges for International Business Development Programs through MassChallenge

 

Shiboomi works with select companies from Morocco, the Basque Region of Spain, and Lyon, France as mentors and judges as they look to expand into the US and global markets. 

Shiboomi’s Team Judges MIT CHIEF Business Plan Contest

 

The Shiboomi Team participated as judges for the MIT China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT CHIEF) Business Plan competition for new companies for both the Chinese and US markets.

Shiboomi Forms Partnership with the Midwest US China Association (MWCA)

 

Shiboomi has joined forces with the MWCA.  The MWCA includes the Governors of the 12 Midwest US States, the Mayors of the region’s top cities, and all of the region’s governmental economic development agencies.  In addition, the MWCA includes prominent US Government leaders such as former US Vice President Walter Mondale, Senator Adlai Stevensen, and many other national leaders.   

 

Working directly with the Chairman of the MWCA, Governor Bob Holden of Missouri, and his team, Shiboomi and the MWCA are co-developing business opportunities for top corporations throughout the Midwest and leading Chinese institutions.  We are introducing opportunities for strategic partnerships and market penetration for all parties. 

 

Shiboomi Collaborating with Enterprise Europe and Hessen Germany Trade & Invest

 

Enterprise Europe Network is the institution which coordinates the economic development efforts of each country in the European Union.It is one of the most powerful economic development entities in the world.  Within Europe the Hessen region of Germany, which is centered in Frankfurt, was selected to the banking/finance center and leader for Enterprise Europe.

 

Enterprise Europe and Hessen Trade & Invest will be promoting Shiboomi's Global Solutions China program to European companies in the fields of biotech, cleantech, life sciences, renewable energy, high tech, and aerospace.  This collaboration between Shiboomi, Enterprise Europe, and Hessen Trade & Invest was initiated to assist European companies in their business development and execution of corporate opportunities in China.  Shiboomi is specifically providing opportunities for strategic partnerships and market penetration between Chinese and European companies and institutions.  This novel initiative is being launched at the Paris Air Show.  This effort is being led by Dr. Khaled Snouber, the Head of Enterprise Europe Network and Director of Hessen Trade & Invest, and his team.

 

Select Members of the Shiboomi Team Serve as MassChallenge Mentors & Finalists

 

The Mass Challenge is the world's largest international corporate accelerator and competition.  Over 2,000 companies from all over the world in the sectors of healthcare, life sciences, clean-tech, renewable energy, energy, hightech, retail, and consumer products apply for this competition.  The competition has over 2,100 corporate applicants. From these applicants, 120 of the most impactful and novel young companies were chosen as finalists. 

 

Select members of the Shiboomi team serve as MassChallenge Judges & Mentors/Advisors to the finalists.  Shiboomi is pleased to mentor these companies and expose select MassChallenge companies to our international programs for corporate development.  The MassChallenge works in partnership with corporate sponsors such as American Airlines, Fidelity Investments, Verizon, Oracle, Microsoft, and many additional leading corporations.

 

Shiboomi’s CEO Speaks at Harvard US-China Economic Forum

 

Shiboomi's CEO, Gary Woolf, speaks at the Harvard US-China Economic Forum.  The event was held at Harvard University’s Northwest Building in Cambridge, MA.

 

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