Mary Beth Hardina

Mercantile Capital Markets focuses on investments in the following sectors: telecommunications, data communications, wireless technologies, bandwidth improvement software/hardware, semiconductor design/production, Internet applications, services and infrastructure, genomics, drug discovery, medical devices and traditional businesses with the potential for market expansion and capital appreciation. The firm invests in early-stage companies, as well as growth-stage companies. They participate in early-stage equity financings, growth stage equity investments, PIPEs, mezzanine investments, MBOs, project financings, bridge financings and industry consolidations. Mercantile Capital Markets looks for companies with defensible business and revenue models, experienced management teams and achievable exit strategies. Companies should have the potential for significant revenue, cash flow and earnings growth. Mercantile Capital Markets invests alongside other strategic industry investors. They look for opportunities in which the firm can add value in marketing, growing customer bases, increasing operating efficiency, expanding business models and locating additional sources of capital.