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Strategic Holdings
A snapshot of the
Firm’s major portfolio companies-strategic holdings include:
"Clean Fuel" and other alternative energy technologies and
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Earth Biofuels,
Inc.
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Earth Biofuels,
Inc.: EBI is a vertically integrated energy company and
one of the first of its kind in the biofuels industry.
As a producer, distributor, and marketer of biodiesel
fuel, the company operates at each level of the supply
chain from raw materials to the retail level.
Additionally, the company is rapidly expanding, through
construction or acquisition, into the ethanol market.
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Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
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Pacific Ethanol engages in the
development, production, and marketing of renewable fuels in
the western United States. Pacific Ethanol has just
completed the construction of an ethanol production facility
in Madera County, California, as well as working on
developing four additional plants on the West Coast. Kinergy
Marketing, LLC, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, is a
West Coast based marketer of ethanol. In addition, the
company engages in the identification and development of
other renewable fuel technologies, such as cellulose-based
ethanol production and bio-diesel.
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Global broadband, telecom, wireless and networking
infrastructure sector |
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Linktone Ltd.
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Linktone Ltd. provides wireless
media, entertainment, and communication services to mobile
phone users in the People’s Republic of China. |
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StraitShot Communications
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Straitshot provides a fully
managed network service that enables enterprises to securely
share mission critical data, voice and video applications
between multiple locations without touching the Internet.
Straitshot’s Intelligent Private Network (IPN) Service is
designed for enterprises that demand the flexibility and
cost-advantages of a routed IP network, but require the
security and guaranteed performance of a private layer 2
network. Straitshot is uniquely positioned to capitalize on
the changing requirements of the WAN market by delivering
the security of Frame Relay, the flexibility and cost
advantages of a shared IP network, and by providing
unparalleled performance and application prioritization
across the network.
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Global security and intelligence services including software
applications and materials sciences sector |
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Cepheid
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Cepheid develops, manufactures,
and markets fully integrated systems that perform
genetic analysis, including DNA or RNA analysis, for the
clinical, life sciences and biothreat markets.
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L1 Identity Solutions
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L-1 Identity Solutions develops
technologies to solve the world's most challenging
identity-related problems. These include cutting-edge
technologies and services from Integrated Biometric
Technology, SecuriMetrics, and Iridian Technologies, to
name a few.
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RAE Systems
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RAE Systems is
a leading global developer and manufacturer of rapidly
deployable, multi-sensor chemical detection monitors and
networks for homeland security and industrial
applications. In addition, RAE Systems offers a full
line of portable single-sensor chemical and radiation
detection products. RAE Systems’ products are used by
many U.S. government agencies, including the Department
of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the
Department of State, as well as all branches of the U.S.
military, and by numerous city and state agencies.
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You
just have to be opportunistic, and try to figure out what creates
value.. where the bottom is, what creates incremental value, and in
what combinations.
Ziad K. Abdelnour, President & CEO
Blackhawk Partners, Inc. |
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