1998 Experience
Venture Capital Investing and Management
Momentum Funds Management
Melbourne - $30 million early stage Australian technology venture capital fund
Between 1997 and 2004 Jason Bresnehan provided venture capital management services Melbourne based venture capital firm Momentum Investment Group a technology venture capital firm that invests in high-risk early stage companies commercialising technologies internationally.
As part of a four person venture capital team Jason was involved in all aspects of the international venture capital process including; initial company assessment, detailed due diligence, negotiation of investment terms, deal structuring, project managing the deal closing process, legals, subsequent investee management, investee directorships, the development of investee commercialisation strategy and action plans, exit strategy and execution.
Jason traveled extensively behalf of Momentum’s investees and has undertaken mandates in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Atlanta.
During this Jason has performed over 40 detailed assessments of Australian technology companies and led three multi-million dollar investments.
Financial Strategies
Forestry Tasmania
Burnie - Government Owned Forestry Enterprise
Jason Bresnehan was retained by Total Business Consultants to develop financial strategies for Forestry Tasmania’s proposed privatisation and/or corporatisation of its speciality timber harvesting and sales division.
Business Training and Business Plan
Royal National Agricultural and Pastoral Society
Launceston - Launceston’s rural show society
Jason Bresnehan completed a strategic business plan for the Society in preparation for its re-location to a new rehabilitated industrial site in Launceston.
The business planning process included workshop training of all of the Society's committee members in the aspects of a business plan, group brainstorming and collaborative development of the key strategies. The Business plan was then refined with one-on-one coaching of the Society's CEO.
Financial Strategy
Tasmanian Speciality Timbers Pty Ltd
Strahan - Specialty timber miller and sales
On behalf of strategic partner, Tilbury Steele and Farley, Jason Bresnehan developed the financial strategy underpinning the business plan for the merger of two speciality timber milling businesses to become Tasmanian Speciality Timbers. The businesses were merged to ensure the allocation of huon pine and other speciality Tasmanian timbers.
Debt Broking
Bells Constructions and Technologies Pty Ltd
Hobart - Large Tasmanian construction firm
Bresnehan Ventures assisted the company arrange its construction/completed project bonding debt facilities.
Mergers and Acquisition
Wah Tung International Ltd
Hong Kong - ASX Listed (now de-listed) Hong Kong based construction company
Bresnehan Ventures acted as an adviser to Hong Kong based Wah Tung in its take-over of the Tasmanian branch of Fletchers Constructions. Jason arranged the acquisition finance and provided other corporate advice.
Structured Finance
JBT (Tas) Pty Ltd
Hobart - $11 million development of a 6 cinema and retail complex at Glenorchy (near Hobart)
Jason Bresnehan successfully concluded an $11 million project finance raising for the client to complete an $11 million 6 cinema and retail complex.
Debt Broking
Tasmanian Outstanding Property Investments Pty Ltd
Launceston - Hotel and bottle shop in Launceston
Bresnehan Ventures assisted the client raise finance for the purchase of the hotel and bottle shop and lease-back to Woolworths Ltd.
Business Plans and Corporatisation
Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries (Tasmania)
Hobart - Five Government owned agricultural research stations
Bresnehan Ventures undertook a mandate to advise the Tasmanian Government on its corporatisation, privatisation and other business model options for its five-agribusiness research stations throughout Tasmania.
The mandate involved extensive research, business planning the preparation of detailed financial projections and interviews with key stake-holders groups.
Capital Raising
JBT (Tas) Pty Ltd
Hobart - Property Developers
Jason Bresnehan successfully concluded an $11 million project finance raising for the client to complete an $11 million 6 cinema and retail complex.
Investor Ready Assessment
Foley Industries Pty Ltd
Launceston - Technology - manufactures of stainless steel products such as specialised hospital sinks
On behalf of the Tasmanian Government (Department of State Development), Jason Bresnehan prepared an Investor Ready assessment of the early stage technology company.
Investor Ready Assessment
Autech Research Pty Ltd
Launceston - Technology - Developers and paint/color chart software
On behalf of the Tasmanian Government (department of State Development, Jason Bresnehan prepared an Investor Ready assessment of the early stage technology company.
Investor Ready Assessment
Fiomarine Industries Pty Ltd
Ulverstone - Technology - Inventors, developers and distributors of submersible marine buoy technology
Jason Bresnehan was retained to write a detailed Information Memorandum and business plan for the commercialisation of Fiomarine’s high technology submersible marine buoy - Fiobuoy. Fiobuoy is to be marketed globally to naval, merchant shipping the fishing and aquaculture industries. The Information Memorandum was used to raise capital to launch the business.