First meeting is always face-to-face. Usually breakfast or lunch. If impossible to meet in person, we hold a Zoom conference.
We need to meet you in person to understand your technology and assess whether we're aligned.
We work hands-on throughout the entire process. No delegation to junior staff. You work directly with us.
We take equity in every engagement because, if we will invest time and effort in beinging your technology to patients, we like to feel like we are your partner. That alignment matters.

Every company we represent passes comprehensive evaluation across six criteria:
Companies that don't meet these standards don't advance. This protects both founders and investors.

Ben spent five years as an investment advisor at RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto, working with high-net-worth clients on complex transactions and understanding institutional capital requirements.
For the past 20 years he's focused on healthcare innovation and commercial real estate, completing over $450 million in transactions.
He's bilingual (English and French), holds a business administration degree from Université de Sherbrooke.
He believes healthcare is a human right. That's not a slogan. It's a filter. It attracts the right founders and repels the wrong ones.
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Meridian Strategic Advisors, Inc.
2020 Main Street, Suite 1225, Irvine, CA 92614
(310) 927-0159 ben@benlapointe.com
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