Bellevue, WA, December, 2009 Concord Ventures is pleased to announce the addition of Terry Briggs as Representative in California.

Mr. Briggs is based in Davis, CA, near Sacramento, and will cover Northern California.

Prior to joining Concord Ventures, Mr. Briggs led a highly successful group for Sumitomo Corporation of America, assisting the Japanese banking conglomerate with numerous strategic acquisitions, both nationally and internationally. He also owned and ran his own business in Seattle.

Mr. Briggs holds a BA in Economics and History from Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.

Concord Ventures is a Bellevue-based boutique investment-banking firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions, re-capitalizations, and valuations of established companies. The primary focus of the firm is companies with valuations between $750,000 to $50,000,000 in manufacturing, service, and distribution.

Bellevue, WA, July 2009 Concord Ventures is pleased to announce the sale of print finishing and product packaging company Graphic Impressions to a private investor.

Concord Ventures represented the seller and negotiated financing for the sale.

Graphic Impressions is a 35 year old commercial print specialty and marketing company in Kent, WA. The firm is especially noted for its well designed and produced packaging. Customers include Microsoft, Nintendo, Philips, Starbucks, Almond Roca, Portlock Salmon, Intel, Apple, X-Box, Nordstrom, and Top Pot.

Products also include other specialty print and custom products such as point of purchase materials, corporate identity materials, and company branded office products.

Founded in 1974, the company was acquired by the seller in 1983 after he worked there for five years.

Concord Ventures is a Bellevue-based boutique investment-banking firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions, re-capitalizations, and valuations of established companies. The primary focus of the firm is companies with valuations between $750,000 to $50,000,000 in manufacturing, service, and distribution