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Associated Press
08-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Greg Shine Acquires Blue Valley Capital LLC
Driving Smarter Exits for Wire Harness and Cable Assembly Founders Through Proven Advisory and Purpose-Built Readiness Tools. BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, July 8, 2025 / / -- Greg Shine Acquires Blue Valley Capital LLC; Introduces HarnessPoint to Help Wire Harness Owners Prepare for Sale Blue Valley Capital LLC, a boutique M&A advisory firm specializing in wire harness and cable assembly businesses, proudly announces its acquisition by Greg Shine, a seasoned industry operator and former Senior Advisor at the firm. With more than 35 years of hands-on experience, Shine has built, scaled, and successfully sold his own wire harness company. Now, as the new owner of Blue Valley Capital, he's bringing a founder's mindset to the advisory space. Shine's vision for the firm reflects his deep understanding of the founder journey and the complexities of business ownership transition. 'I've walked in the same shoes as our clients,' Shine shared. 'This isn't just about closing a transaction, it's about helping owners exit with clarity, confidence, and value.' The Smith family, former owners of Blue Valley Capital, expressed full confidence in Shine's leadership. 'Greg understands this industry from both sides of the table. His combination of operational and advisory experience provides him with a unique perspective on what business owners need. We're thrilled to see Blue Valley continue with the same values of integrity and client service.' Under Shine's leadership, Blue Valley Capital will remain focused on serving founder-led companies throughout North America, with a renewed emphasis on early-stage exit planning. To support this mission, Shine is launching HarnessPoint, a structured exit-readiness program designed specifically for wire harness and cable assembly business owners who are one to three years or more away from selling. HarnessPoint was born from Shine's firsthand experience preparing his own business for sale. He recognized that while many businesses were successful, they often weren't sellable, at least not at the value their owners hoped for. The program provides founders with strategic guidance to strengthen the four areas that matter most to buyers: - Financial Clarity – Clean, reliable reporting and quality of earnings that stand up to buyer scrutiny. - Customer Strength – A diverse, stable customer base that reduces dependency and concentration risk. - Management Resilience – A capable leadership team that can operate independently of the owner. - Competitive Positioning – A defensible competitive moat backed by process documentation and operational differentiation. Shine emphasized that owners don't need to overhaul every corner of their company to prepare for sale. 'The key is to focus on the value drivers buyers care most about. That's where the multiple lives.' HarnessPoint is designed to reduce risk, enhance value, and ensure the business is market-ready, on the owner's terms and timeline. It bridges the gap between operating a strong company and preparing one that will attract top-tier buyers. Blue Valley Capital's boutique approach will remain at the heart of the firm's services. Working exclusively with businesses generating between $3 million and $50 million in annual revenue, the firm provides hands-on guidance from pre-market preparation to final closing. Clients benefit from Blue Valley's industry knowledge, extensive buyer network, and founder-first approach. Shine concluded, 'Every business has a story, and every founder deserves a thoughtful, well-prepared exit. Our job is to make sure owners don't leave money or legacy on the table.' About Blue Valley Capital LLC: Blue Valley Capital LLC is a boutique sell-side advisory firm focused exclusively on wire harness and cable assembly businesses. With a team of former operators and M&A advisors, the firm serves owner-led companies across North America, delivering tailored support from exit planning through to successful transaction execution. Blue Valley Capital helps founders maximize value, reduce deal friction, and confidently transition to their next chapter. To learn more, visit or contact Greg Shine directly at [email protected]. Gregory Shine Blue Valley Capital LLC +1 413-822-1048 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Group formed to invest, grant money from state's largest environmental damages settlement
The Lower John Day River, pictured, is among the Oregon waterways contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls. (Photo by Greg Shine/U.S. Bureau of Land Management/Flickr) More than two years ago, Oregon settled with agrochemical giant Monsanto over the company's alleged role in polluting waters of the state for more than 90 years with toxic chemicals harming humans and aquatic species. Now, Gov. Tina Kotek and the newly established Oregon Environmental Restoration Council will begin planning, investing and distributing that settlement money – $698 million – over the course of 50 years, using it to pay for environmental restoration and cleanup work across the state. Kotek announced the council's chairs Wednesday, as well as details about how the money in the state's Environmental Restoration Fund will eventually be allocated. 'The term 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' can be a little bit hyperbolic, but I think in this case, it's absolutely true,' said Nicole Maness, manager of the fund. 'This is a significant amount of money, and it's coming at a time when there's a huge amount of uncertainty around federal funding for restoration.' The settlement money will be invested by the State Treasury, and earn interest income that will be distributed by the Environmental Restoration Council and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board biennially, Maness said. Half of the settlement money awarded each biennium will go to state agencies to support work on water and environmental restoration. One quarter will go to the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon for conservation and natural resources; and the remaining quarter will go to local communities and community-based organizations for projects benefitting people and neighborhoods disproportionately harmed by pollution. The deal between the Oregon Department of Justice and Monsanto is the largest environmental damages settlement in state history. The company agreed to pay in December 2022 to end a lawsuit brought by then Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum over allegations that Monsanto had for decades polluted state waters with Polychlorinated biphenyls, also called PCBs. Oregon is among several states that have sued the company, which has not admitted guilt or liability for the pollution. Monsanto was for decades the only manufacturer, seller and distributor of PCBs — colorless or light yellow compounds once used in coolants, electrical equipment, hydraulic oils, paints and caulking and copy paper — until it voluntarily ceased production of the compounds in 1977. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found the compounds can cause cancer in animals, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency says they are likely human carcinogens. PCBs continue to leach from landfills and travel into ground and surface waters where they are difficult to remove. More than a dozen waterways in Oregon are damaged by PCBs, including the Portland Harbor, Lower Columbia River, Middle Columbia River, Willamette River, Upper and Lower John Day Rivers and Coos Bay. The money will be used for more than just trying to tackle PCB pollution, Maness said, and 'in a way that is going to be meaningful to Oregonians, that is going to strike that balance between addressing past harms, but also opportunities to restore places that are important to people, important to wildlife.' These could include removing barriers to fish passage, improving overall water quality and aquatic habitat and ensuring salmon consumed among many tribes in Oregon are abundant and safe to eat, she said. Kotek on Wednesday announced she appointed Chuck Sams, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the former director of the National Park Service, and Michael Dembrow, former Democratic state senator representing Portland, as co-chairs of the council. She also appointed Vice Chair Cheyenne Holliday, advocacy director at the nonprofit Portland-based environmental and social justice group Verde. 'This is a tremendous opportunity for us to improve the health and living conditions of Oregonians in every part of the state, year after year for the next fifty years at least,' Dembrow said in a news release. 'It's especially important to have this stable source of funding right now, given our uncertain state budget and little hope for federal support for this important work.' The rest of the council will be made up of the directors, or a designee of the directors, of the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; Oregon's attorney general or someone from the Office of the Attorney General; and two non-voting members from the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon Senate, chosen by those chambers. Kotek has yet to pick the final two members of the 11-member council she gets to appoint, but Maness said they will have to possess expertise in either PCBs or a wide range of environmental toxins. The council aims to have its first meeting this summer, Maness said. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
