PEDLAR VENTURES
Executive Services
Pedlar Ventures takes a hands-on seat alongside your leadership — on the board, as an advisor, or as an interim executive through a transition, financing, or period of rapid change — backed by public-company experience across NASDAQ, TSX, and the TSX Venture Exchange.
When a company needs senior leadership through a transition, a financing, or a period of rapid change, Brian steps in directly rather than sending a junior team. Having run Covalon Technologies as CEO for fourteen years and served as Interim Co-CEO of Merge Healthcare and President and CFO of Cedara Software — and now as a Senior Advisor at Morrison Park Advisors — he has done the operating job in medtech, not just advised on it.
- Board and advisory involvement
- Interim executive leadership (CEO, President, or CFO) through a transition — and fractional CFO support for growth-stage finance.
- Public-company finance, reporting, and governance
- Fundraising, M&A, and going-public experience
- Hands-on, time-boxed engagements
Related case studies: Covalon (14-year CEO) · Merge Healthcare (interim) →
Board & Governance
Pedlar Ventures takes director and advisory-board roles that bring public-company governance discipline to growth-stage medical device and health-technology companies.
Growing companies often need board-level judgment before they can afford a full slate of seasoned directors. As a director, board chair, and advisor across public and private companies, Brian helps management teams build the governance, financial controls, and strategic oversight that credible investors and acquirers expect.
- Board director and board chair roles
- Advisory board participation
- Audit, finance, and governance oversight
- Preparation for financing, M&A, or public listing
Independent Advisory
Pedlar Ventures provides project-based advisory on financing, M&A, going public, and operational strategy for medical device and health-technology companies.
Not every engagement calls for capital or a formal role. When a management team needs an experienced operator for a specific problem — a raise, a transaction, a turnaround, a strategic decision — Brian works on a focused, project basis, drawing on more than 24 years leading and advising medical technology companies and, today, running healthcare M&A as a Senior Advisor at Morrison Park Advisors.
- Financing strategy and capital raising
- Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
- Going-public readiness (TSXV, TSX, NASDAQ)
- Operational and strategic problem-solving
Investment
For the companies Brian works closely with, Pedlar Ventures invests alongside the engagement — meaningful capital sized to the company and the opportunity, not a fixed cheque.
It comes with an operator at the table, not passive money, and the portfolio stays small — no more than ten active companies — so each one gets real attention.
- Investment alongside the engagement, sized case by case (no fixed cheque)
- Medical devices, health technology, and related software
- Paired with an operating, board, or advisory role
- An operator at the table, not passive money