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a Conscious tech B.V. is a Dutch investment fund management company with focus on the US government contracting industry, specifically, on a small business set-aside categories such as minority owned (8(a)), businesses situated at the historically under-utilised zones (HUBZone), service disables veteran owned small business (SDVOSB), economically disadvantaged woman owned small business (EDWOSB), woman owned small business (WOSB). This market segment has proven its growth, especially over the last decade, and has shown strong performance in times of global crisis.
Overall volume of the US government contracting market has reached $600B in 2019. Contingency measures expanded it by another $2T in 2020, and increased to $2,5T in 2021. In 2022 the budged went back to $2T with expanded share allocated to set-aside categories. At least 23% of overall market volume goes to small business set-aside categories including up to 7% to small business in general.
This focus allows a Conscious tech to foster a differentiated and sustainable tech business within a sizeable market to ensure a steady financial returns.
a Conscious tech investment strategy supports responsible choices with focus on diversity, green mindset, sustainability, and respect to the community and environment.
About Us
Grant Winterton
Managing Director
- 15 years as a GM managing up to $2 Billion USA growth revenue and $150M EBITDA.
- In the last 4 businesses dramatic structural change to drive substantial EBITDA growth and restructuring to reduce debt by over $1 Billion (60% of debt).
- Started the European business for JUUL labs from zero and scaled quickly a $150M retail business, with 500 plus people.
- Created Mission, Vision, 5 year Business plans for 4 businesses in 3 different countries.
- Lead the creation of new business processes for business planning, K.P.I measurement, new product launches, forecasting and planning (SOP), people development, distribution management, cash flow planning, customer service tracking.
- Negotiated contracts up to $300M.
- Managed teams up to 4000 people.
- Managed acquisitions including principle participation in one acquisition of $500M for Multon at Coke .
- Restructured $1.5 Billion debt for Roust with Bondholders in Chapter 11.
- Successfully worked with and managed Roust Corporation Legal Board of 6.
Anna Kuznetsova
Managing Director
- Board member of several for- and non-profit entities.
- An international serial entrepreneur, a polymath, and a cross-cultural negotiations expert.
- Facilitated projects in a number of countries, including The Netherlands, Singapore, and the US.
- With the team of financial and economy experts invented a formula to predict market attitude of art as an investment – a highly sought-after solution for this asset class.
- Created business model/mission/vision for numerous projects worldwide.
- Holds 4 degrees, including LLB, BA in Art History (Summa Cum Laude), MA in International Relations, and MA in Art Business from Manchester University (Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, UK).
- Guest lecturer at Webster University Geneva, Switzerland and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, UK.
Driven by Diversity
Conservative but Agile
Invest Responsibly
Our Assets
a Conscious tech’s first investment project is a Washington, DC small business US Government contracting company Alagant Tech LLC. It was established in August 2020 by a seasoned industry professional – Eli E. Liang and his team of experts. Alagant qualifies for a minority-owned (8(a)) status and has a unique business model, which constitutes an ability to identify winnable solicitations without capture work necessary. This is a proven over the years capacity of Alagant’s core group of executives. This strategic approach goes in parallel with a traditional take on government contracting based on fostering client relationships. Alagant ensures its diverse hiring policy and invests its efforts into meaningful projects that benefit community and government structures. Exceptional performance of the core executives allows Alagant to forecast sustainable return on the investment.
Industry Highlights
US Government maintains high transparency regarding its federal spending. It also ensures fair competition process that allows for the new bidders to enter the industry.
US Government priority spending forecast assumes ongoing effort to economy recovery from pandemic with increased budget to healthcare and COVID response in particular. Other key areas of additional funds allocation are climate change and technology, while infrastructure and national security keeping their priority positions in the budget.
The list of agencies that are subject to the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act and regularly outsource work on the market.
Agency for International Development (USAID)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education (Education)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Labor (DOL)
Department of State (State)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Each USA federal agency has a statutory annual goal for awarding contract dollars to particular groups of contractors.
The combined goals for the federal government are:
5 percent of prime and subcontracts for women-owned small businesses (WOSB)
5 percent of prime contracts and subcontracts for small disadvantaged businesses (8(a))
3 percent of prime contracts and subcontracts for HUBZone small businesses (HUBZone)
3 percent of prime and subcontracts for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB)
7 plus percent other small businesses
Main domain of services a Conscious tech finds most perspective in US government contracting:
IT
Management
Health
Cyber Security
Cloud Computing