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Commercialization strategy — turning R&D into predictable revenue

For deep-tech, infrastructure, health and diagnostics, and other R&D-heavy companies crossing into revenue. We make sure the numbers work before the launch, and that they keep working at scale.

Go-to-market economics and pricing strategy

Before launch, the numbers have to work. We set pricing against value and segment, model unit economics by channel, and size the sales investment to the revenue it can return. A launch should prove a business, not just a product.

  • Pricing. Set against the value delivered to each customer segment.
  • Unit-level models. Economics by product, customer and channel.
  • Sales investment. Sized to the revenue it can realistically return.

Capital sequencing and investor communication

Commercialization changes what investors ask for. Capital is sequenced to match each milestone, and the investor story moves from technical promise to revenue evidence. We carry that dialogue through the transition to scale. More on capital and investor strategy.

This is Phase I of the Rolled Sleeves Path. Wendy is doing this work today with CRWN.ai, a transmission grid infrastructure company now commercializing its technology.

Entering the US market

For Canadian and cross-border companies, the United States is usually where the revenue and the buyers are. We plan the finance side of expansion: entity and tax structure, pricing in a new market, cash runway for a longer sales cycle, and the reporting US investors and acquirers expect.

Wendy's own record includes a CA$100M cross-border exit to a Hong Kong-listed acquirer, so the cross-border questions are familiar ones.

Questions founders ask

Commercialization: common questions

When does a company need commercialization finance?

When the first revenue is in sight. The pricing, unit economics and capital decisions made at that stage shape the company's value long after launch.

How do you approach pricing for a new product?

We price against the value delivered to each customer segment, then test it against unit economics by channel, so the price supports both adoption and margin.

What does the finance side of US expansion involve?

Entity and tax structure, pricing for the new market, cash runway for a longer sales cycle, and reporting that meets the expectations of US investors and acquirers.

Which industries do you work with?

Mostly R&D-heavy businesses crossing into revenue: deep-tech, infrastructure, health and diagnostics, and similar companies.

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Before launch, the numbers have to work.

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