Case | HBS Case Collection | 2005 (Revised from original 2000 version)

Deep Sight Technology, Inc.

by Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely

Abstract

The founders of a deep sea technology company must refine their tentative capital structure and founders agreement in response to tax factors. Some parties are conveying partnership assets, others are conveying rights to an invention, another will be primarily providing management talent. All are buying "founders stock." Additional financing, including a public offering, is contemplated. A rewritten version of an earlier case.

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Taxation; Assets; Partners and Partnerships; Initial Public Offering; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Acquisition; Copyright; Corporate Finance; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry;

Citation:

Reiling, Henry B., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Deep Sight Technology, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 200-047, August 2005. (Revised from original February 2000 version.)