Through strategic negotiations led by our team, States Manufacturing secured $2.8 million in state incentives from Minnesota. These funds are instrumental in supporting the client’s $24 million investment, which includes leasing 500,000 square feet at The Cubes, a cutting-edge facility in Dayton, Minnesota. Our team worked with this client to prepare for their grand opening event in Q3 2025. This led to the company joining with Forgent Power and achieving an IPO in early 2026.
America’s first and only nano-photonic quantum entropy-based computing company, QCi, leveraged our partnership to open a state-of-the-art thin film lithium niobate exfoliation facility in Arizona. This facility created dozens of jobs locally while securing incentives from all levels of government. This facility remains one of its kind in the USA, competing globally on a daily basis and leading the quantum computing industry with American ingenuity.
The Aesthetic Medical Spa industry is valued at over $21 billion and expected to grow to $80 billion by 2028, led by small, local, woman-owned businesses. Highly educated doctors and nurses lead these facilities, creating 1000s of jobs while leveraging new technologies to transform women’s health. However, state regulators and legislators risk harming the industry and patients by creating uninformed statutes. Through our efforts, we introduced new technologies and ensured the continued availability of proven treatments nationwide, protecting providers.
In the face of uncertain international trade laws and confusing U.S. immigration policies, Shepherd Strategies supports client legal teams to ensure their best and brightest talent may legally work and participate in the U.S. economy. For companies like Josef Rettman, Bacardi Limited, and COJE Management Group we continue to answer the call.
Through Shepherd Strategies’ dedication to nonprofit support and pro bono efforts, the team has worked hand in hand with the Dream Center of Indianapolis to secure state funding to support the ongoing survival of single mothers and former foster youth in Indiana.
Through our efforts with the Dream Center, together, we have secured state TANF funding for the families that need it most, while collaborating with the state of Indiana to secure support from the Department of Child and Family Services, American Red Cross, and the First Lady’s initiatives on children and families.
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