VERCOR Forges Strategic Alliance with LITMUS Consulting

Atlanta, Georgia, August 30, 2007 – VERCOR, a leading middle market investment bank, announced a strategic alliance with LITMUS Consulting (LCON). A subsidiary of global technology innovator LITMUS, LLC, the firm targets and addresses the needs of global hyper-growth entrepreneurial companies by accessing cross border capital markets.

“This alliance provides unprecedented access to VERCOR’s proven M&A expertise in concert with LITMUS Consulting’s specialized corporate financial expertise. Clients will have access to international growth capital in an ever-expanding global marketplace,” states Mark Jordan, VERCOR’s Managing Partner.

VERCOR specializes in providing M&A advisory services to the middle market - offering extensive expertise in all stages of the business sale from concept to completion. The investment bank has 13 offices worldwide. LITMUS serves organizations as an alternative approach to traditional funding and business development models presenting viable alternatives to accessing traditional venture capital. LITMUS, LLC consists of LITMUS nanotechnology, LITMUS RAPID-B, LITMUS FQI, LITMUS Molecular Design, LITMUS Defense and LITMUS Consulting. LCON will work directly with each VERCOR office to identify new business opportunities for their respective core business service offerings.

Clifford McFarland, CEO of LITMUS Consulting states, “LITMUS Consulting is excited about this new partnership with VERCOR because it is the continuation of our corporate strategy to identify world class global strategic partners whose service offerings are complementary to LITMUS Consulting's and which we can jointly provide targeted global financing opportunities to their respective client base.”

About VERCOR
VERCOR is a leading provider of middle market investment banking services with 13 offices worldwide. Specializing in transactions for companies with revenues of $10 to $100 million, VERCOR offers extensive expertise in all stages of the business sale from concept to completion. VERCOR experts have executed transactions totaling over $600 million in value. For more information about VERCOR, visit www.vercoradvisor.com.

About LITMUS Consulting
LITMUS Consulting (LCON), a subsidiary of LITMUS, LLC, was formed in 2005 to target and address the significant “unmet market needs” of global hyper-growth entrepreneurial companies in accessing cross border capital markets. LCON offers interim management and advisory services, organizational corporate research structuring, as well as strategic financial consulting. For more information, visit www.litmus-consulting.com.