It is our vision and goal to one day have Blackslate Holdings Caribbean(www.blackslateholdings.wordpress.com) listed as a public company on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Blackslate Holdings will operate as an investment vehicle using equity funds to invest in strategic companies and brands around the region including investing and taking an equity positions in start-ups.

The first investment launched under this company is Blackslate Media Group Limited – BMG.

Blackslate Media Group Limited – BMG

BMG strives to be the leader within the Caribbean SME Business news market segment, with brands and services designed around it key customer target groups. The guiding principle of the company is permanent and ongoing innovation and creative development guided by customer and market demands.

The 3BX –

The Blackslate Business Barter Exchange  – 3BX is a business to business member driven Virtual Barter exchange that is supported by a world-class trade exchange management system featuring 24 hour trading in an online Internet marketplace. This business unit is currently under development and is expected to be fully launched by the end of 2010. For further information on how to join please email blackslateholdings@gmail.com .

Walkbout International

Blackslate is also working with AMK Communications (www.amkcomm.wordpress.com) on another business startup called WALKBOUT (www.walkbout.com) – this is a consumer driven travel and vacation website that searches like Google but functions more like eHarmony and offers elements and features found on face book, twitter and YouTube. Its revenue model is advertising driven and the scale factor is very high. Work on this business unit is also under way and is expected to be launched by the end of 2011.