Irvine Strategic Management & Portfolio Group (ISMPG) is a privately held family holding company.
We steward and grow the family’s collective business interests across technology, media, and property, guided by long-term thinking and responsible governance.
ISMPG provides the strategic, financial, and operational backbone for its portfolio companies.
Our role is to:
- Ensure stability and governance for current and future generations.
- Manage investments with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and stewardship.
- Enable subsidiary ventures to operate independently while benefiting from shared oversight.
- Merpian Limited (founded 2019)
Modular Ecosystems for Research into Personal Intelligent Assistive Nodes, is a Research & Development company focused on sovereign, offline-first AI systems.
- Flagship project: Hqllr — a local, verifiable, persona-adaptive knowledge engine.
- Additional developments: KBANN Suite (Knowledge Based Artificial Neural Network).
- Technology & Software — sovereign AI, knowledge systems, federated architectures
- Media & Publishing — creative and digital assets
- Properties & Investments — sustainable, long-term holdings