Built the fund's investment criteria and a due diligence process that matched its resources.
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Growth planning and due diligence for private equity
You cover more companies than you have hours. We give you a forward view of where each company's growth will come from, backed by evidence you can check, without adding to your workload.
Results across every industry
Two acquisitions closedone offer withdrawn, from build-or-buy research
12 R&D programs valuedand partner terms negotiated
Mid-eight-figure investment protectedIluka needed to protect what it had bought. We set the trade secret plan and patent strategy.
Your hours go on the past, not the future
Operating partners spend 20 to 25 hours a month per company on reporting and reviews. Almost none of that time goes into the forward case: where next year's growth will actually come from.
Growth now drives the return
of buyout returns now come from revenue growth.
Companies growing 30%+ exit at 4.0x their money; slower growers at 2.3x.
The growth needed for a deal to work has doubled.
Sources: revenue growth share of returns and exit multiples, Gain.pro, across 10,000+ investments. Growth needed for a deal to work, Bain Global Private Equity Report, 2026.
Before the deal or after it
Before you sign: due diligence
Technology due diligence and IP evidence on the target, inside the deal window, with a growth view included.
After close: a growth plan you can test
Sixteen weeks to turn the growth line in your value creation plan into six to eight tested bets the management team owns.
You keep the evidence
If the deal doesn't go ahead, the target file closes. The sector research stays with you, ready for the next deal.
Compare every company on the same terms
We use the same evidence standard and scoring for every company. That means you can compare growth plans across the portfolio, and see which ones are real.
Work for investors
Build-or-buy research that led to two acquisitions and a withdrawn offer for a third target.
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Boeing's venture fund. Identified startups with complementary or superior technology after early investment missteps.
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We don't run transactions, and we don't assess management teams. We work alongside the advisors who do.
Start with one company
Pick a live target, or the portfolio company where growth has been an open question longest. We'll look at it together in a one-hour working session.