Private equity
Private equity funds and their portfolio companies retain Tacitude at each stage of an investment, from commercial due diligence and the 100-day plan to integration and exit, with projects opened by deal and portfolio company teams.
Funds compete for assets on tight timetables, and their returns depend on the operating improvements they deliver during the holding period. Investors in the fund expect evidence behind every investment case, from entry to exit.
Projects companies bring us
Does the target's business plan hold, and at what entry value?
The market growth, share gains and price increases the plan assumes, each tested against evidence.
EngagementDue diligenceHow do we build the plan for the 100 days after closing, and which value levers come first?
The size and timing of each lever: procurement, pricing, working capital and overhead.
EngagementCost and productivityWhere should add-on acquisitions take the platform next: new regions or new segments?
Fit with the platform, the pool of available targets and the multiple paid against the platform's.
EngagementMarket entry and growthHow do we integrate the add-on we just bought into the platform, and in what order?
The savings and sales the deal case assumes, the systems and teams to combine and the customers at risk during the change.
EngagementPost-merger integrationWhen should we sell, and to which buyers?
The value created against plan, buyer appetite and the case the next owner has to believe.
EngagementPortfolio and capital
Example projects. Each engagement starts from your own objective or question.
Data your team typically brings
- Information memorandum and vendor due diligence reports
- The target's management accounts and business plan
- Customer, product and pricing data
- Operating reports from portfolio companies
Bring us your project
Write to hello@tacitude.com with the project your company has in mind, and we will frame it with your team as an engagement.