The right operator,
on your timeline.
Deal clock beats all.
Commercial diligence, operator calls, and IC-ready memos delivered on the timeline the deal actually has — not the timeline a consultancy quotes.
Three positions. Tailored to your workflow.
Diligence on deal cycles, not consulting cycles.
Our commercial due diligence engagements run 10–20 days. Not six weeks. The memo is ready when IC is.
Operators your consultants can’t reach.
Sub-segment distributors, ex-category heads, regional buyers — the people whose testimony actually breaks or confirms a thesis.
One team, one voice.
The lead who takes your call at kickoff writes the memo and presents it to IC. No staffing pyramid.
Services shaped for private equity.
Our service lines map most directly to the questions you run again and again. Click through for full detail.
How a typical engagement runs.
Actual cadence varies by scope. This is the rhythm a standard engagement follows.
Thesis intake
One 60-minute call with your deal team. We read the CIM, we draft the hypothesis map, we agree on what would kill the deal.
Source & screen
Custom search starts immediately. Long list built from network + targeted outbound. Every candidate screened for conflicts.
Primary research
12–18 structured interviews. Customers, ex-employees, channel partners, competitors. Evidence logged against thesis.
Synthesis
One author writes the memo. Thesis, evidence, risks, open threads. Written to be read by IC, not skimmed.
IC delivery
Memo delivered, live Q&A with your deal team and IC. Raw transcripts available on request.
Thesis intake
One 60-minute call with your deal team. We read the CIM, we draft the hypothesis map, we agree on what would kill the deal.
Source & screen
Custom search starts immediately. Long list built from network + targeted outbound. Every candidate screened for conflicts.
Primary research
12–18 structured interviews. Customers, ex-employees, channel partners, competitors. Evidence logged against thesis.
Synthesis
One author writes the memo. Thesis, evidence, risks, open threads. Written to be read by IC, not skimmed.
IC delivery
Memo delivered, live Q&A with your deal team and IC. Raw transcripts available on request.
What private equity teams stay for.
Large-network expert platforms solve a different problem. Here is what ours does that theirs cannot.
We hunt, we don’t filter.
Generic networks run a database query and send you five plausible profiles. We run a custom search for the one who knows.
Diligence, referenceable.
Every interview logged, consented, retained per your compliance policy. Pass an audit without reconstructing anything.
Portfolio-aware.
For repeat clients we hold the portfolio view — operators referenced for one deal become candidates for advisors or next add-on searches.
Actual questions from the last quarter.
“They had three ex-category heads on the phone by Thursday. We killed the deal the following Tuesday — and saved ourselves an eight-figure mistake.”
Start with your question.
A named lead with private equity experience replies within 24 hours. The first call scopes. The work starts the next business day.