The state of a portfolio company being prepared, well before a sale, so it can withstand buyer diligence and transact at full value without surprises.
The explicit roadmap of how a sponsor intends to grow the value of a portfolio company over the hold — the thesis turned into owned, dated workstreams.
The managed funnel of potential acquisition targets a platform is tracking and pursuing — the engine that turns a buy-and-build thesis into actual deals.
The equity arrangement that lets a portfolio company's management share in the value they create — the mechanism that aligns operators with the sponsor's return.
The concentrated set of actions a sponsor executes in the first ~100 days after close to <em>stabilize</em> the business and launch the value creation plan.
A reusable, structured guide for absorbing an acquired business — the standardized <em>workstreams</em>, owners, and milestones a buyer applies to every integration.