Transforming Private Equity Through Technology

Discover how we helped a private equity firm transform its portfolio companies with digital innovation. Through analytics and process optimization, we delivered measurable performance improvements and long-term value.
Digital Maturity: What It Is, How to Achieve It, and the Digital Maturity Model to Drive Business Transformation

Before you learn to run, you must learn to walk. Before you take leaps in business, you must evaluate where you are today. Digital technologies are no different. Understanding your company’s digital maturity is the first step in driving value – and profitable business transformation — through digital technologies. Without understanding your current state, and […]
The New Hybrid Workforce: Maximizing Outcomes with a Return-to-Work Plan Backed by Technology

While the future of work had encompassed remote and hybrid work models pre-pandemic, the shift to these working models is here to stay. According to Accenture, “Responsible leaders must move beyond physical location to shape the future of work by giving people resources tailored to their needs.” In fact, with 63% of high-growth companies having […]
Celebrating Women in Private Equity

Since 1911, women have been celebrated during March, International Women’s Month, in some way, shape, or form. What started off as International Women’s Day – which wasn’t formally commemorated by the United Nations until 1975 – quickly transitioned into Women’s History Week. And as the movement grew in popularity, Congress declared March 1987 as the first-ever Women’s History Month. Since, each year people around the […]
IT Due Diligence Transformed: Driving More M&A Value Creation with Technology

More than ever, technology is vital to business growth. Thanks to the lockdown, digital transformation has accelerated at a pace once thought unimaginable: A McKinsey study illustrates how Covid-19 has “pushed companies over the technology tipping point,” speeding up the use of digital technologies by nearly a decade. This accelerated transformation is reflected by the […]
As Market Trends Shift, Technology-Driven Value Creation Evolves

In the first half of 2020, Private Equity deals fell by 36% year-over-year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – with buyouts falling by 60% in Q1 alone. However, with an estimated $1.5T in dry powder on the sidelines and a pent-up demand for deals, in the back-half of the year, we saw a resurgence of deals – with Q3 hitting record-breaking deal […]
Three Reasons Why Private Equity Firms – and Their Portfolio Companies – Need a Data Analytics Strategy

Data has the power to create incremental portfolio value – in fact, data-driven, digitally-mature companies achieve ~30% higher net profit margins and net revenue margins than those with low digital maturity. Yet, despite the clear connection between digital businesses and financial performance, 67% of executives are not comfortable accessing or using data from their existing […]
How to Harness Data Analytics to Drive Business Value and Maximize ROI

Data-driven decisions have always been integral in creating business value. Now, as companies ready themselves for continuous pivots while navigating the new normal, leveraging existing data assets — and turning them into actionable insights — is imperative in maximizing ROI. As cited by a 2020 Deloitte report, “Navigating the New Normal with Data Driven Decision […]
Why Cybersecurity is Now a C-Suite and Board Matter (+ 4 Ways to Prepare with the Defense in Depth Approach)

Private Equity investors, C-suite executives, and board members are familiar with the high-stakes decision-making required to operate businesses, make deals, and innovate. But when it comes to cybersecurity, these groups often push policy and technology decisions to their IT teams. In today’s environment, where U.S-based cyber breaches are costing businesses ~$8.64 million in remediation, senior […]
As Cyber Risks Increase, Performance Improvement Partners, Launches Cybersecurity Guide for the Private Equity Sector

The 2020 Private Equity Guide to Cybersecurity: New Risks, Responsibilities, and Remediation Strategies, provides PE firms and their portfolio companies with the insights needed to understand new risks and best practices for protection SHELTON, CT – AUGUST 6, 2020 – Today Performance Improvement Partners (PIP), which provides value creation services for the private equity sector […]