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Private Equity

Accelerating value creation and technology adoption

Acquis partners with private equity firms to accelerate value creation by integrating strategy, technology enablement, and execution across their entire investment portfolios.

Our teams operate at both the fund and portfolio company levels — supporting investment theses, driving operational improvements, and enabling technology adoption. This hands-on, integrated approach delivers measurable impact, shortens value creation timelines, and enhances portfolio performance.

Private equity fund managers face significant market forces

Increasing valuations

With record dry powder and increasing entry multiples, unlocking value has become exceedingly difficult

Increasing competition

With new funds entering the market, unlocking and creating value is more difficult than ever

The need for transformation

With deal success hinging on fast alignment, transformation is often the difference between a thesis on paper and value in practice.

Regulatory changes

As private markets continue to represent a higher proportion of assets under management, new regulatory pressures create increasing complexity.

Increasing valuations

With record dry powder and increasing entry multiples, unlocking value has become exceedingly difficult

Increasing competition

With new funds entering the market, unlocking and creating value is more difficult than ever

The need for transformation

With deal success hinging on fast alignment, transformation is often the difference between a thesis on paper and value in practice.

Regulatory changes

As private markets continue to represent a higher proportion of assets under management, new regulatory pressures create increasing complexity.

Accelerating value creation timelines with hands-on execution

Acquis' principal investors and private equity consultants partner with some of the world’s most influential private equity firms — from leading megacap investors to first-time funds. At the core of our private equity practice is a deep understanding of deal flow and value creation that drives measurable results.

100-Day Sprint

Helping clients develop and execute aggressive, targeted plans of action for the first 100 days post-close to capture near-term opportunities.

IPO Readiness

Support overall IPO planning and management of the process to reduce risk to timeline.

Platform Creation

Help consolidating and establishing a platform operating model to enable scalability and bolt on acquisitions.

Technology Implementation

Blending technical and business process-oriented subject matter expertise to enrich and accelerate the technology implementation.

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Technology Strategy

Selecting the right tools and systems to accelerate impact.

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Value Capture

Improve margins through cost improvement, efficiency.

Impact throughout the investment lifecycle

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Quick, tangible value capture results

Acquis’ unique approach of Think+Do allows us to rapidly achieve real results that impact the bottom line.

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Jump start day 1

We mobilize and accelerate readiness to support day 1 through to day 100.

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Platform growth is our specialty

We know how to scale and consolidate to enable platform operating model level transformation growth.

For nearly 30 years, Acquis has helped private equity general partners create and unlock value across their portfolios throughout the investment lifecycle.

Featured client stories

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Case Study

How a Global Asset Manager Unlocked Unlimited Growth with Acquis

One of the largest alternative asset management firms faced a critical challenge: its legacy Concur Expense system could no longer support the company’s ambitious expansion plans. Operating across multiple markets in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, India, and the UAE, the firm needed a platform capable of scaling with its institutional growth.

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The Missing “E” in T&E: Concur Expense Success Story

Acquis helped a global investment firm solve for the missing "E" in T&E by implementing Concur Expense alongside its existing Concur Travel module.

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Providing Divestiture Support

After the decision to simultaneously spin-off two major divisions, a leading pharmaceutical company experienced overwhelming divestiture activities.

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Featured insights

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The Exit Algorithm: How AI Optimizes the Final Mile of Value Creation

AI could transform exit optimization into systematic value maximization. Pattern recognition across thousands of transactions, predictive analytics for buyer behavior, and dynamic narrative construction could help firms identify the perfect moment, find the right buyers, and position assets for maximum value. This represents opportunity arbitrage at its most critical — applying intelligence to the moment that determines returns.

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The Post-Close Playbook: AI-Powered Value Creation from Day One

Agentic AI changes how private equity firms approach post-merger integration (PMI). Yet, most remain stuck in the old paradigm, leaving significant value uncaptured. 

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From Sourcing to Signing: How AI Gives Operating Partners the Edge in Deal Execution

Operating partners increasingly influence deal selection and structure, but they're often brought in too late to shape the terms they'll need to execute value creation. This article explores how AI could transform the entire pre-close workflow — from identifying operational improvement opportunities during sourcing to embedding the right contractual protections at signing.

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