Our Private Equity Digital Transformation activities center around locating mature, cash-flowing companies with strong operators that we can acquire before leveraging our data and technology playbook, as well as our operating partner network, to accelerate growth.
Countless companies need modernizing, but it takes a great deal of time, effort, and focus to identify the right opportunities and execute a plan to supercharge them. We are capable of doing just that.
Our thesis in this strategy is that there are thousands of quality companies throughout the United States – and even more abroad – that are ready for a transfer of ownership, but that have not reached their optimal valuation because they haven’t modernized in a variety of ways.
For example, many companies have not implemented modern data techniques to identify and reach customers, maximize revenue, drive cost synergies, or integrate with ecosystem partners. To name a few, geo-framing, predictive modeling, and system integration would assist in these shortcomings. Often owners know that they need to do this, but it seems like an insurmountable set of tasks without a partner with access to the specific tech talent that’s needed for the job.
Venture First has built out a digital transformation playbook that is relevant to most of these companies and can take a business to the next level.
In addition to the data and technology transformations that we bring to these companies, there are often operational improvements that can be made to increase efficiencies. By assisting with back-office support, augmenting management teams, implementing new systems and processes, and upgrading governance and reporting, we help our portfolio companies mature to reach the next level. Consideration for growth capital and financing options, and contemplating bolt-on acquisitions provides an additional and unique value.
We provide portfolio companies access to our extensive network of operating partners. By augmenting a team with additional operators with repeated success, we help companies become an improved version. Where full-time roles aren’t needed, we identify contractors and service providers that help companies accelerate quickly and unlock value.
While we have not always the highest bidder for a company, we have successfully completed many acquisitions or investments based upon our flexibility in structuring transactions in a manner that creates aligned incentives, greater rewards for the seller, and highly effective partnerships. As a result, we are able to unlock considerable roll-forward value for an owner, providing far greater aggregate proceeds as a result.
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