For private equity · 2nd wave

Where the hidden margin sits, in every portfolio company.

A rapid profitability diagnostic across your participadas: one Health Check and one whale curve per company, built from their own ERP and operational exports, consolidated at fund level. In weeks, not quarters, and without a consulting army inside each company.

PE fundsOperating partnersPortfolio CFOs
What you receive

One margin map per company. One view for the fund.

01

Per participada: Health Check + whale curve

Each company's customers and products ranked by real net margin, with the loss-making tail identified and quantified from their own data.

02

Fund-level consolidation

The portfolio on one page: which companies hide the most recoverable margin, ranked by the size of the prize, with a read-out per company.

03

A prioritised action list

For each company, the two or three levers that recover margin fastest: re-pricing, minimum order values, service-level changes. With the euro sizes attached, privately.

How it runs

Weeks, not quarters.

Scoping call

Portfolio shape, data availability, and which companies go first.

One export per company

ERP or financial and operational exports. No system installs, no disruption.

Model and verify

We build the cost-to-serve model per company and verify the tails with each CFO.

Fund read-out

The consolidated view and the per-company action lists, presented to the deal team.

How it is sized

Scoped by proposal, per participada.

The number depends on each company's data and complexity, so we scope it openly in days and profiles, and put the figure in a written proposal after the scoping call.

Our teamSenior partner + analyst, per participada
Our daysA range of days per participada, stated in the proposal and typically in the single digits per company
Your teamsAn estimate of days from each participada's finance team, mostly for the data export and one verification session
CommercialsBy proposal. No public price list; portfolio scope discounts discussed on the call
FAQ

What funds ask us.

How is this different from commissioning a diagnostic per company?
One methodology, one team and one consolidated read-out across the portfolio. The companies become comparable: the fund sees which participada hides the most recoverable margin and where the first euro of effort pays best.
What do the portfolio companies have to do?
One data export from their ERP or financial and operational systems, and one verification session with the CFO. We estimate the days from their team in the proposal; disruption is deliberately minimal.
Can it run pre-acquisition, on a target?
Yes, with the data the process allows. The same model runs as commercial due diligence: the whale curve of a target is one of the fastest reads on the quality of its earnings.
What happens after the scan?
Each company can act on its list alone, or continue with us: a CostCtrl pilot, a full model build, or a recurring refresh. The scan stands on its own; nothing obliges a follow-on.
Why no public price?
Because the honest number depends on the number of participadas, their data and their complexity. The proposal states the scope in days and profiles per company, before you commit.
Start with one company

See one whale curve, then decide.

The Free Profit Check runs on a single company, from one export. It is the cheapest way to see whether the portfolio scan will pay for itself.

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