Private equity: protect value creation with a new read on human capital
Governance, leadership and how a team works together decide how your portfolio companies do. Map & Match gives you an objective read on how governance actually functions, so you can see the strengths and the blind spots that could hold back the investment thesis.
What you are up against in private equity
In your deals, you need to:
Make pre-deal decisions you can defend- Know the team and the founders you are investing alongside
- Get the strategic plan behind the investment thesis moving faster
- Support leadership with the best tools, without stepping into how the company is run
- Have something objective in hand to see friction coming
When to use Map & Match
Map & Match works with you at every key point in the investment cycle:
✓ Pre-deal and due diligence
Get an objective view of how the leadership team complements itself, and identify the strengths and the watch points that a people roadmap will have to address.
✓ Post-closing / first 100 days
Sharpen the roadmap for the CEO and the executive committee, so the strategic plan moves faster.
✓ During the hold
See a governance crisis coming or work through one, assess the leadership team to prepare succession, or de-risk a strategic hire at CEO or ExCo level.
What Map & Match brings PE portfolio companies
An objective read on governance
Map & Match makes the strengths, the complementarities and the blind spots of a leadership team visible, beyond CVs and interviews.
Strategic decisions you can defend
Governance and succession choices rest on human data that is clear and shared.
Value creation, sooner
By finding the human levers early, leadership teams execute the strategic plan more efficiently.
A more objective fund–company relationship
The platform gives both sides one frame to read and follow, which makes the conversation easier and the oversight steadier over time.
Support the leadership teams inside your portfolio
Map & Match can also work alongside funds and their portfolio companies on governance questions.
Our advisory work
- Governance and operating partners
- Strategic alignment
- Performance that lasts
Our training courses
- Certifying operating partners on the Map & Match approach
- Training investment directors in a new read on human capital — France Invest
