VC-01
SEED VC — VERTICAL SAAS THESIS
European seed fund, sub-$100M AUM
A seed fund pressure-tested a vertical-SaaS thesis with five operator calls before IC — turnaround under two weeks.
Case Studies
How funds put primary research to work — pre-IC diligence, market sizing, off-list references and commercial due diligence. Every study below is an anonymised composite of a typical engagement.
- Published studies
- 10
- Segments
- 2
- Attribution
- Anonymised
01/Venture Capital5 studies
Per-deal diligence for seed through growth — thesis validation, market sizing, off-list founder references and competitive teardowns.
VC-02
GROWTH VC — EMBEDDED-FINANCE TAM
Growth fund, $600M vehicle
A growth fund sized a category-creating embedded-finance bet with a nine-operator panel before leading a Series B.
VC-03
GROWTH VC — OFF-LIST FOUNDER REFERENCES
Multi-stage fund, $1.2B AUM
Before a competitive term sheet, a fund ran eight off-list references on a repeat founder — people the founder didn't choose.
VC-04
DEEP-TECH VC — TECHNICAL DILIGENCE PANEL
Climate deep-tech fund, first institutional vehicle
A climate fund stress-tested a novel process technology with independent scientists and plant engineers before its first cheque.
VC-05
SERIES A LEAD — HEALTHTECH TEARDOWN
Sector-focused fund, $400M AUM
Before leading a healthtech Series A, a sector fund ran a teardown with the clinicians and buyers who actually evaluate the category.
02/Private Equity5 studies
Commercial due diligence, value-creation input and buy-and-build market mapping for buyout, special-situations and secondaries funds.
PE-01
MID-MARKET PE — INDUSTRIALS CDD
Mid-market buyout fund, €900M vehicle
A mid-market fund fed expert-led customer, competitor and channel calls into a live industrials CDD in exclusivity.
PE-02
LARGE-CAP PE — SOFTWARE CARVE-OUT
Large-cap fund, multi-billion flagship
A large-cap fund pressure-tested a software carve-out's 100-day plan with operators who'd run the same separation.
PE-03
BUY-AND-BUILD — FRAGMENTED SERVICES MAP
Buy-and-build specialist, €500M fund
A buy-and-build fund mapped a fragmented services market with operators to prioritise targets and stress-test the roll-up thesis.
PE-04
SPECIAL SITUATIONS — CONSUMER CHANNEL CHECKS
Special-situations fund, opportunistic mandate
A special-situations fund ran retail and distributor channel checks to judge whether a distressed brand's demand was recoverable.
PE-05
SECONDARIES — CONTINUATION-FUND RE-UNDERWRITE
Secondaries / GP-led specialist
A secondaries investor re-underwrote a single-asset continuation fund with independent calls testing the GP's forward story.
03/How We Produce TheseAnonymity & compliance
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ANONYMISED COMPOSITES
Each study is a representative composite of typical engagements. Client identities are removed and figures illustrate the format and scale of the work — not a single named mandate.
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MNPI-SCREENED
Every call is scoped and screened for material non-public information before findings reach a deal team. Calls flagged for MNPI risk are excluded entirely.
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SAME STANDARD, ANY SIZE
A seed fund and a multi-billion buyout fund get the same compliance framework, the same expert network and the same senior lead. No premium pool, no minimums.