Benchmark Portfolio Company Talent with the Industry’s First Human Capital Trend Report

We are excited to announce the inaugural edition of the industry’s first Private Equity Talent Benchmark Report.

As the private equity sector goes through unprecedented change, we are making available the first analysis of the trends in talent that can make or break a portfolio company investment thesis.

Creating Value in Turbulent Times

The private equity sector is on the downside of a historical surge in 2021 deal volume. But as 2022 drew to a close, the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes and unpredictable company valuations slowed overall deal flow in the industry. The potential for a recession, decreasing exit opportunities, and geo-political disruptions are creating further uncertainty.

With the beginning of 2023, many of our clients are wondering the same thing: How do we give our portfolio companies the best shot at achieving the investment thesis despite these turbulent times?

Human capital is at the heart of that question.

We have conducted extensive industry research that will empower you with actionable insights into human capital trends. The inaugural Bespoke Partners’ Private Equity Talent Benchmark Report explores trends in the Software and Saas executive talent market.

This is the first of a regular series of reports that will provide private equity deal partners, talent partners and portfolio company executives with data and analysis that you cannot find anywhere else.

We drafted this report to help private equity firms to answer questions like these:

• • • • How difficult will it be to secure the talent I need for a new portfolio company?
    • • What percentage of a leadership team can I expect to turn over and when?
    • • How expensive will the new leadership be?
    • • When should I consider upleveling the team to the full C-suite, or can I make do with some functions staffed by junior executives?

In short, this report will help you benchmark your strategy, efforts, and talent onboarding against the current macroeconomic backdrop.

Some of the insights presented in our report include:       

• • • • A portfolio company that reaches the fifth year of the hold period is most likely to turn over every top executive role during that time.
    • • The tight talent market has driven executive cash compensation packages of salary and bonus to just short of the half million-dollar mark across the C-suite.
    • • By the time they have grown to 500 to 1,000 employees, most portfolio companies will have at least one C-level leader in all the primary functional areas: CEO, Finance, Go-to-Market and Technology.
    • • There is, on average, almost a two-year lag between acquisition of a new portfolio company and executive turnover at that company.

Get your copy of the report today:

www.bespokepartners.com/private-equity-talent-report/