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Moving the Talent Lever in Private Equity: Why We Invest in a Dedicated Team
by Matt Sommi
It’s no secret that talent is the critical factor in creating value and achieving a private equity investment thesis.
That’s why at Bespoke Partners we have a team fully dedicated to serving the private equity market, focusing all day, every day, on
understanding the specific needs of our private equity clients, their portfolio companies, and the executives we place.
I’m proud to lead our Private Equity Programs team and to work diligently to help our private equity clients maximize the impact of leadership talent on their portfolios.
PART 7:
The New Recruiting Best Practices Blog Series
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TODAY:
The Dedicated Private Equity Programs Team
Talent is Mission Critical
Back in the day, you could rely on financial engineering to produce outsized returns when exiting a portfolio company. Another avenue for achieving great results for your LPs was to get access to proprietary deal-flow. If you had visibility into prospective new portfolio companies no one else did, you had the inside track on landing a deal with great potential upside.
Those days are mainly gone. So much capital has flowed into private equity that it is very hard to find an undervalued asset that can be the basis for a high multiple exit. The competition is too pervasive and intense.
Now talent – and especially leadership talent – is the chief lever for growth and execution on value creation plans.
But even in the realm of talent, competition makes it hard to ensure you can recruit the very best executives.
This is why we have a dedicated team of professionals whose job 24X7 is to help our private equity clients scope the talent market and get access to the sector’s best recruiting professionals.
What Our Private Equity Programs Team Delivers
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End to End Advisory Service:
Our dedicated team’s sole responsibility is to ensure that our private equity clients receive the support they need when they need it. We appreciate that everything is not an executive search, and it is why Bespoke has built out its capabilities to extend beyond the industries traditional mandate. Our team is built to support your efforts across every facet of the investment cycle:
Ideation
providing executive introductions to help build out the investment thesis and identify potential acquisition targets
Post-LOI
Market Mapping talent and strategic introductions across the end market to ensure potential candidates are identified for key executive positions pre-close
Post-Close – Value Creation
Building out the C-Suite and VP/SVP teams to execute against the value creation plan
Exit Readiness
Upleveling/Augmenting key positions to help drive towards exit
Unlike other firms where the focus may be on selling a specific service or expertise, our team is committed to getting you connected with the right resources—whether within Bespoke or through our ecosystem of alliance partners.
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Anticipating Client Needs:
By focusing exclusively on private equity, our team has an intimate understanding of talent’s role in driving value and can anticipate your needs, helping you plan your talent strategy well in advance. Whether you’re preparing for an acquisition, undergoing a leadership transition, or executing a value creation plan, our team is there to guide you every step of the way.
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Examples of Success:
We’ve successfully placed executives across a wide range of private equity-backed software companies, consistently aligning leadership with the strategic goals of our clients. These placements have not only led to successful exits but have also driven significant growth and transformation within portfolio companies.
Designed to Achieve One Thing:
Your Success
From our unwavering focus on the software sector to our top-down, data-driven search process, and from our collaborative, non-competitive culture to our unique fee structure—every aspect of our firm is designed to achieve one thing: your success.
Our dedicated private equity team is part of what makes Bespoke the premier choice for software executive search. We understand the unique challenges of private equity, and we have the people, processes, and focus needed to help you overcome them and achieve your goals.
If you’re looking for a partner who truly understands the software industry and the demands of private equity, look no further than Bespoke Partners. Let us help you find the leaders who will drive your success.
Ready to partner with the industry leader in software executive search?
Contact Bespoke Partners today to learn how we can help you achieve your talent and strategic goals.
Bespoke Partners Named in Top 10 of the “Top 49 Retained Executive Search” 2-Years Running by C-Suite CV Secure.
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