Advisory

We partner with private equity at every stage of the investment lifecycle

Deal Origination Sector Development Diligence Support Leadership Acceleration

Deal Origination

Challenge: Highly competitive and volatile markets creating unrealistic valuations
Solution: Executive-led deal flow. L Capital works with backable executives to develop investment theses with actionable targets not found through traditional market channels
Result: Supplement existing deal pipelines with proprietary, off-market opportunities and uncover hidden value

Sector Development

Challenge: Preferred buyers are increasingly highly specialized investment firms with an angle. Firms entering new sectors often lack institutional knowledge, depth of experience, and/or relationships.
Solution: L Capital identifies and introduces C-suite executive advisors with deep sector expertise to identify targets, market map, forecast trends, flag regulatory issues, etc.
Result: Develop comprehensive, sector-specific investment theses early before assets come to market.

Diligence Support

Challenge: Rising valuations and compressed diligence windows. Deal teams need to ensure they’re spending time and resources on the right deals.
Solution: Bespoke pre-deal matchmaking with high-altitude executives. Industry veterans, “general athletes”, or functional experts partnering with firms on critical diligence questions.
Result: Improve the quality of diligence, develop a differentiated “angle” early, build credibility with the sell-side, minimize broken deal expenses

Leadership Acceleration

Challenge: “Headless” deals or management risk uncovered during diligence. Limited access to available PE-experienced executives.
Solution: Kick off confidential executive searches as you complete confirmatory diligence
Result: Unlock deals, accelerate upgrades to management, align your teams before the hold period starts, and drive higher IRRs

REPRESENTATIVE CASE STUDIES

Project Type: Rolling Start CRO and CFO searches

Sector: Hardware & Software

Industry: Telematics, IoT, Fleet Management software and hardware

L Capital, in partnership with Renovata, recruited a new CFO and CRO as GI Partners successfully completed the take-private of Obrcomm

Project Type: Diligence Support

Sector: Manufacturing & Distribution

Industry: Elevator Components and Control Systems

GGC sought to validate key aspects of the investment thesis by speaking with industry veterans. L Capital and placed a 35-year elevator executive that became a board member upon closing.

Project Type: Transformation & Value Creation

Sector: Business Services

Industry: Payroll and HCM outsourcing

Potentia’s investment coincided with the acquisition of a complementary payroll business. L Capital completed pre-deal merger integration and restructuring resulting in $11M AUD in savings.

Project Type: Diligence Support

Sector: Business Services

Industry: Supply Chain Software

Supply chain SaaS experts to advise during diligence and validate go-to-market thesis. Ultimately, L Capital's search affiliate placed a board member and new CEO.