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Toggle Your Thesis

Select your investment focus and watch how it shapes your value creation strategy

Geographic Intelligence

Identify high-density target markets across regions

Our Products

Purpose-built tools that turn private equity value creation from theory to measurable results

Ardour Scout

Add-On Sourcing & Intro Engine

Turns a thesis into a live queue of qualified add-on targets and warm introductions.

Inputs:

Investment thesis & ICP, 10–20 "golden" customers, exclusion list, optional CRM export

Outputs:

CSV target list with scores, 1-pager briefs, intro scheduling & call prep

KPIs:

Time-to-first-intro, intros/week, acceptance rate, % targets in top segments

Ardour Lift

30-Day GTM Sprint

Moves one commercial KPI in-quarter while keeping the team focused.

Scope options (pick 1–2):

ICP tightening, pricing & packaging, messaging, sales enablement, RevOps quick fixes

Outputs:

Experiment log, new ICP/messaging/pricing artifacts, enablement pack

KPIs:

Win-rate delta, cycle time delta, ACV/Uplift, qualified pipeline created

Ardour Mesh

Portfolio Synergy Graph

Surfaces cross-sell and partner intros across sister companies.

How it works:

Privacy-preserving domain/firmographic matching, overlap detection, complementary-SKU mapping

Outputs:

Top 25 overlap pairs, intro queue, cross-sell playcards

KPIs:

Overlap coverage, intros scheduled, attach-rate on pilot accounts

Use Cases

Real scenarios where Ardour delivers results—fast.

Adjacency Roll-Up Finder

Services/Industrial

Trigger:

Platform thesis is clear, but deal flow is cold or too broad.

Deliverable:

300–800-company universe, tiered by fit; 6–10 thesis-aligned intros in 4–6 weeks; buy-side outreach scripts your deal team can reuse.

Geo Expansion via Channel/VARs

B2B Software or Hardware

Trigger:

Sales team is thin in new region; need leverage before hiring.

Deliverable:

Market map of specialist resellers/integrators; 3–5 partner intros; first-100-days co-sell plan and enablement one-pagers.

SKU Attach-Rate Lift

Multi-Product Portco

Trigger:

Two sister companies sell to the same buyers but don't cross-sell.

Deliverable:

Overlap list of 250–1,000 accounts; attach hypotheses by segment; 10–15 intro meetings between AEs/CSMs; shared talk-tracks.

Carve-Out Day-1 Pipeline

Carve-Out Scenario

Trigger:

TSA period; commercial engine not fully staffed.

Deliverable:

200+ high-intent look-alikes from legacy customers; 3 quick-win offers; SDR sequences; first 5 discovery calls booked.

Pricing & Packaging Reset

SaaS/Tech-Enabled Services

Trigger:

Low win-rate, heavy discounting, confused tiers.

Deliverable:

New "good-better-best" or usage-based frame, objection-handling notes, updated proposal templates; A/B offer test with guardrails.

Denial-of-Thesis Test

Kill Fast, Save Fees

Trigger:

Sponsor excitement is high but market depth unclear.

Deliverable:

2-week sprint to prove/deny—segment counts, reachable DM % and talk-track resonance; go/no-go memo you can put in IC.

Supplier Consolidation / Cost-Out

Light Ops

Trigger:

Fragmented vendors across portfolio; scale not leveraged.

Deliverable:

Consolidation targets, savings model, 3 intro calls with preferreds willing to sign MFN/pricing letters.

Bolt-On vs Build Decision

Strategic Decision Support

Trigger:

Portco needs capability X; unsure to build, partner, or acquire.

Deliverable:

Capability gap matrix, top 20 targets, 3–4 BD conversations, effort/cost/time comparison to inform the path.

Verticalization Push

Horizontal Product to New Industry

Trigger:

Generic pitch underperforms in a high-value niche.

Deliverable:

Niche-specific ICP, reference architecture, proof-stories, and 10 named prospects sourced with industry lexicon.

Pipeline Triage for Flat Portco

Conversion Optimization

Trigger:

Lead volume OK, conversion not; team bandwidth constrained.

Deliverable:

Qualification rubric, sequence rewrite, 2 enablement assets, and a "next best action" board; weekly conversion read-outs.

Pre-LOI Synergy Pre-Sell

Pre-Acquisition Validation

Trigger:

You want to justify a premium by pre-validating revenue synergies.

Deliverable:

5–8 customer/partner conversations arranged with both sides present; written notes you can cite in the IC memo.

International Supplier to U.S. GTM Bridge

Cross-Border GTM

Trigger:

Overseas manufacturer acquired; needs U.S. channel quickly.

Deliverable:

Distributor/rep map, 4–6 intros, sample agreements, and first-shipment playbook.

How It Works

A proven framework for accelerating value creation in your portfolio

Scout Pipeline

Intro Process

30-Day GTM Sprint

Portfolio Synergies

What You Get, Every Time

Tangible deliverables that drive portfolio performance

Market Map

PDF + CSV with segment definitions & counts

Scored Target List

Fit rationale and decision-maker hypotheses

Intro Bundle

Calendar holds + 1-page brief per meeting

GTM Assets

ICP/messaging/pricing updates, enablement sheets

KPI Dashboard

Simple before/after and next experiments

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