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Challenges and Solutions

We Know What Keeps You Up at Night

Synthesizing complex operational data
Your buy-and-build strategy requires synthesizing vast amounts of financial, legal, and operational reports. Manually combining these disparate sources slows down your ability to identify value creation levers early in the process.
How Brightwave Helps:

Brightwave allows you to upload unlimited DD documents and instantly synthesize them into coherent insights. You get sentence-level citations linking every operational finding back to the source material for rapid validation.

Managing high-volume CIM screening
Reviewing hundreds of CIMs annually to find the right control buyout targets creates a significant bottleneck for your associates. Your team loses valuable time manually extracting key metrics instead of focusing on strategic fit.
How Brightwave Helps:

Process 15 deals in the time it used to take for one by automating initial CIM analysis. Brightwave parses data rooms instantly, allowing you to discard off-strategy targets faster and focus on high-conviction assets.

Reducing lengthy IC memo cycles
Multiple review cycles and late-discovered findings can force you to restructure memos days before the Investment Committee meets. This reactive workflow consumes 5-7 days per deal, straining your investment team's bandwidth.
How Brightwave Helps:

Generate comprehensive IC memos in hours, not days, directly from your data room uploads. Brightwave drastically reduces drafting time, giving your team more capacity to refine the investment thesis rather than formatting documents.

Eliminating due diligence blind spots
In a due diligence-intensive environment, missing a critical operational detail can compromise your transformation thesis. Manual review carries the risk of oversight when handling complex enterprise data under tight deadlines.
How Brightwave Helps:

Ensure accuracy with AI that provides specific citations for every claim. Brightwave acts as an always-on analyst, cross-referencing thousands of pages to validate your assumptions before you commit capital.

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Brightwave Deal Impact

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Critical Impact (Significant Time Savings)
High Impact (Moderate Time Savings)
01
Phase duration:
Weeks 1-4
Sourcing & Initial Review
CRITICAL IMPACT
CIM Analysis
Associates, Analysts
HIGH IMPACT
Market Research
Associates, Senior Associates
HIGH IMPACT
Management Presentation Prep
Associates, VPs
02
Phase duration:
Weeks 7-14
Due Diligence
CRITICAL IMPACT
Data Room Review
Associates, Analysts
CRITICAL IMPACT
Customer/Vendor Contract Analysis
Associates, Legal Team
HIGH IMPACT
Reference Call Summaries
Associates, Senior Associates
HIGH IMPACT
DD Report Synthesis
VPs, Senior Associates
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Phase duration:
Weeks 10-16
Financing & Documentation
HIGH IMPACT
Lender Presentation Materials
Associates, VPs
CRITICAL IMPACT
IC Memo Drafting
VPs, Principal
CRITICAL IMPACT
Legal Document Review
VPs, Legal Team
04
Phase duration:
Days 1-100
Post-Closing
HIGH IMPACT
Post-Closing Integration Planning
Operating Partners, VP
05
Phase duration:
Years 1-5
Ongoing Ownership
HIGH IMPACT
Board Materials Review
Partners, Portfolio Item

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