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Challenges and Solutions

We Know What Keeps You Up at Night

Synthesizing operational data
Your team often spends days manually stitching together financial, legal, and commercial reports to build a cohesive view of a target. This manual synthesis delays the identification of critical value creation levers during the initial review phase.
How Brightwave Helps:

Brightwave processes comprehensive data rooms in minutes, linking operational insights directly to source documents. Your investment committee gets a unified view of value drivers and risks without the manual overhead.

Evaluation bandwidth constraints
Reviewing hundreds of CIMs annually for potential platform or add-on targets creates a significant bottleneck for your investment professionals. Valuable deal angles are often buried in volume, risking missed opportunities in a competitive market.
How Brightwave Helps:

Analyze 15 deals in the time it typically takes to review one by automating the extraction of key investment criteria. Your team can rapidly filter the funnel to focus only on high-conviction buy-and-build targets.

IC memo production delays
Drafting investment memos often involves multiple review cycles and late nights just to structure the narrative. Discovering critical findings late in the process forces rapid, high-pressure restructuring right before Committee deadlines.
How Brightwave Helps:

Generate IC-ready memos instantly from your data room uploads, complete with sentence-level citations. You can shift focus from formatting documents to refining the investment thesis and operational transformation strategy.

Ensuring diligence rigor at speed
Maintaining deep analytical rigor while increasing deal velocity is a constant balancing act for your team. Rapid evaluations often risk overlooking subtle risks that impact post-close operational execution.
How Brightwave Helps:

Ensure every insight is backed by evidence with granular citations linking back to original DD materials. Your team can move faster with confidence, knowing the underlying data supports the investment case.

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Brightwave Deal Impact

Click on any activity to see detailed time savings and how Brightwave accelerates your deal process.
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
03
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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