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Challenges and Solutions

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Synthesizing complex operational data
Your focus on operational value creation requires synthesizing massive amounts of financial and commercial data across complex situations. Reviewing 2,000+ pages of due diligence materials manually creates significant bottlenecks in your deal evaluation flow.
How Brightwave Helps:

Brightwave processes complete data rooms in minutes, not days. You get granular citations linking every operational insight back to the source, allowing you to verify value creation levers instantly without the manual sift.

Managing high-volume CIM screening
Evaluating 50-200 CIMs annually per professional places immense pressure on your team's capacity to identify viable targets. Deep diving into potential buy-and-build opportunities often means sacrificing breadth for depth during initial screens.
How Brightwave Helps:

Analyze 15 deals in the time it used to take for one. Brightwave automates the extraction of key investment highlights and risks, enabling your team to screen more add-on targets effectively without expanding headcount.

Shortening IC memo creation cycles
Drafting IC memos often involves 5-7 days of iterative review cycles, with last-minute restructuring due to late-discovered findings. This latency delays your ability to lock in exclusivity on competitive control buyouts.
How Brightwave Helps:

Generate IC-ready investment memos in hours directly from your data room uploads. Brightwave drastically reduces drafting time, allowing your investment committee to focus on strategic decisions rather than document formatting.

Mitigating risk in complex buyouts
Missed details in complex corporate carve-outs or turnarounds can derail a deal at the eleventh hour. Relying on manual review across fragmented documents increases the risk of overlooking critical operational red flags close to deadlines.
How Brightwave Helps:

Ensure 100% data coverage with sentence-level citations for every claim. Brightwave acts as an always-on analyst, flagging inconsistencies across legal, financial, and commercial documents instantly to protect your downside.

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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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