Brightwave for Microsoft Office: Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Brightwave is now available as an add-in for Microsoft Office.

This release has a simple idea behind it: Brightwave where the work gets done.

Private markets teams do not do their work in one clean place. Source materials sit in one window. Deal context lives in Brightwave. Analysis happens in Excel. Memos take shape in Word. Presentations come together in PowerPoint.

The first Brightwave Office release is built for that reality. It brings Brightwave context into Office so users can reference shared research, source material, and account context while they are near the deliverable. It also lets Office context flow back to the Brightwave account, so the work happening around a memo, model, or deck can stay connected to the broader team context. Distribution is through Microsoft AppSource, and the Brightwave downloads page is ready for public traffic.

The add-ins do not make direct edits to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files in this first release. The point is not to take control of the file. The point is to keep Brightwave close while your team does the work.

Keep Brightwave close to the model in Excel

Models and spreadsheets are where many deal conversations get real.

With Brightwave for Excel, teams can keep Brightwave close while working around assumptions, tables, model outputs, and analysis. Use it to reference account context next to spreadsheet work, then send helpful workbook context back to Brightwave for the rest of the team.

This is about staying connected to the model workflow, not having the add-in change the workbook for you.

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Bring Brightwave context into Word

Word is where narrative work takes shape: investment memos, diligence summaries, portfolio reports, IC materials, and other document-heavy workflows.

With Brightwave for Word, teams can bring shared context closer to the document. Reference prior Brightwave work, source-backed findings, and deal context while staying near the memo your team is building. When useful context comes up in the document workflow, send it back to Brightwave so the account stays current.

Work alongside the deck in PowerPoint

PowerPoint is where research and analysis become a story for partners, boards, LPs, and investment committees.

With Brightwave for PowerPoint, users can bring Brightwave context closer to presentation workflows. Reference the logic behind the work, keep the source story nearby, and send useful deck context back to the Brightwave account when it should be part of the shared record.

Less switching. Stronger shared context.

This release puts Brightwave closer to where private markets teams already spend their time.

The browser still matters. So do source files, data rooms, models, and internal systems. But final deliverable work often happens in Office. Bringing Brightwave into that workflow reduces the distance between research, shared context, and output.

Download Brightwave for Microsoft Office

The Microsoft Office add-ins are distributed through Microsoft AppSource and available from the Brightwave downloads page. Ongoing updates are coming in the coming weeks.

Download Brightwave for Microsoft Office