Private Equity
Optimisation for portfolio value from acquisition to exit
Hold periods are extending. The exit market has stalled. And AI is redefining every business model. The private equity firms growing profitably in this cycle are taking control – extracting more value from technology, faster and with greater precision than their competitors. That’s the technology edge Capacitas delivers.
Closing the value creation gap
Most portfolio companies are stuck between ambition and execution. Operating leaders must protect valuation and drive margin growth, while CTOs are constrained by legacy architecture, unpredictable costs and limited capacity.
For over a decade, Capacitas has partnered with operating partners at the world’s largest and most respected private equity funds to generate outsized portfolio value.
Too often, organisations fix surface problems – cost spikes, outages or inefficiencies. But these corrections rarely create lasting value. At Capacitas, we focus on the underlying drivers – the architecture, workloads and operational practices that determine how platforms perform over the life of an investment. Then, harnessing our three decades of expertise, we work alongside you to optimise technology at its foundation, so it delivers repeatable, compounding enterprise value.
Edge unlocked
Predictable costs
Decouple cloud and other technology spend from revenue growth, so you can scale ambitiously without inflating technology costs
Sustainable margins
Align technology and operations, converting revenue growth into EBITDA performance
Clear, long-range forecasting
Generate three to five year visibility across cost, capacity and revenue, supporting strategic budgeting and long-term planning
Rapid, material cost-out
For smaller-cap companies, take money out quickly and sustainably, focusing on immediate efficiency gains that last the life of the investment
Our clients
Technology optimisation partner to leading private equity firms and portfolio companies
THE TECHNOLOGY EDGE: AN OPTIMISED TECHNOLOGY ESTATE THAT DELIVERS COMPOUNDING VALUE CREATION FOR PE-BACKED BUSINESSES FROM ACQUISITION TO EXIT.
Scale value creation
Decouple cost from growth
Technology cost shouldn’t grow in parallel with revenue. We identify the architectural and operational changes that break that relationship, delivering more value for every unit of compute as your business grows.
Accelerate AI value realisation
AI can be a threat or an advantage. We identify where it can cut costs, boost developer capacity and streamline operations – while also protecting margins and growing revenue. Then we deliver a practical roadmap to turn AI potential into real-world impact.
Rapid cost take-out
For smaller-cap investments, we identify and extract technology cost savings quickly. This generates immediate gains without destabilising operations.
Long-range forecasting and planning
Our multi-year technology cost models give CFOs and CEOs the visibility to forecast accurately, present credibly to investors and make capital allocation decisions confidently.
Change that sticks
We work at board level and within technology teams to build an operating model that delivers enduring performance improvements throughout the hold period and beyond, with capability built into your client team for the long run.
Our impact
Cloud savings delivered in 18 months
— a PE-backed $2bn SaaS firm
Subscriber growth, with no additional cloud investment
— Silver Lake-backed Cegid
Annual growth, with $13m reduction in cloud spend
— Silver Lake-backed $2bn SaaS firm
$2bn US SaaS firm
PE-backed by Silver Lake
With rapid growth and increasing platform demand, the firm’s cloud spend was rising in line with usage. We identified and removed inefficiencies across their systems and workloads, enabling repeatable 30% annual growth while reducing cloud costs by $13 million.
Cegid
PE-backed by Silver Lake
Cegid needed to support strong subscriber growth without increasing infrastructure spend. We optimised platform efficiency and aligned capacity to real demand, delivering €6 million in annual savings while enabling 27% growth with zero additional investment.
Mark Gillet
Managing Director, Silver Lake
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