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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.

UNLOCK YOUR TECHNOLOGY EDGE
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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

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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.

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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.

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Rapid cost take-out

For smaller-cap investments, we identify and extract technology cost savings quickly. This generates immediate gains without destabilising operations.

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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.

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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

$13M

Cloud savings delivered in 18 months

— a PE-backed $2bn SaaS firm

27%

Subscriber growth, with no additional cloud investment

— Silver Lake-backed Cegid

30%

Annual growth, with $13m reduction in cloud spend

— Silver Lake-backed $2bn SaaS firm

Capacitas has a uniquely analytical approach to modelling both cloud and Capex based infrastructure provision. Their thoughtful and actionable insights unlock both spend and performance-based interventions for global scale services.

Mark Gillet

Managing Director, Silver Lake

What is technology costing your portfolio?
Most portfolio companies don’t have an accurate view of where their optimisation opportunities lie. Our Cloud Cost Diagnostic gives operating partners a rapid read on the size of the optimisation opportunity. 
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