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Investors & Portfolio Value Creation

AI value creation for private equity and growth investors

From diligence to exit, we help investors and their portfolio companies capture AI-driven value with speed, discipline, and governance.

How we create value across the investment lifecycle

AI Diligence Lens

Evaluate AI capabilities, technical debt, and transformation potential during deal evaluation.

100-Day Value Plans

Rapid AI value creation roadmaps for the first 100 days post-close, focused on quick wins and foundation-building.

Portfolio Playbooks

Reusable AI transformation patterns that can be applied across portfolio companies with shared learnings.

Governance & Risk

AI governance frameworks that protect value while enabling innovation across the portfolio.

Engagement models

Pre-deal AI assessment

2-4 weeks

Technical and strategic evaluation of AI capabilities, risks, and value creation opportunities for targets.

100-day acceleration

100 days

Post-close AI value creation sprints that deliver measurable outcomes in the first 100 days.

Portfolio-wide initiatives

Ongoing

Cross-portfolio AI programs that leverage shared learnings and economies of scale.

Operating partner support

Retainer

On-call AI expertise for operating partners managing portfolio company transformations.

Why investors work with us

  • Operator perspective: We've built AI capabilities inside portfolio companies, not just advised on them
  • Speed to value: Focused on quick wins that build momentum and fund longer-term transformation
  • Knowledge transfer: We build capabilities, not dependency—your team owns the outcome
  • Governance first: Responsible AI frameworks that protect value and enable sustainable adoption
  • Platform fluency: Deep technical grounding across cloud, data, and AI stacks

Representative experience

Fulcrum Equity Partners

Portfolio AI value creation advisory and operating partner support.

Growth-Stage FinTech

Co-founded and scaled to 8-figure exit with patented data products.

Portfolio Companies

AI transformation delivery across healthcare, tech, and services.

Atlanta skyline

Based in Atlanta, serving clients globally

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