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Private Equity Roll Up Strategy: How Advisors Drive Value

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Narrowing a broad investment thesis often requires several trustworthy advisors. When our client approached us with a general interest in the home services industry, Apex Leaders was eager to help…

Finding the Right Fit with Board Member Search Firms

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Client engages Apex Leaders, one of the leading board member search firms, to recruit a board member L2 Capital, a family office with decades of experience investing in and growing…

How an Expertise Consultant Helped Solve Supply Chain Issues

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Global microchip shortage affects business Apex’s client, a lower middle market private equity (PE) firm, approached Apex for help with a microchip shortage affecting its portfolio company, a leader in…

Validating the Efficacy of Nutritional Supplements

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Apex Leaders bridged the gap between business acumen and scientific research, providing our client the conviction to invest in the nutritional supplement space. The Challenge Apex Leaders’ client was interested…

PE Portfolio Management: Flexible PVC Market Expansion

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For our private equity client, we provided industry expertise that advanced the plateauing sales performance within their PE portfolio management strategy for the flexible PVC division The Challenge in PE…

Maximizing Investments with Targeted Due Diligence Services

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Investment Challenge Our private equity client, Prairie Capital, was considering an investment in BOTE, a rapidly growing company that produces paddleboards. The company was in its early stages, yet the…

Private Equity Consulting Firms: Guiding Drone Sector Entry

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Our client decided to invest after a lengthy sector thesis investigation and due diligence. In speaking with Apex Leaders’ advisors they were able to validate their investment thesis in the drone market early and identify an attractive target in a new tech sector.

Is a Waste Management Deal Worth It?

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The Challenge San Francisco-based Gryphon Investors came to Apex Leaders last year with a quandary. They had to decide whether a deal in the waste management space was worth going…

Keeping Up with Fast Fashion

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The Challenge Gone are the days of seasonal clothing lines. Instead, clothing manufacturers are continuing to push their designers and their manufacturers to turn out new lines in a matter…

Why Private Equity Trusts Board of Directors Headhunters

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The Challenge of the Private Equity Firm Our private equity client held an early-stage investment in a cardiovascular medical device company. They had a promising new product and wanted a…

Exploring Efficacy of Brand Marketing Workflow Software

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The Challenge Our private equity client was in the IOI phase of an investment in a rapidly growing software company providing marketing workflow collaboration to high-end brands. The software allows…

Lender Insurance’s Changing Regulatory Landscape

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The Challenge Our client was interested in pursuing an investment in the lender-placed insurance market. Recent regulations had been established, but many industry experts believed that they had not gone…