Market Opportunity Sizing & Segmentation

Quantify the market size, growth potential, and granular segmentation of current and future levels of adoption, penetration, and growth across the various segments.

Customer Purchasing & Usage Dynamics

Determine a potential investment's alignment with relevant and / or prioritized market segments, taking into account customer purchasing criteria and evolving demand trends. Provide impartial views around the investment’s current and potential market share.

Competitive Landscape & Positioning

Assess the target’s right-to-win and defensibility of positioning within relevant competitive set. Includes identification of competitive threats and evaluation of the defensibility of the asset’s market position.

Growth & Value Creation Opportunities

Identify and validate forward-looking opportunities for growth and/or value creation. Provide a framework to guide the prioritization of identified opportunities.

ESG & Impact Risk Mitigation

Identify ESG factors pertinent to investment performance. Assess related risks and mitigation strategies, as well as opportunities to create value via ESG-centric initiatives. Learn more.

Buy-Side Due Diligence Services

30 Years of Private Equity & Investment Advisory Services

Our Buy-side Diligence is built on a longstanding history working with Private Equity clients, amassing deep industry and asset expertise across the software & technology, business services, industrials, consumer, and healthcare sectors. We prioritize a highly collaborative, transparent, and efficient approach aimed at maximizing client value. Our work delves into market dynamics and opportunities, target business model and alignment, competitive positioning, risks, and value creation levers for future exit success. We enable clients to make well-informed investment decisions and uncover opportunities for revenue enhancement and ongoing value creation post-deal.

Recent Work

Grant Thornton Stax Provides Sell-side Support to MCCi on its Acquisition by Incline Equity Partners

January 28, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax supported MCCi, a leading provider of enterprise content management and workflow automation solutions, on its acquisition by Incline Equity Partners. Read more.

Grant Thornton Stax Provides Sell-side Support to Czarnowski on its Acquisition by Platinum Equity

January 23, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax supported event and live experience provider, Czarnowski, on its recent acquisition by Platinum Equity. Read more about the deal here.

Grant Thornton Stax Advises Gauge Capital on Investment in Ecosystems

Grant Thornton Stax Advises Gauge Capital on its Strategic Growth Investment in Ecosystems

January 20, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax supported Gauge Capital on its recent strategic growth investment in Ecosystems, a category-defining SaaS platform for CVM. Read more about the deal.

What We Do

Market Opportunity Sizing & Segmentation

Quantify the market size, growth potential, and granular segmentation of current and future levels of adoption, penetration, and growth across the various segments.
Customer Purchasing & Usage Dynamics

Determine a potential investment's alignment with relevant and / or prioritized market segments, taking into account customer purchasing criteria and evolving demand trends. Provide impartial views around the investment’s current and potential market share.
Competitive Landscape & Positioning

Assess the target’s right-to-win and defensibility of positioning within relevant competitive set. Includes identification of competitive threats and evaluation of the defensibility of the asset’s market position.
Growth & Value Creation Opportunities

Identify and validate forward-looking opportunities for growth and/or value creation. Provide a framework to guide the prioritization of identified opportunities.
ESG & Impact Risk Mitigation

Identify ESG factors pertinent to investment performance. Assess related risks and mitigation strategies, as well as opportunities to create value via ESG-centric initiatives. Learn more.