{"id":443,"date":"2023-08-23T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/?p=443"},"modified":"2023-09-26T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:53:25","slug":"how-dealsplus-helps-private-equity-funds-digitise-and-manage-their-investment-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/how-dealsplus-helps-private-equity-funds-digitise-and-manage-their-investment-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"How DealsPlus helps private equity funds digitise and manage their investment structures."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"443\" class=\"elementor elementor-443\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41991c07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41991c07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64cc8719\" data-id=\"64cc8719\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a39f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18a39f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":448,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2010603539-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-448\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e77071 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e77071\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03f4499\" data-id=\"03f4499\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f705d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f705d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">In this article we will cover how DealsPlus helps private equity funds digitise and manage their investment structures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Profile of a DealsPlus client<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 432.35pt; margin-left: -0.4pt;\" border=\"0\" width=\"576\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 120.5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; padding: 6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"161\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><b>Client<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11cm; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left: none; padding: 6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"416\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Private equity fund manager<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 120.5pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"161\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><b>Profile<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11cm; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"416\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Manages one or more private equity funds holding multiple investments<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 120.5pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"161\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><b>DealsPlus use case<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11cm; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; padding: 6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"416\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 38.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\">Digitise fund &amp; portfolio investment structures to\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 38.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\">simplify:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 38.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0cap table management &amp; portfolio valuations<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 38.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fund compliance &amp; reporting<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 38.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0portfolio exits &amp; transaction readiness<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Private equity investment structures are complex<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Private equity funds have complex investment structures at both the fund and portfolio level. Each fund has a unique fund structure consisting of multiple fund entities and feeder vehicles into which the funds investors invest. The fund entities are in turn invested across several portfolio companies, each one of which has its own investment structure consisting of a series of holding and operating entities. In addition, to align the interest of the fund with the management teams and co-investors, each portfolio company has a complex ownership structure consisting of multiple classes of debt &amp; equity instruments that are held by the fund entities, portfolio management, and any co-Investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Here\u2019s an illustrative example of a PE fund showing both the fund and portfolio structures:<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-451 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-1-2.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-1-2-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><em>How DealsPlus helps?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DealsPlus digitises and creates a single source of truth across fund and portfolio structures. This gives a GP\u2019s cross-functional teams (finance, tax, legal, compliance), external advisors, and portfolio teams key investment structure information at their fingertips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investment structures change throughout the holding period<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No only are private equity investment structures complex, but they are constantly evolving through the life of a fund and a portfolio company\u2019s holding period.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the portfolio level, ownership structures and cap tables evolve throughout the holding period due to events at the portfolio level: management team changes, add-on acquisitions, reorganisations etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At the fund level new investments are made and existing investments are sold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>How DealsPlus helps?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DealsPlus\u2019 intelligent workflows enable easy administration and validation of investment structures throughout their life. Our role-based access controls mean that structures can be managed collaboratively between fund managers, their advisors, and portfolio teams. As the diagram below shows, DealsPlus provides one connected platform serving all key constituents.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-452 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-2-2.png 810w, https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-2-2-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-2-2-768x721.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data needs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fund managers and their portfolio teams need accurate and timely data on investment structures for multiple uses cases such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portfolio valuations and waterfalls<\/li>\n<li>Fund tax compliance and reporting<\/li>\n<li>Portfolio accounts, audits, and compliance<\/li>\n<li>Portfolio exits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>How DealsPlus helps?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DealsPlus automates and simplifies all of the above data needs and processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DealsPlus offers our private equity clients the best in class solution for investment structure management, keeping their fund and portfolios structures \u2018transaction ready\u2019 at all time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-453 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-3-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-3-2.png 740w, https:\/\/www.dealsplus.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-3-2-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we will cover how DealsPlus helps private equity funds digitise and manage their investment structures. 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