The right operator,
on your timeline.
Commercial diligence, operator calls, and IC-ready memos delivered on the timeline the deal actually has - not the timeline a consultancy quotes.
What TCE delivers for private equity.
Diligence on deal cycles, not consulting cycles.
Our commercial due diligence engagements run 10-20 days. Not six weeks. The memo is ready when IC is.
Operators your consultants can't reach.
Sub-segment distributors, ex-category heads, regional buyers - the people whose testimony actually breaks or confirms a thesis.
One team, one voice.
The lead who takes your call at kickoff writes the memo and presents it to IC. No staffing pyramid.
How a search runs, start to finish.
One team from intake to delivery. No staffing pyramid, no handoffs between the person who scoped it and the person who writes it.
- Day 0
Thesis intake
One 60-minute call with your deal team. We read the CIM, we draft the hypothesis map, we agree on what would kill the deal.
- Day 1-3
Source & screen
Custom search starts immediately. Long list built from network + targeted outbound. Every candidate screened for conflicts.
- Day 3-14
Primary research
12-18 structured interviews. Customers, ex-employees, channel partners, competitors. Evidence logged against thesis.
- Day 14-18
Synthesis
One author writes the memo. Thesis, evidence, risks, open threads. Written to be read by IC, not skimmed.
- Day 18-20
IC delivery
Memo delivered, live Q&A with your deal team and IC. Raw transcripts available on request.
Questions we were actually asked.
Why the read holds up.
We hunt, we don't filter.
Generic networks run a database query and send you five plausible profiles. We run a custom search for the one who knows.
Diligence, referenceable.
Every interview logged, consented, retained per your compliance policy. Pass an audit without reconstructing anything.
Portfolio-aware.
For repeat clients we hold the portfolio view - operators referenced for one deal become candidates for advisors or next add-on searches.
Work we have run for private equity.
Healthcare IT (HCIT) Managed Services
Decision-makers only, four research anglesOpen dossier →Mapping the Competitive Landscape of Commercial Diligence Providers
26 experts sourced, 100% conflict-clearedOpen dossier →Commercial diligence for a mid-market HVAC distribution acquisition
$8M purchase-price adjustmentOpen dossier →
“They had three ex-category heads on the phone by Thursday. We killed the deal the following Tuesday - and saved ourselves an eight-figure mistake.”
Service lines for private equity.
The engagements map most directly to the questions you run again and again. Click through for full detail.