The Time Drain
Deal Partners spend significant time on post-close operational chaos rather than finding the next acquisition.
Fractional Portfolio Operations · LMM Private Equity
The PortOps Bench for the Lower-Middle-Market.
We architect and deploy the operational infrastructure LMM firms need to bridge the gap between investment thesis and EBITDA realization. Specialized, fractional execution. Standardized reporting. Post-close stability.
First 100 Days
Day 1 ready
Reporting cadence, data hygiene, and execution discipline installed before the first board pack is due.
Operational Elasticity · On Demand
The Resource Gap
Solving the Middle-Market Resource Challenge.
Three structural problems sit between an LMM thesis and its realized return. Each one quietly compounds the others.
Messy Data
Portfolio company financial and KPI data is fragmented, manual, and lacks institutional hygiene.
Limited Infrastructure
Emerging firms lack the budget for a full-time, experienced PortOps Head, creating a strategic bottleneck.
The Solution
Your On-Demand Operational Bridge.
We are operator-led infrastructure specialists who synchronize PortCo reporting, standardize financial models, and manage the execution of the 100-day stabilization plan. We offer operational elasticity, scaling our involvement based on your deal flow and fund lifecycle.
- Synchronize PortCo reporting across the portfolio
- Standardize financial models and KPI definitions
- Execute the 100-day stabilization plan post-close
- Scale up or down with deal flow and fund lifecycle
The Institutional Bridge
The LMM Advantage.
Why a specialized microfirm beats the alternatives for Lower-Middle-Market funds — at the budget, cadence, and posture the asset class actually requires.
The Large-Cap Model
- Overhead-heavy engagement teams
- Slow deployment, multi-month onboarding
- Expensive management fees, deck-first posture
- Designed for mega-cap, not LMM economics
The Deal Team Doing It All
- Operational blind spots between deals
- Burnout from sourcing + portfolio support
- Inconsistent PortCo reporting cadence
- No standardized 100-day playbook
The DCG Model
- Fractional cost, institutional output
- Operational elasticity across the fund lifecycle
- Standardized 100-day playbooks
- Rapid deployment — operator-led from day one
The Engagement Model
See the full model Two phases. One sequence.
Every DCG engagement starts with the Plan of Action and graduates into Turnkey Implementation. Diagnose first, then execute.
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Mandatory Preliminary PhasePhase 1: Plan of Action (PoA)
Strategic Diagnosis & Institutional Roadmap.
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Execution & StabilizationPhase 2: Turnkey Implementation
Infrastructure Reorganization & AI-Readiness.
Built for the LMM Operating Partner
Schedule a Call Plug in the bench.
A 30-minute audit conversation. No deck, no pitch — just the operational bottleneck most likely to drag your IRR.