AI readiness
How AI ready is your business? Or the business you are looking to invest into, or divest from? 'AI readiness' is now, arguably, the first...
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Chelsea Wilkinson
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Value creation & risks: Generative AI for private equity managers and portfolio companies
Generative AI is an exciting and transformative technology. It presents significant value creation opportunities but also inherent risks...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- May 3
- 2 min
Pricing. Pricing. Pricing.
It’s no secret that M&A deal activity started slowly in 2023. So, I was delighted to note in EY's 1Q 2023 Private Equity Pulse that March...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Data diagnostic: the next step in value creation
"Global M&A activity shrank to its lowest level in more than a decade in Q1 2023, as rising interest rates, high inflation and fears of a...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Sustainability: if you can't measure it you can't improve it
Sustainability is a critical concern for individuals, businesses, investors, and governments worldwide. As we strive towards a more...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Every company is a data company
Irrespective of sector. Geography. Or maturity. Every single company in the world creates data as a result of its operations. And almost...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Do more
‘The best of times, and the worst of times,’ was the headline takeaway I wrote at the top of my notepad during last week's The Riverside...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Getting Frank about due diligence
In 2021, JPMorgan Chase & Co. paid US175 million for Frank – a platform "designed to make college more affordable for millions of...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Why settle for 5?
In the game of scrabble, the word ‘data’ has a score of just 5. Not too impressive to be honest. In the world of business - however -...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Chasing change: 2022 year in review
A new year! Same challenges. And a few new ones - to boot! We can't wait to get our teeth into 2023 and support our clients in...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Evolving data due diligence
Two years ago, DataDiligence created a new category of due diligence – the assessment of Data Assets to better inform investment...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Data is a risk to mitigate & opportunity to realise in all M&A
‘Data’ goes way beyond bits and bytes, a customer list, or production line feed. Data is an ecosystem of interdependent and...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
Tesla: automaker or data company?
Famously, Uber is the world’s largest taxi business – but doesn’t own any taxis. Airbnb is the world’s largest accommodation provider –...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
What questions are investors asking about data in the due diligence process?
Consider this: 🤔 Dry powder (unspent commitments to private equity funds) reached US$3.4 trillion globally in 2021, according to Bain &...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
Watch out world!
Holding your first company offsite is a big thing for a start up. Holding your first company offsite - when the team has NEVER physically...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
The potential for data to make (or break) a PE deal has never been greater than it is today
Around this time each year, I wait with bated breath for Bain & Company’s Annual Private Equity Report. (You’re right, I don’t get out...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Data Maturity Survey - calling participants!
As the famous adage goes: Knowledge is power. But, when it comes to the burgeoning world of data and data science – comprehensive,...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Feb 22, 2022
- 2 min
The new leverage
What never depletes? Never wears out? And can be used across an unlimited number of use cases? Data. Data – be it a client list,...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Why data due diligence?
Two questions for private equity & corporate finance professionals : QUESTION 1: How many Information Memoranda have you read recently...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Supercharging client & partner success
Maintaining excellent client acquisition and retention is challenging - particularly as a small, but swiftly growing consultancy. Early...
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