thinkbridge Private Equity Services Practice: Create value in every company in your fund.

The thinkbridge Private Equity Services Practice brings AI, product engineering and technology talent together in one fund-level Center of Excellence. It works across your portfolio during the hold period and ties every initiative to operational and financial outcomes.

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Newthinkbridge launched its Private Equity Services Practice on July 15, 2026. Read the announcement (opens in a new tab)

Four companies on four different stacks.

Bill Klein, Co-Founder of Consero

From a PE-backed client

“Their team automated our processes and built our technology stack. They have been vital to us becoming a tech-first organization.”
ConseroBill KleinCo-Founder, Consero
100%of the IP owned by the company, with no license
4 monthsto go live, typically
90%of clients keep working with thinkbridge
Since 2014building software for growing companies

Every acquisition comes with a tech stack problem.

Your playbook works. Then you buy a company that runs on different systems, and integration eats into the hold period.

Systems that don't match

You run Salesforce and they run Dynamics. The data doesn't line up, and people spend their days reconciling the two.

Playbooks that don't travel

Your sales process and finance workflows were built for your stack. Forcing an acquisition into them slows the integration and eats into margin.

Value trapped in spreadsheets

Critical data sits in disconnected tools, manual processes and old ERPs. Nobody has one view of the numbers.

Software you'll never own

With NetSuite or Dynamics, the company pays license fees and owns none of the software, so it adds nothing to the price at exit.

One Center of Excellence for the whole fund.

The practice works across the whole fund. Its Center of Excellence gives your operating team one way to plan, run and report technology work across the portfolio.

Fund-level Center of Excellence AI, product engineering and technology talent in one team
  1. 01

    Standardize technology strategy

    One technology strategy for the fund, so every company builds toward the same standards.

  2. 02

    Prioritize by value creation

    Portfolio companies are ranked by their value creation opportunity, so the effort goes where the return is largest.

  3. 03

    Define outcome-based deliverables

    Each initiative has deliverables tied to an operational or financial outcome, agreed before the work starts.

  4. 04

    Run it the same way everywhere

    Consistent execution, governance and reporting in every company, so you can see the whole portfolio in one view.

Why thinkbridge launched a Private Equity Services Practice

“Private equity firms are under increasing pressure to drive operational value creation during the hold period while navigating growing technology complexity. Sponsors don't need another technology vendor. They need a partner that can execute consistently across multiple portfolio companies and tie every initiative back to operational and financial outcomes.”
Matt DeFrancescoHead of Growth, thinkbridge

Software the company owns belongs on the asset side of the balance sheet.

A portfolio company's books (simplified)

Expenses

  • Payroll
  • Rent and facilities
  • Business softwareLicense fees, every yearBusiness softwareA system the company owns
  • Travel

Assets

  • Equipment
  • Customer contracts
  • Brand and trademarks

Every system thinkbridge builds is owned outright by the company, with no license fees and no vendor dependency. When the company is sold, the technology is part of the deal.

Four levers for value creation during the hold.

Each lever is planned from the Center of Excellence and measured against an operational or financial outcome.

The company owns what gets built.

Whatever thinkbridge builds is owned by the portfolio company, with no license fees. When you sell, the software is part of the sale, and a buyer's technical team can review it.

AI across the portfolio

Find, prioritize and deploy AI where it has measurable business impact, such as automating back-office work or forecasting demand.

Modernization and consolidation

Consolidate fragmented technology stacks, unify the data layer and cut redundant software spend. Where off-the-shelf software falls short, thinkOne delivers a purpose-built system in about four months.

M&A tech integration

When you buy a company on a different system, thinkbridge migrates the data, connects the APIs and brings it onto the portfolio's system, so every company reports from the same place.

Strategic talent

Engineering and technology leaders, placed in the portfolio companies that need them.

Where the practice works.

The practice works with portfolio companies in eight industries, on complex programs that run across the business.

  • Manufacturing
  • Automotive
  • Distribution
  • Retail
  • Consumer packaged goods
  • Healthcare
  • Financial services
  • Enterprise software
Work delivered
  • E-commerce transformation
  • ERP
  • Data modernization
  • AI projects

One playbook for every company in your portfolio.

thinkbridge builds the system once and rolls it out across the portfolio, so each new acquisition comes on faster. Sales, finance and reporting work the same way in every company from the first day of ownership.

  • CRM design and build
  • ERP modernization
  • API integration
  • M&A readiness
  • Data migration
  • AI automation
  • Technology leadership
  1. 1

    Discover and map

    thinkbridge maps the systems, data flows and gaps across the portfolio, and what fixing each one is worth.

  2. 2

    Design to own

    The system is designed around your workflow. You approve the architecture before any code is written, and the company owns the IP from day one.

  3. 3

    Build

    thinkOne builds, integrates and migrates in parallel, with little disruption to the companies, and goes live in about four months.

  4. 4

    Scale across the portfolio

    The same system rolls out to new acquisitions, and the software goes with each company at exit.

Ready for diligence.

  • SOC 2 and ISO 27001Security and compliance built into every system.
  • The company owns the codeNothing reverts to thinkbridge at the end of the term.
  • Runs where you choosePublic cloud, private cloud, hybrid or the company's own servers.
  • Paid from the value it createsPayments follow the results the system delivers.

Let's talk about your portfolio.

Tell us what you own, what you're acquiring and where the technology gaps are costing you value.

  • A reply within two business days
  • Your details and your portfolio stay confidential
How many portfolio companies run different systems?
4
Four companies, four different stacks.
What's on your mind?

No commitment. We'll only use your details to reply.

Questions from private equity firms, answered.

What is the thinkbridge Private Equity Services Practice?

It is a dedicated practice, launched in July 2026, that helps private equity firms create operational value across their portfolio companies. It brings AI, product engineering and technology talent together in a fund-level Center of Excellence, and works through AI, software modernization, technology consolidation and strategic talent deployment. Every initiative is tied back to operational and financial outcomes.

How does the fund-level Center of Excellence work?

It works across the fund instead of one company at a time. It sets one technology strategy, ranks portfolio companies by their value creation opportunity and defines outcome-based deliverables for each initiative. The same execution, governance and reporting then run in every company, so the operating team sees progress across the whole portfolio.

Which industries does the practice work in?

Manufacturing, automotive, distribution, retail, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, financial services and enterprise software. The work includes complex e-commerce transformations, ERP, data modernization programs and AI projects.

Who owns the systems thinkbridge builds for a portfolio company?

The portfolio company owns the code, the data model and the roadmap outright. There are no license fees, and the system goes with the company when it is sold.

How does thinkbridge bring a new acquisition onto the portfolio's systems?

thinkbridge maps the acquired company's systems and data, migrates what matters, connects what should stay through APIs and moves the company onto the portfolio's shared system. Because the playbook already exists in software, each acquisition comes on faster than the one before.

Do our portfolio companies have to replace every system?

No. Systems that work can stay and be connected. thinkOne can build one layer over them, so the rules and data sit in one place, and replace the rest one at a time.

How long does it take?

About four months to go live. A working prototype is ready within the first month.

How is a thinkbridge system paid for?

thinkbridge is paid from the value the system creates, with payments spread over an agreed term instead of a license or a large upfront build fee. The value is measured against a baseline agreed before the build. At the end of the term the company owns the system outright.

How does thinkbridge handle security?

Every thinkOne system is built to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 standards, with encryption, zero-trust access, backups and a full audit trail. It runs in the company's own cloud or on its own servers, and the code follows a standard, portable structure that a buyer's technical team can review.

Does thinkbridge work with our portfolio companies' IT teams?

Yes. thinkbridge works alongside in-house IT and existing vendors. After go-live it runs and improves the system under managed care, and because the company owns the code, its own team can take on more of that work over time.

There's a new way there™.

Tell us what your portfolio owns, what you're buying and where technology could create more value. thinkbridge will show you where the practice would start.

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