Portfolio and transaction consulting
Sustainable, above-average growth is difficult to achieve in the medium term without effective digitization of a company’s operating model. However, technology is not a means to an end and many standard solutions available on the market in particular do not deliver the desired business impact if they are not applied in line with the requirements of the business model and deeply integrated into the operating model.
The prerequisite for accelerated ‘digital’ growth is therefore a fundamental understanding of the most important value drivers of a business model (e.g. customer acquisition & monetization, purchasing, operational efficiency), the coordinated use of digital technologies and their sustainable linkage in processes and organization and efficient control mechanisms for management and shareholders.
As a long-standing digitalization partner, we support private and institutional investors in identifying, quantifying and implementing digital growth levers during transactions or in their existing portfolio companies.
In addition to due diligence consulting and conceptual design, we closely support partners during implementation through combined business and software teams in order to sustainably integrate new solutions into the company’s operating model in the context of existing capabilities and to ensure efficient steering of initiatives by management and shareholders.
Digital due diligence
We analyze your portfolio company and define a growth and digital strategy
Range of services:
- Analysis of the portfolio company: markets, competition, business model, monetization, product, organization.
- Analysis of the digitalization potential
- Derivation of growth and digitization levers
Hypotheses on value levers
We analyze your portfolio company and define a growth and digital strategy
Range of services:
- Analysis of the business model and the degree of digitalization of existing investments.
- Gap analysis to best-in-class competitors
- Derivation of hypotheses on growth and digitization potential
Concept development
We create value-creating concepts on the basis of the analyses
Range of services:
- Strategic realignment
- Realignment of the business and monetization model
- Setting up and testing of business cases
- Development of customer and product-oriented target organizations
- Implementation planning
Decision template for further action and future investments
Concept implementation
Concept implementation
We are the right operational partners to realize the potential of your portfolio company
Range of services:
- Business execution by experienced business builders
- Technical implementation of products and systems by 300+ developers
- Recruiting and onboarding of new team members for implementation
- PMO and tracking of the implementation progress
Our portfolio and transaction consulting success stories
Konrad is one of the founders of DevelopX and leads the company as Managing Partner. He founded DevelopX in 2019 as a partner of TruVenturo, one of Europe’s leading company builders in the digital space. Prior to founding DevelopX, Konrad was responsible for founding and scaling several tech startups at TruVenturo and realized several successful exits.
After studying materials science, Konrad worked for several years as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in Hamburg, advising companies in the manufacturing, high tech and chemicals sectors. Konrad holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and lives in Hamburg.
As an engineer and passionate entrepreneur, Konrad works with companies in the energy, industrials and logistics sectors and advises our private equity clients in due diligence or portfolio optimization.
Before joining DevelopX in 2021, Armin spent more than 10 years as a manager/principal at the top strategy consultancies Bain & Company and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), advising corporations, mid-sized companies and private equity funds on strategic issues and the operational implementation of measures. Armin also looks back on more than five years as Managing Director at Germany’s largest comparison portal CHECK24, where he successfully managed and scaled the property insurance division as well as the insurance center.
Armin holds a PhD from LMU Munich in Capital Markets Research, a Master of Business Research, a Diploma in Business Administration from LMU Munich and a degree from the startup and entrepreneurship school CDTM (Center for Digital Technology and Management) from LMU and TU Munich.
At DevelopX, Armin focuses on optimizing customer-related processes and digital customer journeys. He focuses on the Insurance & InsurTech and Banking & Fintech industries.
Prior to joining DevelopX in 2021, Chris had already gained entrepreneurial experience as founder of a start-up in the mobile fitness space and worked as Commercial Lead at an established software engineering boutique. There, he oversaw the implementation and evolution of complex digital products. Prior to that, Chris spent most of his career in management consulting, supporting clients in large-scale transformation and restructuring programs.
Chris studied technical physics at the Technical University of Munich. As a partner at DevelopX, he implements large-scale software development projects across industries and consults as an expert on the use of new technologies such as web3 or AI. Chris has a passion for decentralization and digital art.
Other business areas
Business building
The focus of our work is on identifying and validating value-generating digital business models and their stringent implementation in the interaction between product, marketing & sales, operations and organization. As a long-standing industry partner, we also know the special challenges that established companies face when building disruptive business models and actively support critical project phases with regard to strategic planning, budgeting of investment decisions, as well as the operational and cultural connection between existing and new organizations.
Digital strategy and implementation
We specifically address the key value drivers of your business model and thus optimize your internal value creation and customer interactions. Our data-driven approach ensures measurable and sustainable results.
Software services
We develop individual software solutions for complex challenges. With flexible and scalable software services, we respond to the needs and budgets of our customers. With our 300+ software development experts, we build specialized teams for web and mobile applications through to cloud and data applications. We deliver software to the highest quality standards, quickly and on budget.