Portco Solutions

Your value creation partner — built around your investment horizon.

We help private equity firms operationalize cross-portfolio sourcing and value creation initiatives that hit both the P&L and the multiple you'll sell at — whatever stage of the hold you're in.

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50+private equity firms

500+portfolio companies

400%+guaranteed first-year ROI

Questions worth asking

Is your portfolio leaving value creation on the table?

Have you considered executing a cross-portfolio sourcing program across your portfolio companies?

Have your portfolio companies achieved managerial consistency of contracts in their procurement and sourcing process?

Are you maximizing the value of best-in-class aggregated programs and GPO offerings across the portfolio?

Do you have a strategy for vetting disruptive technologies across your portfolio companies?

What we do

Operationalizing cross-portfolio value creation.

We're a consulting and advisory firm focused on helping private equity firms maximize ROI on cross-portfolio sourcing solutions and other value creation initiatives — acting as an extension of your value creation team.

Cross-portfolio leverage

Aggregated sourcing across your portfolio

We operationalize cross-portfolio sourcing programs that pool purchasing power across your portfolio companies — turning fragmented, company-by-company contracts into leveraged, aggregated savings.

Governance

Managerial & contract consistency

We bring procurement and sourcing processes into a consistent, documented structure across portfolio companies — so value creation isn't dependent on any one operator's institutional knowledge.

Technology

Disruptive technology vetting

We help you evaluate emerging technologies for portfolio-wide fit, so adoption decisions are made once, well, and at scale — not re-litigated at every portfolio company.

Built around your hold period

Value creation designed for your investment horizon.

A cross-portfolio program that's right for a fresh platform in year one looks different from one built for a company heading toward exit. We tailor the approach to where you are in the hold.

Early hold

Platform & add-on integration

New platforms and add-ons get folded into existing aggregated programs quickly, so synergies show up in the model from year one instead of waiting for a later integration phase.

Mid hold

Ongoing optimization

Existing portfolio companies get renewal cycles, vendor consolidation, and contract standardization revisited on a regular cadence, so savings compound rather than plateau after the first pass.

Pre-exit

Exit-readiness sprint

In the run-up to a sale, we help document and lock in cost savings so they read as durable, structural improvements in diligence — not one-time cuts a buyer will discount.

Why this matters more in a PE hold

The multiplier effect on enterprise value.

In a portfolio company, a dollar of OpEx you take out doesn't just help this year's P&L — it flows straight to EBITDA. And at exit, EBITDA gets multiplied by whatever multiple the platform trades at. That turns a modest cost reduction into an outsized gain in enterprise value, on top of any revenue growth.

$1.2M

ANNUAL OPEX REDUCTION

EXIT MULTIPLE

$8.4M

ENTERPRISE VALUE CREATED

Illustrative example only — actual results depend on your platform's specific multiple, deal structure, and how durable the underlying savings are. This is the same mechanism buyers use to underwrite the value of a cost-reduction story in diligence, which is exactly why we document savings the way we do.

Let's talk value creation

Let's discuss strategies for your portfolio.

Give us a call today to discuss strategies and how we can partner as an extension of your value creation team.

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Steve Cross — Managing Partner · steve@portcosolutions.com · (615) 988-6393

One team, several specialists

Our companies

Sourcing Advisory Group, GPO Channel Sales, Portco Solutions, and The Benefit Alliance Group are sister companies under the same leadership — each built around one part of maximizing value for the organizations we work with.