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The success of our clients is what drives us.
Ben Ault
Managing Director
“As an early adopter of SPS I’ve been impressed by the thoughtful evolution of the offering over time, allowing us to continually optimize our business development efforts with best in class data and analytics.”
Harv Barenz
Partner and Head of Business Development
“SPS has been a key tool in our thematic sourcing efforts, providing us with the data we need to succeed in niche sectors. Their benchmarking studies have also been valuable and have allowed us to continually refine our sourcing methods.”
Gretchen Perkins
Partner
“SPS is a powerful tool for Avance to identify the investment bankers active in the sectors in which we want to invest. Their client service is responsive, strategic, and so helpful in my function. I consider our relationship manager an extension of Avance’s business development efforts.”
Amit Singh
Vice President
“SPS has been a foundational tool for helping establish Bessemer Investors’ intermediary coverage strategy. Their proactive services team provides invaluable insight and works closely with us to finetune and filter the database for our sourcing priorities, enabling continuous improvement over multiple years.”
Charlie Gifford
Senior Partner
“SPS has been a value added service provider since the first day we signed them up. The intel they share on completed deals is the perfect conversation starter whenever I speak to investment bankers, and very easy to access on the fly. We have used the data to help change the behavior of certain deal sources and to increase our mindshare with specific intermediaries.”
John Novak
Managing Director, Head of Investment Development and Capital Markets
“SPS has been an integral part of our building a more organized and consistent approach to sourcing. The data and insights that their service provides are unique and incredibly valuable. In addition, their team is always responsive and focused on helping us maximize the benefits of their platform.”
Andrew Cantwell
CEO and Managing Partner
“SPS has been an important tool for us as we build out our origination effort at Carlson Private Capital. It allows us to identify gaps in our current strategy and target relevant intermediaries for optimal use of time.”
Nikhil Bhat
Managing Director, Co-Head of Investments
“Building a best-in-class sourcing and business development function is a key strategic imperative for Vestar. SPS’ data provides valuable insight, helping us focus our energies in areas that will yield the greatest opportunity. We also value their consultative, partnership-oriented approach.”
Matt Picciano
Principal
“We have been using SPS for several years now. It provides one-of-a-kind solution that helps us be more targeted in our deal origination efforts, and helps us add new deal sources to our network.”
Jon Leiman
Partner
“SPS enhances our BD efforts by enabling us to identify and strengthen our relationships with emerging and newer firms that aren’t necessarily on our radar screen.”
Ted Kramer
President & CEO
“SPS provides us valuable insight on relevant deal sources. Their forward-thinking approach to data and analytics aligns well with our deal sourcing, which is core to our Firm’s success.”
Derry Burns
Director
“SPS has been a valuable resource, giving us the ability to optimize our time and allowing us to be more strategic in our deal sourcing efforts.”
Matthew Thompson
General Partner
“As a sector-focused fund, deal sourcing is ingrained in our DNA and critical to our success. SPS provides us cutting edge tools and analytics to stay ahead of our competition.”
Tom C. Aronson
Vice Chairman & Head of Originations
“Applying the SPS data to our sourcing strategy has given us better visibility into our market. The integration with our CRM has been very beneficial to our sourcing process.”
Scott Erickson
Principal, Head of Business Development
“SPS has been an invaluable resource to our business development approach. The tools and support team have made travel, relationship development, and tracking deals much more efficient.”