S&P Global and Maestro Partner to Offer Private Equity Firms Enhanced Visibility into Asset Level Performance
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) has announced a strategic partnership with Maestro, a portfolio company of S&P Global Ventures, to enhance portfolio monitoring capabilities for private equity firms. The partnership integrates Maestro's Value Creation Management platform with S&P Global's iLEVEL portfolio monitoring system.
The integration enables automated data entry and streamlined measurement of value creation initiatives, allowing firms to directly attribute revenue growth, cost optimization, and margin expansion to specific activities. Notably, Maestro clients have shown a 4x fundraising advantage over the past two years, with 75% successfully raising capital compared to the 20% industry average.
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) ha annunciato una partnership strategica con Maestro, una società in portafoglio di S&P Global Ventures, per potenziare le capacità di monitoraggio del portafoglio per le società di private equity. La collaborazione integra la piattaforma Value Creation Management di Maestro con il sistema di monitoraggio del portafoglio iLEVEL di S&P Global.
L'integrazione permette l'inserimento dati automatizzato e una misurazione semplificata delle iniziative di creazione di valore, consentendo alle società di attribuire direttamente la crescita dei ricavi, l'ottimizzazione dei costi e l'espansione dei margini a specifiche attività. In particolare, i clienti di Maestro hanno mostrato un vantaggio di raccolta fondi di 4x negli ultimi due anni, con il 75% che ha raccolto capitale con successo rispetto alla media del settore del 20%.
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) ha anunciado una asociación estratégica con Maestro, una compañía del portafolio de S&P Global Ventures, para mejorar las capacidades de monitorización de carteras de las firmas de private equity. La alianza integra la plataforma Value Creation Management de Maestro con el sistema de monitorización de carteras iLEVEL de S&P Global.
La integración permite la entrada de datos automatizada y una medición más ágil de las iniciativas de creación de valor, lo que permite a las firmas atribuir directamente el crecimiento de ingresos, la optimización de costes y la expansión de márgenes a actividades concretas. Cabe destacar que los clientes de Maestro han mostrado una ventaja de recaudación de fondos de 4x en los últimos dos años, con un 75% logrando captar capital con éxito frente al promedio del sector del 20%.
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI)는 S&P Global Ventures의 포트폴리오사인 Maestro와 전략적 파트너십을 체결해 사모펀드의 포트폴리오 모니터링 역량을 강화한다고 발표했습니다. 이번 제휴는 Maestro의 Value Creation Management 플랫폼을 S&P Global의 포트폴리오 모니터링 시스템인 iLEVEL과 통합합니다.
통합을 통해 데이터 입력 자동화와 가치 창출 이니셔티브의 간소화된 측정이 가능해져, 업체들이 특정 활동에 수익 성장, 비용 최적화 및 마진 확대를 직접적으로 귀속시킬 수 있습니다. 특히 Maestro 고객은 지난 2년간 자금조달에서 4배의 우위를 보였으며, 75%가 자본 조달에 성공해 업계 평균 20%를 크게 상회했습니다.
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) a annoncé un partenariat stratégique avec Maestro, une société du portefeuille de S&P Global Ventures, afin de renforcer les capacités de suivi de portefeuille des sociétés de capital-investissement. Le partenariat intègre la plateforme Value Creation Management de Maestro au système de suivi de portefeuille iLEVEL de S&P Global.
Cette intégration permet l'automatisation de la saisie des données et une mesure simplifiée des initiatives de création de valeur, permettant aux sociétés d'attribuer directement la croissance des revenus, l'optimisation des coûts et l'expansion des marges à des activités spécifiques. Notamment, les clients de Maestro ont affiché un avantage de levée de fonds de 4x au cours des deux dernières années, avec 75% réussissant à lever des capitaux contre une moyenne sectorielle de 20%.
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) hat eine strategische Partnerschaft mit Maestro, einem Portfoliounternehmen von S&P Global Ventures, angekündigt, um die Portfoliobeobachtungsfähigkeiten für Private-Equity-Firmen zu verbessern. Die Partnerschaft integriert Maestros Value Creation Management-Plattform in S&P Globals Portfoliomonitoring-System iLEVEL.
Die Integration ermöglicht automatisierte Dateneingabe und eine vereinfachte Messung von Value-Creation-Initiativen, sodass Firmen Umsatzwachstum, Kostenoptimierung und Margenausweitung direkt bestimmten Aktivitäten zuordnen können. Bemerkenswert ist, dass Maestro-Kunden in den letzten zwei Jahren einen 4x-Fundraising-Vorteil gezeigt haben, wobei 75% erfolgreich Kapital aufgenommen haben, verglichen mit dem Branchendurchschnitt von 20%.
- Integration enables automated data entry and streamlined measurement of value creation initiatives
- Maestro clients demonstrated 4x fundraising advantage with 75% raising capital vs 20% industry average
- Partnership enhances portfolio monitoring capabilities and operational efficiency
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S&P Global's partnership with Maestro creates significant value for PE firms by connecting financial monitoring with operational execution.
This partnership between S&P Global and Maestro represents a meaningful advancement in private equity technology infrastructure. By integrating iLEVEL's financial monitoring capabilities with Maestro's value creation platform, PE firms gain the ability to directly attribute financial outcomes to specific operational initiatives – something that has historically been challenging in the industry.
The integration addresses a critical gap in the PE tech stack: connecting financial performance metrics with the operational initiatives designed to drive those metrics. Previously, these systems operated in silos, making it difficult to demonstrate causality between actions and outcomes. Now, firms can measure the exact impact of value creation activities on revenue growth, cost optimization, and margin expansion.
What makes this particularly valuable is the improvement in data flow and decision-making speed. Rather than manually reconciling data between systems, the integration automates data entry and creates a single source of truth. This enables faster, more informed decisions based on real-time performance insights.
The reported 4x fundraising advantage for Maestro clients compared to industry averages (75% vs. 20%) suggests this approach to operational value creation is becoming increasingly important to limited partners when making investment decisions. This aligns with the broader industry shift toward operational excellence as a key differentiator in PE performance.
For S&P Global, this partnership strengthens their market position in the PE technology space while potentially creating new revenue opportunities through increased adoption of their iLEVEL platform. For existing customers of both platforms, like Bregal Sagemount, the integration delivers immediate efficiency gains by reducing manual data work and improving operational visibility.
Partnership offers streamlined value creation monitoring and reporting to support decision-making
By combining iLEVEL's financial data infrastructure with Maestro's data and workflows, private equity firms can measure the impact of their value creation initiatives, identify the highest-yielding value levers and improve transparency between sponsors and portfolio management teams. This enables firms to directly attribute revenue growth, cost optimization and margin expansion to specific value creation activities, accelerating decision-making.
"From the beginning, iLEVEL has been committed to growing the flow of data analytics and insights between private capital market participants," said Chris Sparenberg, Head of iLEVEL at S&P Global Market Intelligence. "This partnership brings integrated solutions to market that increase visibility into how value creation initiatives impact portfolio company performance, ultimately driving better decision-making and trusted insights from portfolio companies to GPs to LPs."
"As driving operational alpha becomes increasingly central to private equity investing, firms are actively seeking end-to-end solutions that tightly integrate portfolio monitoring with value creation operations and execution; this partnership represents a significant market moment," said Prasanth Ramanand, CEO of Maestro. "S&P Global iLEVEL has long been regarded as the industry leader for portfolio monitoring. This partnership delivers the scalable, data-driven infrastructure that private equity firms need to create measurable impact, faster."
Maestro clients demonstrated an almost 4x fundraising advantage in the last 2 years, with
The integration is already available for mutual customers and is seeing traction with leading firms, including Bregal Sagemount.
"The integration between iLEVEL and Maestro has greatly improved visibility into operational performance across the portfolio. It has enabled us to work smarter and faster, with less time spent on data manipulation and more on driving business growth," said Ben Willis, Operating Principal at Bregal Sagemount.
S&P Global Ventures brings the breadth and depth of S&P Global's product offering and deep domain expertise to assist companies as they continue to grow. As an S&P Global Ventures company, Maestro has carved a path as an innovator, an industry leader and a category creator that recognized and filled an unmet need among value-focused private equity and venture capital firms.
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About S&P Global
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About Maestro
Maestro is the value creation platform designed exclusively for the Private Equity industry. Maestro helps PE sponsors modernize their operations and maximize value creation within their portfolio through active portfolio management and collaboration with portfolio company management teams. For more information, please visit: https://www.go-maestro.com/ or contact hello@go-maestro.com.
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