Strategy consulting for Private Equity

Data-driven strategy for the Private Equity industry.

Sokrates Advisors is a strategy consulting firm dedicated to data-driven strategy for the Private Equity industry. Sokrates operates at the intersection of technology, data science, and strategy. We are a team of strategists, data scientists and economists led by the ambition to bring both advancements in data science and predictive analytics to Private Equity investors and managers.

Since 2014, Sokrates has advised more than €80bn in transaction value. With teams in Paris and New York, we serve clients throughout Europe and the United States.

What we do Contact

€80bntransaction value advised

3,000companies analyzed

40years of strategy consulting experience

10×+returned to investors on companies that followed our methodology

Sokrates

Technology, data science, and strategy.

Six capabilities, combined on every engagement: the Private Equity industry known from the inside, and data science applied to the questions investors and managers actually ask.

Deep knowledge of the Private Equity industry

Data science applied to Private Equity

Analytical framework anchored in decision science

Predictive analytics tailored to private company performance

Proprietary software platform and tools to analyze investments

Strategic consulting augmented by technology and data science

What we do

Due diligence and M&A planning. Data-driven value creation.

At Sokrates, we operate at the intersection of technology, data science, and strategy. Our focus is using data science to create value for Private Equity funds and portfolio companies.

Buy-side commercial due diligence

We use data to reduce the transaction risk for Private Equity funds: an in-depth, data-rich market analysis early in the M&A process, before access to the company data.

Data-driven value creation

Data-driven strategy and tools for Private Equity portfolio companies: external and internal data combined to improve performance, delivered as analysis, SaaS or on-site solutions.

Clients

We serve the entire Private Equity community.

Across the Private Equity community and across industries, including some that are not often on the radar screen of Private Equity firms.

Clients

We serve the entire Private Equity community:

Buy-out
Growth capital
Funds of funds: secondaries & primaries
Direct secondaries
Institutional investors
Asset managers

Industries

We have experience in some areas which are not often on the radar screen of Private Equity firms.

Manufacturing
Software & information technology
B-to-B services
Retail & consumer goods
Healthcare
Construction
Telecom
Education
Electronics & semiconductors
Hospitality
Watchmaking
Maritime transportation