Private Equity Research and Advisory

How we can help

Private Equity Advisory

We have a proven track record in PE Advisory. Aranca helps clients identify/track investment opportunities, develop investment thesis and evaluate opportunities that have the potential to become the next unicorn.

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Private Equity Advisory

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Portfolio Company Advisory

Aranca utilizes a combination of various problem-solving techniques to help portfolio companies refine/optimize their operational strategy and devise robust growth and expansion plans.

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Portfolio Company Advisory

Aranca utilizes a combination of various problem-solving techniques to help portfolio companies refine/optimize their operational strategy and devise robust growth and expansion plans.

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Ad-hoc Support Services

Aranca provides capital raising support for PE funds. We also support portfolio companies in their other ad-hoc research engagements, helping them make informed strategic decisions.

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Ad-hoc Support Services

Aranca provides capital raising support for PE funds. We also support portfolio companies in their other ad-hoc research engagements, helping them make informed strategic decisions.

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Identifying and Tracking Investment Opportunities

Looking for the next UNICORN?

Using our sectoral expertise and global reach, we aid clients to discover, assess and track companies that has the potential to become the next Unicorn

Our rich experience in the developed markets has given us vast knowledge on various business model that help our proprietary search framework to identify great investment opportunities. With our presence in developing countries and though our partner networks we have an edge to locate the hidden opportunities for our clients

The three pillared proprietary framework help us identify the right investment opportunity for you:

Market / Industry

Industry Attractiveness
Competition Intensity
Regulatory Landscape
Value Chain Dynamics

Operational

Experienced Management
Unique proposition
Key Clients
Strong partnerships

Financial

Revenue
Profitability
Initial Funding Raised
Valuation Multiples

Portfolio Optimization Strategy

Private Equity succeeds when portfolio companies flourish

We help portfolio companies seize the opportunity – by refining its strategy and sharpening their existing operations

Due to its extensive experience, Aranca understands the working of top startup’s and global conglomerates and the intricacies of successful businesses, helping portfolio companies to minimize its operational risk and enhance profitability.

Our portfolio optimization strategy framework will help answer key client questions.

What opportunities are there to enhance the commercial performance of the business?
How can we re-engineer core business process and rationalize manufacturing and support operations?
How to mitigate risk and improve ROE?
What organic and inorganic opportunities exist to strengthen our current market position?

Capital Raising Support

We engage at an early stage through our capital raising support to PE firms

Aranca has extensively supported PE firms during capital raising and new fund launch

Our experience of working with LP’s and GP’s helps us understand the fundraising process and help clients in creating high impact marketing presentations, developing list of potential LP’s/investors, curating the lead generation target list with contact details, reach out initiatives (case by case basis) to potential leads as a first level sourcing and advanced graphics support on marketing materials.

Our capital raising support help clients with,

wider reach to source investments
more focus on core fund raising discussions and initiatives, and
dedicate more time meeting investors than creating marketing contents

Transaction Ad-hoc Support

Speed, Precision, Performance are critical to any transaction; we help you improve your outcome

Our reliable and quick ad-hoc transaction support helps private equity and corporate investors in making an informed investment decision

PE SUPPORT

Deal Analysis

We provide quick insights on the industry / geography specific trading and transaction multiples to ascertain the optimum valuation multiple and help you take a go-no go decision quickly.

Company Intelligence

Get a bird’s eye view on the prevailing competition / company. Track industry trends and identify key success factors and product/service gaps.

Benchmarking

Does your target company have an optimum price / features for their product or service?
We benchmark it with domestic and international peers to provide comprehensive and meaningful insights

PORTFOLIO SUPPORT

Surveys

Getting the ground-level insights is critical to any investment decision.
We are proficient in undertaking customer and vendor surveys through various ways such as online, telephonic and face-to-face.

Mystery Shopping

Sale process and customer service is critical for success in competitive world. We undertake mystery shopping for our clients to understand and highlight any areas of improvement

Regulatory Landscape Assessment

Changing regulatory dynamics can have a larger impact on any business. We not only study the existing regulatory landscape but also ascertain future outlook by studying the regulation in similar/developed geographies

perspectives

Thought Leadership & Newsletters

Our PE team actively contributes with expert opinions and insights covering a broad range of topics including sector outlook, recent regulatory developments and impact on PE firms, macroeconomic impact, and best practices, among others.

How SHIELD Framework Can Help PE Firms Benefit From COVID-19 Downturn

Will Private Equity Firms Emerge Unscathed from the COVID-19 Crisis?

Global Private Equity Factbook

Upbeat US IPO activity, not for Unicorns though

Fintech Revolution, What’s Next…?

5 Flaws and Fixes in P2P Lending That Could Make Banking Obsolete

PE Firms Going Long on US Online Short-Term Rental Market

Nine Due Diligence Blunders and Ways to Avoid Them

How Online Banking Has Changed Investment

Due Diligence: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Simplifying Private Equity: What it means, who can invest, ways to invest; Here’s ...

Can PE firms benefit from the COVID–19 downturn?

Our Experience Across Sectors

Healthcare

Benchmarking Dialysis Centers across Select Cities in India for an India-based PE Fund

Scope: A healthcare and life science PE fund was evaluating the investment in a company that runs a chain of dialysis centers across India and has plans to expand to other non-metro cities in select states.

Impact: Aranca helped the client by identifying investable opportunities to explore and develop a strategic roadmap in terms of target markets, product price, and positioning.

Commercial Due Diligence on a Nasal Spray Manufacturer

Scope: An India-based venture capital firm approached Aranca to conduct a detailed commercial due diligence on one of its investments in the healthcare space.

Impact: Aranca provided the client with a deep-dive analysis of the market landscape and identified risks associated with the target. This enabled the client to engage with the target entity and negotiate favorable valuations to achieve higher return on investment.

Assessment of the Radiation Oncology Market in the US

Scope: A leading lower-middle market private equity firm in the US engaged Aranca to understand the Radiation Oncology market in the US, with primary interest in a key cancer center in Austin, Texas.

Impact: Our analysis aided in the client's decision to invest in the radiation center through a detailed understanding of market dynamics and factors driving the demand.

Business Plan to Establish an Integrated Healthcare Facility in Thailand

Scope: A Thailand-based private equity firm engaged Aranca to develop a detailed business plan for setting up an integrated healthcare facility in the country.

Impact: Aranca highlighted the rationale for the proposed business plan based on economic, demographic, and healthcare statistics, and provided an end-to-end implementation roadmap.

Opportunity Analysis in the Global Biosimilars Market

Scope: A global PE firm engaged Aranca for exploring opportunities to invest in the biosimilars market in either the US or Europe.

Impact: Aranca helped the client in shortlisting and getting a detailed understanding of potential investment targets, and build on their understanding of market dynamics.

Investment Attractiveness Assessment in the US Biotechnology Market

Scope: A leading Dubai-based PE firm was interested in assessing investment opportunities in the US biotechnology market.

Impact: Aranca helped the client in identifying investment opportunities in the biotechnology space, with key focus on start-up companies seeking funding.

Healthcare Technology

Investment Opportunity Assessment for Healthcare Devices in KSA

Scope: A large family office engaged Aranca to identify investment opportunities in the manufacturing and distribution of medical devices in KSA.

Impact: Aranca enabled the client to understand the market, provide a competitive landscape, and identify manufacturing and distribution opportunities. Additionally, the deep dive analysis of attractive products helped the client to develop a strategic roadmap.

Market Assessment for Infusion Pumps and Pain Management Devices in Southeast Asia

Scope: A private equity firm seeking to invest in specialist medical devices and equipment market engaged Aranca to evaluate the market potential for infusion pumps and pain management devices in select Southeast Asian countries.

Impact: Aranca gathered detailed intel on the market, along with market projections, product market share, and pricing trend, and recommended the most viable product mix. This provided a benchmark to the client to evaluate future investment prospects.

Opportunity Assessment of the Rapid POC Diagnostics Market

Scope: A large family office based in KSA engaged Aranca to assess the opportunity of distributing Rapid POC diagnostic devices in India and evaluate the most viable market entry strategy.

Impact: The analysis from Aranca enabled the client to understand the varied market dynamics across various parts of the country and evaluate the adoption and market readiness for these products. Also, the client could define a strategic road map for market entry.

Materials

Identifying Investment Opportunities in the UAE’s Downstream Petrochemical Sector

Scope: A large private equity firm in the UAE engaged Aranca to identify potential downstream petrochemical projects that could be set up in the region.

Impact: Aranca helped the client to evaluate a large volume of EPC projects and recommend projects that met the client's investment criteria based on interactions with petrochemical companies and technology suppliers operating in the UAE.

Global Market Assessment of Select Polymers

Scope: A leading family office engaged Aranca to develop a detailed understanding of the global market for select polymers, including polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Impact: Aranca provided actionable insights on the global demand, supply chain, regulations, and distribution network, which enabled the client to define an efficient roadmap to enter the market and expand in various product categories.

Opportunity assessment in the Suspension Component Market in Europe, China, and the US

Scope: A leading private equity firm in Japan engaged Aranca to identify and shortlist potential acquisition targets in the forged aluminum suspension components market space in Europe, China, and the US.

Impact: Aranca provided a comprehensive list of manufacturers and shortlisted the potential targets, along with detailed insights on their business and strategic outlook.

ICT

Market Opportunity Assessment for Mobile VAS Services in Asia

Scope: A global private equity firm was interested in understanding the mobile VAS market opportunity across the Asian region to identify potential partners for localized content.

Impact: Aranca assisted the client in providing market analysis of the global and Asia MVAS markets by analyzing alliances / business models. The team also analyzed MVAS service providers globally, short-listing and profiling of specific MVAS service developers with potential partnership prospects.

Research Study on Retail of Gaming Consoles and Software in Four European Countries

Scope: A European private equity firm evaluating investments in a specialty retailer of video games / consoles engaged Aranca to conduct a research study on this segment in four countries.

Impact: The analysis helped the client to benchmark the performance and projections provided by the target entity through a detailed understanding of the market characteristics and assessment of business opportunities.

Benchmarking Study of Offshoring Locations for Voice and Non-Voice BPO Services in the APAC Region

Scope: A European private equity firm with plans to invest in the voice / non-voice BPO industry in the APAC region sought the benchmarking of preferred outsourcing destinations.

Impact: Aranca provided detailed benchmarking of the key low-cost countries globally, including cost and financial modelling, developing a rating matrix, providing analysis, and identifying and shortlisting attractive countries.

Financial Services

Evaluating New Business Opportunities in the Financial Services Sector in India

Scope: A UK-based private equity firm that focuses on investment opportunities in China and India wanted to evaluate new business opportunities in the financial services space in India.

Impact: Aranca provided a detailed understanding of the industry landscape, and developed an attractiveness scorecard to identify and evaluate innovative investment opportunities for the client.

Investment Evaluation Support for an Asian Venture Capital (VC) Firm

Scope: A leading Asian VC firm focusing on early-stage startups engaged Aranca to provide investment evaluation support for its e-commerce venture.

Impact: Aranca provided a flexible and economic solution in the form of a full-time resource, allowing the client to leverage additional capacity to win and execute new business mandates.

Monthly Debt and Currency Market Tracker

Scope: A leading UK-based private equity firm focused on Africa wanted Aranca to prepare a debt market tracker for the Sub-Saharan region (excluding South Africa).

Impact: Aranca helped the client by providing regular updates on the economy and leveraging the expertise of our in-house economist.

Construction

Feasibility Study and Private Placement Memorandum of a Marina Resort in Central America

Scope: A US-based PE services firm soliciting investment for a company involved in developing a luxury marina beach resort project engaged Aranca to build a financial model for due diligence process, advise on proposed capital structures, and draft a Private Placement Memorandum.

Impact: The client received an un-biased third-party view through a dynamic financial model and detailed due-diligence report on the investment opportunity of developing the resort.

Market assessment of Office Space and Retail Properties in Germany

Scope: A private equity player based in Dubai wanted to assess the opportunities in the office space and retail properties in Germany

Impact: Aranca provided an overview of the German real estate market and identified investment opportunities in both office and retail space, along with demand-supply analysis to assess the potential targets.

Market study on Affordable Housing in KSA

Scope: A KSA-based Private Equity firm had plans to allocate a part of its asset allocation to the affordable housing market, and wanted to understand the overall market dynamics, yields, and potential in this segment.

Impact: The client was able to get an overview of the macro economic scenario in KSA, details on the type of houses, cost of construction, and cost and size analysis of affordable houses. Aranca provided a suggestive framework for an affordable housing scheme benchmarked with the best practices from other countries.

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We will connect you to the right professional within our Private Equity Research & Advisory Team

Our Key Enablers

Internal + External Industry Experts

Combination of industry veteran + Aranca industry experts – while industry veteran can share knowledge and information, still need a team of experts/ analysts to synthesize and bring out the key findings – we work well in tandem

Working on niche product / sector is our forte

Ability to conduct work in niche sectors – history of conducting research in extremely niche products/ sectors such as Nutraceuticals, Imitation Jewellery, Masterbatchers, Blockchain, Healthtech, Fintech, etc.

We triangulate data with on-ground primary discussions

Primary research capabilities – in extremely niche markets/ sectors and countries. We have conducted research in more than 30 countries

We are Glocal

A vast partner network giving us access to local professionals who can help us conduct quality research / discussions in various countries / cities

Flexible operating models

We work as per your requirement. We can provide research and support on ongoing or on ad-hoc basis.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

India based Mid-Size PE Firm
"The team did a very good job in terms of finding hard-to-find information and great attention to detail by the team which helped us understand the risks and arrive at a reasonable valuation"

Hong Kong Based PE Firm
The team was able to sucessfully undertake large number of on-field customer surveys with difficult to find respondents and were able to unearth relevant insights (risks and opportunities) for the target company

Singapore Based Family Office
"The team delivered good quality output and they were truly committed towards the tasks given to them. They made sure that they cover every aspect of industry risks and provide an holistic view on the sector"

India based Family office
"The Team did a very good job of data mining and providding insightful information. They were always available for discussions and receptive to suggestions. They made sure that each opportunity is properly vetted in terms of risks and rewards"

India based Mid-Size PE Firm
"The team was great with their job and had a very practical approach to doing the diligence. It was a great experience working with the team. We recommend them for quality unbiased due diligence work"

US-based Investment firm
"The team had been instrumental in helping us evaluate our 50-60 merger targets this year as well as providing ad-hoc research as we engaged different targets in merger discussions."

GCC based Private Investment firm
"Based on our interaction and experience with Aranca, they have a good, knowledgeable and prompt responsive team. They made sure the quality is upto the mark coupled with actionable insights"

US-based Investment firm
"Our experience with the team has been par excellence and certainly worthy of the lofty NPS rating. Hopefully, 2020 will be a year of greater intercompany involvement."

US-based Investment firm
"The report was well structured and insightful. The team made sure that they incorporated all our requirements in timely manner. We look forward to work with them again"

Private Equity Research & Advisory

How we can help

Private Equity Advisory

Private Equity Advisory

Portfolio Company Advisory

Portfolio Company Advisory

Ad-hoc Support Services

Ad-hoc Support Services

Identifying and Tracking Investment Opportunities

Looking for the next UNICORN?

Using our sectoral expertise and global reach, we aid clients to discover, assess and track companies that has the potential to become the next Unicorn

Origination Mandate Support – Go-No Go Analysis

Assisting in making a time-bound & informed investment decision

Our in-house sectoral experts collaborate with clients to develop right investment thesis to improve the quality of deal flow

Opportunity and Industry Assessments

We evaluate an opportunity for strategic, market and financial viability

We are experts in analyzing the external ecosystem that influences the growth and business strategies of global companies

Due Diligence

We talk facts and nothing else…

Our robust and integrated due diligence help investors understand the true value of a company

Portfolio Optimization Strategy

Private Equity succeeds when portfolio companies flourish

We help portfolio companies seize the opportunity – by refining its strategy and sharpening their existing operations

Diagnostic Study & Improvement Advisory

We use problem solving tools to get to the root cause

We help client identify the root cause of an issue and suggest a path to prioritize and address the problem areas

Growth and Expansion Strategy

We walk in our client’s shoes to advise them on initiatives impacting growth and profitability

Aranca follows a 4-by-5 strategy development framework for growth advisory to provide client with a 360o view

Competitor Benchmarking

We unearth facts providing critical insights on your competitors

Aranca’s customized CI solution provides timely and actionable intelligence, enabling clients to take informed business decisions

Capital Raising Support

We engage at an early stage through our capital raising support to PE firms

Aranca has extensively supported PE firms during capital raising and new fund launch

Transaction Ad-hoc Support

Speed, Precision, Performance are critical to any transaction; we help you improve your outcome

Our reliable and quick ad-hoc transaction support helps private equity and corporate investors in making an informed investment decision

Factbook

Global Private Equity Factbook – Q3 2026

perspectives

Thought Leadership & Newsletters

Our Experience Across Sectors

Benchmarking Dialysis Centers across Select Cities in India for an India-based PE Fund

Commercial Due Diligence on a Nasal Spray Manufacturer

Assessment of the Radiation Oncology Market in the US

Business Plan to Establish an Integrated Healthcare Facility in Thailand

Opportunity Analysis in the Global Biosimilars Market

Investment Attractiveness Assessment in the US Biotechnology Market

Investment Opportunity Assessment for Healthcare Devices in KSA

Market Assessment for Infusion Pumps and Pain Management Devices in Southeast Asia

Opportunity Assessment of the Rapid POC Diagnostics Market

Identifying Investment Opportunities in the UAE’s Downstream Petrochemical Sector

Global Market Assessment of Select Polymers

Opportunity assessment in the Suspension Component Market in Europe, China, and the US

Market Opportunity Assessment for Mobile VAS Services in Asia

Research Study on Retail of Gaming Consoles and Software in Four European Countries

Benchmarking Study of Offshoring Locations for Voice and Non-Voice BPO Services in the APAC Region

Evaluating New Business Opportunities in the Financial Services Sector in India

Investment Evaluation Support for an Asian Venture Capital (VC) Firm

Monthly Debt and Currency Market Tracker

Feasibility Study and Private Placement Memorandum of a Marina Resort in Central America

Market assessment of Office Space and Retail Properties in Germany

Market study on Affordable Housing in KSA

Talk To Us

We will connect you to the right professional within our Private Equity Research & Advisory Team

Our Key Enablers

Internal + External Industry Experts

Working on niche product / sector is our forte

We triangulate data with on-ground primary discussions

We are Glocal

Flexible operating models

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Aranca is a global research analytics and advisory firm with over 20 years of experience in helping organizations take strategic business and investment decisions fearlessly and with utmost conviction.

Aranca follows a 4-by-5 strategy development framework for growth advisory to provide client with a 360^o view