Value Accelerator

The GS Value Accelerator is a centralized platform that partners with our portfolio companies to build enduring businesses and create incremental value by leveraging the GS network, our differentiated resources, and our highly distinguished operating advisors.

Value Accelerator

The GS Value Accelerator is a centralized platform that partners with our portfolio companies to build enduring businesses and create incremental value by leveraging the GS network, our differentiated resources, and our highly distinguished operating advisors.

 

 

850+

company engagements

 

 


 

Putting capital to work is only half of the story for our investing strategy.

 

We are focused on investing with a management first strategy and have built a flexible model around the needs of our portfolio and the resources GS is best positioned to provide. Goldman's 150 year operating history and expansive global network enables us to partner distinguished operators and resources with portfolio companies to create outsized impact.

 

 

 

 

 


The Goldman Sachs Value Accelerator drives value for portfolio companies in 6 key areas:


1SCALING REVENUE

Introductions to a wealth of ideas to help you scale

750+

dedicated engagements to scaling revenue and creating commercial opportunities.


 

Accelerate top line growth through new customers, new markets and new strategies. 

 

  • Accelerated Growth
  • Sales & Marketing Excellence
  • Pricing Optimization
  • Customer Success 
     

2 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

Building a reputation of flawless operational execution

340+

engagements focused on operational improvement and cost reduction creating more efficiency and scalability across our businesses.


 

Optimize quality and performance with automated and efficient processes to execute and scale.

 

  • Data-Driven Management
  • Operating Model Effectiveness
  • Workflow and Automation
  • Procurement and Cost Effectiveness


3TECHNICAL, DIGITAL, AND DATA TRANSFORMATION

Empowering Digital and Data Transformation

550+

Companies partnered with across digital & data initiatives.


 

Harness the power of data & digital transformation to drive operating decisions and unlocked untapped value. 

  • Infrastructure Optimization
  • Digital Strategy
  • AI and Data
  • Cyber Security
  • Dev & Testing Effectiveness
     

4TALENT & ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY

Bringing the best Talent and Organizational Strategy to our companies

170+

Partnered on 170+ C-suite executive placements.


 

Work with recognized experts to build outstanding management teams, optimal organization designs, and winning cultures. 

  • Executive Search
  • Organizational Effectiveness
  • Company Culture
  • Talent Assessment and Development
     

5ESG & Risk Optimization

Making our companies more sustainable and risk optimized

100%

of our PE boards have a diverse board member.


 

Leverage the deep-rooted history of Risk Management and Sustainability programs to empower and differentiate portfolio companies. 

  • Sustainability
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
  • Corporate Governance
  • Risk Management
  • Health and Wellness Benefits
     

Scaling Revenue

Burt Podbere

CFO of Crowdstrike

Jim Underhill

Former COO of MRC Global

John Connolly

Former Head of Bain Capital Ventures Operating Team

Ken Sweder

Chairman & CEO of Individual Foodservice

Paul Albright

Multi-Time Software Industry Executive

Commerical Introductions:
High quality client introductions from the expansive GS Network

 

OneGS:
Access to the comprehensive financial services and advisory that GS provides clients to help support growth including AYCO, Wealth Management, Banking and Lending among others

 

Playbooks:
Digital Marketing, Value Based Pricing playbooks with repeatable strategies & best practices

 

Tools:
GS Research access for Market / Sector analysis

 

Training & Events:
CEO & Founders Conference, topical events such as SPAC 101

 

"We have engaged with the GS Operating Council in several key areas, most notably our Organic Growth strategies. This helped us double our rate of organic growth over the last twelve months."


Aston Lark, CEO

Operations Excellence

Alex Niemeyer

Former Global Lead of McKinsey's Supply Chain practice

Steve Schepps

Former KKR Head of Procurment for Americas

Tania Howarth

Former CIO of Europe and Africa for The Coca Cola Company

GS Practitioners:
Access to insights from Goldman's 150 year operating history and internal subject matter experts

 

Intra Portfolio Community:
Connect with peers from the portfolio to discuss opportunities and challenges

 

Playbooks:
Cost Take Out & Employee Benefits Review playbooks with repeatable strategies & best practices

 

Tools:
Procurement Platform offering preferred benefits, and board deck & KPI templates

 

Training & Events:
COO Round Table Discussions & topical events such as Back to Office Strategy

 

"Goldman’s Value Accelerator resources supported our ERP implementation, dramatically reducing deployment time."


K&N, CEO

Talent & Organizational Strategy

Carol Roche

Founder & Director of CRA Human Capital Ltd.

Morgan McKeown

Corporate Equity Talent Lead

Wes Cole

Growth Equity Talent Lead

Sourcing Network:
Leveraging the GS Network to source talent from our Intra-Portfolio community, our alumni and extended external network

 

Intra Portfolio Community:
Connect with peers from the portfolio to discuss opportunities and challenges

 

Playbooks:
Leadership & Team Effectiveness playbooks with repeatable strategies & best practices

 

Tools:
Comp Benchmarking for leadership roles & Agency / Search Recommendations

 

Training & Events:
Leadership Coaching & topical events such as Managing through a Crisis

 

"The GS team supported us through a leadership transition. We were able to secure better talent in significantly less time thanks to the team."


Aptos, CEO

Technical, Digital and Data Transformation

Bob Kelly

Former Corporate VP of Cloud Business at Microsoft

Franck Cohen

Former President of SAP Digital Core

Lorie Buckingham

Former Chief Development Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

Prerak Vohra

Digital Advisory Council Lead and Former McKinsey & Company's Transfomational Lead

Digital Edge:
Curated access to a community of distinguished industry experts to help drive digital transformation and support companies in optimizing their unique Digital Edge

 

 

Playbooks:
CDR Transformation & Cloud Migration playbooks with repeatable strategies & best practices

 

Tools:
Vendor Database with feedback from previous engagements, and Cyber Assessments

 

Training & Events:
CTO Forum & topical events such as Cyber Risks & Ransomware

 

"Goldman Sachs provided us access to exceptional resources, which have been instrumental in accelerating the transformation of our company across talent, digital, procurement, and more."


MyEyeDr, CEO

ESG & Risk Optimization

Letitia Webster

Chief Sustainability Officer of AMD

Tamika Curry Smith

Value Accelerator D&I Lead

TC Umejei

Deputy CISO of AMD

OneGS:
Access to insights from Goldman's 150 year operating history and internal subject matter experts

 

OneGS:
Access to the comprehensive financial services and advisory that GS provides clients to help support growth including AYCO, Wealth Management, Banking and Lending among others

 

OneGS:
Access to firmwide personnel during times of market disruption including our Chief Medical Officer to address COVID related issues

            

Playbooks:
Sustainability Whitepaper GS publication

 

Tools:
ESG assessment for identifying the next step on each companies unique journey

 

Training & Events:
Sustainability 101 & topical events such as Impacts of New ESG Regulation

 

"Goldman has a lot of experience helping companies structure what I would call effective ESG strategies and an ESG process in the company."


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6Finance & Strategy

300+

Engagements dedicated to Finance and Strategy.


 

Professionalize governance processes and establish an M&A approach alongside experienced operating executives. 

  • M&A Strategy
  • Financial Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Diligence
     

Our Approach

We invest with a management first strategy partnering with leadership teams to create value. We seek to drive outsized business outcomes at all stages of the investing lifecycle.

Our Approach

We invest with a management first strategy partnering with leadership teams to create value. We seek to drive outsized business outcomes at all stages of the investing lifecycle.

Market Insights & Sourcing
 

Advisors and deal teams partner to discuss market trends and leverage deep connectivity into specialized domains to provide a channel for additional sourcing activity.

Opportunity Identification & Diligence
 

Experts provide a unique perspective in diligence and facilitate internal assessments to equip leadership with benchmarking insights and potential value creation opportunities.

Value Creation Partnership
 

Ongoing trusted Advisor partnerships and self-service resources / playbooks create opportunities for continued differentiated value creation results.

Monetization
 

Partnership and thoughtful planning throughout the path to exit helps to strongly position companies for success.

Meet the Team

The Value Accelerator has built a best in class team of advisors through a variable cost model that enables us to keep the freshest and most distinguished talent accessible to our portfolio companies.

Head of Value Accelerator


Lou D’Ambrosio is the Global Head of the GS Value Accelerator. He leads the team and programs delivering value creation to portfolio companies.

 

Lou D'Ambrosio

Lou was a senior executive, CEO & Chairman, including at Fortune 500 companies. Previous positions include: Executive Chairman of Sensus, CEO of Sears Holdings Corporation, CEO of Avaya, and senior executive with IBM.

Core GS Team


Our Core GS Team is a group of fully dedicated GS employees to help identify opportunities, facilitate engagements, and build out the suite of available resources.



Sarah Shenton

COO & Internal Lead of the Goldman Sachs Value Accelerator, Sarah is an experienced GS Growth Investor and GS Operator dedicated to scaling the accelerator, building out new capabilities and advising Enterprise & FinTech companies.

Operating Advisors


Our Operating Advisors develop long term trusted relationships directly with portfolio companies to support their objectives and offer practitioner views and actionable insights across functional areas.

 

Meghan FitzGerald

Globally recognized healthcare strategist, investor, academic, and author. Instrumental on positioning GS in multiple competitive processes and advising healthcare CEOs on strategic matters.


Tap Into Value Creation


The Value Accelerator is bringing on new advisors, and launching new resources and programs regularly to benefit the portfolio. Additionally, this year a new digital portal will be released to empower companies to access GS resources directly for even more scalable impact.

 

 

 

GS Research Portal

Access to exclusive GS research and industry insights through a secure login.
 

Talent Sourcing

Leadership searches and high-po candidates directly from the GS network.
 

Intra Portfolio Community

Connect with peers from the portfolio to discuss opportunities and challenges.
 

Access to GS Services

Financial services & advisory that GS provides companies to grow their business.
 

Playbook & Template Library

Best practices and self assessments to expedite discovery and evaluate solutions.
 

Events & Thought Leadership

Monthly programming and events including webinars and in-person seminars.


Value Accelerator Digital Portal

 

  • Concierge digital access to GS resources and programs to drive innovation and actionable insights that create scalable value for our Portfolio Companies.

  • Collaboration platform for portfolio companies, investors and advisors to partner on value creation engagements.

  • Connect with other executives within the portfolio.

  • Register for exclusive access to our upcoming events.

 

 

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Creating Impact

Our approach to sustainability is founded on two intersecting areas of impact: helping to accelerate the climate transition and advancing inclusive growth.

 

 


Case Studies

 

Hear from portfolio companies about their experiences, and how they harnessed the power of GS through the Value Accelerator to drive meaningful outcomes for their businesses.

 

 

 

 

 

Aston Lark Limited operates as an insurance broker. The company offers commercial, estates, family offices, cars and sport vehicles, business protection, jewelry, and other insurance products.

Founded in 2001, MyEyeDr. is the largest consolidator of independent optometry practices in the US spanning over 550 offices in 18 states.

Navico manufactures and markets marine electronics for the recreational boating segment.

SIMON is a digital platform that enables financial advisors to better understand, purchase, and manage risk managed solutions.

Synagro provides biosolids solutions to customers across North America, managing 14mm tons of wastewater biosolids per year.

True Blue Car Wash owns and operates more than 40 express car wash locations in the Southwest, Midwest, and Northeast U.S.

Unqork is a no-code application platform that helps large enterprises build complex custom software faster, with higher quality, and lower costs than conventional approaches.


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