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How OC&C Accelerates Client Preparation and Insight with Gain
The Challenge:
Fragmented sources slowed the path to a reliable view of private markets
Use Cases:
Market mapping
Sponsor tracking
The Results:
Several hours saved a week, freeing up time for judgment and client impact
OC&C Strategy Consultants is a global consulting firm with over 35 years of experience and 19 offices worldwide. As a certified B Corp and specialist boutique, the firm focuses on a select set of sectors, including B2B Services, Consumer, Retail, Leisure & Travel, Technology, Telecoms, and Media, enabling its teams to deliver deep, high-impact insights tailored to each client’s unique challenge. As a trusted advisor to the private equity industry, OC&C supports investors across the full deal lifecycle, from origination and due diligence through to value creation and exit. This case study is how Gain supports OC&C’s team in Germany.
Gaining a reliable view of private markets
The team at OC&C was looking to address a familiar challenge in strategy and transaction-related work which was gaining a reliable view of private markets quickly and efficiently, particularly when preparing for initial calls with banks or PE clients, where time and resources for detailed preparation are often limited.
The Solution:
The right intelligence, delivered faster and with confidence
The team chose Gain as their private market intelligence platform because it offers a very strong combination of relevance, speed, and credibility. It provides them access to structured private market information and insights in a format that is immediately useful in a consulting context.
Use Cases:
From initial research to informed client dialogue
Get up to speed quickly on a company, investor and its portfolio, or subsector, in preparation for update calls with bankers or PE clients
Map market landscapes and ownership structures, and to identify relevant contacts whom we can approach
Understand sponsor activity, portfolio context, and deal history, including an overview of which advisors were involved
Build an initial fact base for hypotheses, benchmarking, and client dialogue
Browse industry and sector conferences to decide whether there are important events we should attend
The results:
Turning time savings into better client outcomes
Since adopting Gain, the OC&C team in Germany has significantly reduced the time required to build an initial view of companies and markets. What was once a fragmented, manual process is now streamlined, allowing the team to get to a strong starting point in a fraction of the time.
Beyond efficiency, the impact is felt in the quality of work. With less time spent gathering and validating information, the team can focus on interpreting data, challenging assumptions, and developing sharper, more informed perspectives for clients.
Ultimately, Gain enables the team to shift their focus toward higher-value activities, moving faster from information gathering to judgment, where they can create the greatest impact for clients.
