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How OC&C USA cut research time and strengthened BD efforts
The Challenge:
Manual research across sources made it hard to track PE portfolios and deal activity
Use Cases:
Map PE-held assets
The Results:
Cut PE house research from 24 hours to 3, speeding up client work and outreach
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 New York and Boston teams.
Manual research required to track portfolios and deal activity
The team at OC&C needed easy access to reliable information and insights on PE assets, as well as visibility into deals taking place across the private market. However, gathering this data across multiple sources was time consuming and made it difficult to build a complete, structured view of relevant portfolios and investment activity.
The Solution:
A centralized solution to monitoring private market activity
The team needed a platform that could deliver in depth, relevant insights on private equity portfolios and deal activity, while being intuitive enough to fit seamlessly into their workflows. With Gain, they were able to onboard quickly and access the information they needed without friction, making it easier to conduct research and stay on top of market developments. As a result, the platform has become a core part of how they monitor transactions and approach private market analysis.
Use Cases:
Supporting M&A opportunity identification and BD
Gather transaction data to inform M&A opportunities and identify potential acquisition targets within client projects
Map assets held by private equity houses to identify relevant investors and support targeted business development outreach
The results:
Turning time savings into faster insights and stronger outcomes
Since adopting Gain, the team at OC&C has benefited from having a centralized view of the private market. With detailed asset-level information, from business descriptions to last transaction data and AI-estimated revenues, they can quickly build a clearer picture of company size and relevance, even in areas where data is typically hard to access.
These time savings have allowed the team to shift focus from manual research to higher value work. In client projects, they can spend more time addressing key questions and delivering insights, rather than getting buried in desk research. For business development, the efficiency gains translate directly into faster, more proactive outreach.
Together, these benefits enable the team to work more efficiently, respond faster to opportunities, and deliver more impactful outcomes for clients.
