Direct Investment Accelerator for mature and growing businesses
Enabling operational value
about
DIA Management is an operational service platform catering to investors and company owners who want to create value within their portfolio but are missing the critical functions to do so.
Even in the most established and organised investment houses, the prevailing “process” of adding value is typically inefficient and outcomes uncertain. Professional investors are principally set up to do deals, not to add value. By extension, investor pools and portfolio companies oftentimes lack resources and more importantly access to vetted expertise to address basic risks and value creation opportunities effectively.
Focusing 100% of its time on enabling operational value, DIA leverages upon a pool of experienced and vetted operators. We offer all mission-critical support and operational value-added functions in one central platform to enable investors and company owners to formulate and execute on opportunities to add value as well as to reduce risk for their shareholdings.
Our Services
The Problem
Identify opperational risks / opportunities
Look for / recruit / onboard manage new talent
Realise new talent is only 65% of the quality you hoped for
The traditional approach to adding value to portfolio companies delivers an infinite loop-like experience
Difficult to identify risks or opportunities based on only board interaction
Difficult and resource intensive to vet real quality of talent
Investors spend too much valuable time (6-12 months) and resources
And the worst: the need to repeat for each function (sales, finance... etc.) and each deal
Our Approach
Governance support, board excellence and equity thesis controlling
Financial controls, cash and investor reporting
Commercial performance
M&A and platform building
Our Approach
The DIA approach offers a comprehensive solution to the infinite loop, delivered via four principal service areas.
A one-stop hub for value creation
Long-term vetted expertise from leaders in their field
Best-in-class playbooks and products / systems
Based on key principles
+ Fast assessment and deployment
+ Focused execution
+ Quality control
Resulting in true measurable value-add
The Playbook
We operate based on a playbook-driven, three-phased approach.
Governance
Finance
Sales
M&A
1 Assessment
Typical governance Issues
+ Unstructured board meetings & governance processes
+ Loss of sight of equity thesis
+ Minimal transmission of board expert knowledge
2 Playbook Implementation
KEY FOCUS AREAS in Governance
+ Equity thesis condensation
+ Equity thesis operationalisation & controlling
+ Board minutes & meeting follow-ups
3 Monitoring
KEY FOCUS AREAS in Governance
+ Progress monitoring
+ Board follow-ups
Life Cycle
The DIA Management service portfolio covers the full portfolio management life cycle.
Deal Flow
Diligence
Governance
Operations
Exit
Screening
Execution controlling
Operational assessment
Business model
Diligence support
Partner network
Governance support
Board excellence
Equity thesis controlling
Financial controls, cash and investor reporting
Add-on M&A
Commercial performance/ sales
Talent acquisition
Expert network
Equity story
Process control
Clients
DIA Management addresses companies across all size and industry segments.
Starting from that premise, we see particular appeal and opportunities in the small-cap and middle market to bring the operations of businesses to the next level.
Our Team
We are a diverse group of professionals with hands-on backgrounds in operations, investing, consulting and advisory.
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Christian
Harnischfeger
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Ajay
Handa *
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Jürgen
Hölscher *
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Ricky
Magalhaes *
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Claudia
Salvischiani *
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Chris
Smart *
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Barbara
Christmann *
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Andreina
Rejón *
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Gabrielle
Powell *
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Nicole
Wang *
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Kat
Wendelstadt *
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Cecilia
Zheng *
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Dr.
Patrick
Heinecke
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Sasha
Kipervarg
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Alexander
Wachtmeister
Various additional experienced operational scaling and buy-and-build specialists
* Independent freelancer