Private Markets Analytics
Measuring what truly drives performance.
Gottschalg Performance Intelligence is an independent provider of track-record analytics and certification for private market investors. We use proprietary, research-grounded algorithms to quantify return, risk and strategy.
7,500+
private equity deals analysed
450+
private equity funds in our dataset
$262bn
raised by clients we supported, 2012–2020
25+
years of private equity performance research
Approach
Objective evidence for the decisions that matter most in private markets.
Fund Managers
Raise capital with credible, independent proof of skill.
General partners use our certified analytics to show investors where their performance comes from, so they can fundraise more effectively and efficiently.
Asset Owners
Select managers and construct portfolios with confidence.
Limited partners rely on our metrics to support due diligence, portfolio design and investment decisions, going beyond headline IRR and multiples.
Our Analytics
12 Dimensions of Skill across Performance, Strategy and Risk.
A proprietary framework that goes beyond IRR and multiples. It isolates genuine manager skill, explains where value is created and quantifies the risk behind the returns.
01–05
Performance
- Outperforming public markets & PME Alpha
- Outperforming private markets
- Consistency of outperformance
- Sources of value
- Valuation diagnostics
06–09
Strategy
Strategic distinctiveness: how investments differ from mainstream private equity in timing, size, geography and industry, with evidence of proprietary deal flow and a consistent strategy.
10–12
Risk
- Downturn resilience
- Return stability
- Risk mitigation
Solutions
Focused analyses for specific questions.
Risk-Return G-Score
A single measure of risk-adjusted return for buyout managers that combines PME outperformance with return stability. A fund’s G-Score shows a significant correlation with the performance of its successor funds.
Beyond DPI
Evidence of GP skill in largely unrealised portfolios. It covers value-driver evolution, deal-flow quality, exit capability and strategic consistency during a period of delayed distributions.
PE Value Creator Score
A five-dimension assessment of a sponsor’s track record that shows founders and management teams, objectively, why it is the best acquirer for their business.
France Invest Calculator
An advanced risk and return calculator adapted to the French private equity market, including PME outperformance measurement.
Research
The methodology behind the HEC Paris – Dow Jones Private Equity Performance Rankings.
Since 2009, we have contributed the core methodology for the industry’s leading performance-based rankings of private equity firms, which now span buyout, venture, growth, secondaries and fund-of-funds strategies.
Reports from 2009 onward are in the rankings archive.
Team
An experienced, stable team.
A diverse global team with deep expertise in corporate finance advisory, consulting, data science and technology. Team members have worked with Professor Gottschalg for eight years on average.
Prof. Oliver Gottschalg
Founder & Head of Research
Professor, HEC Paris. Previously INSEAD and Bain & Company. PhD, INSEAD.
Srinivas Vadrevu
Head of Product
MBA, IIM Calcutta. CEMS Masters in International Mgmt., HEC Paris. Bachelors in Technology , IIT Hyderabad
Martina Gottschalg
Head of Data Analytics
Previously HEC. Business Administration, Silesian University Opava.
Gabriel Robet, CFA, CAIA
Senior Data Analyst
Previously EIF, Deutsche Bank and EY. MSc Finance, London Business School.
Yang Yue
Senior Software Developer
Paris Graduate School of Management. ESC Marseille. Fudan University.
Jane Rundquist
Senior Software Developer
30+ years’ experience. University of California, Davis. Luther College.
Hugh Rees-Beaumont
Quantitative Associate
Bianca Weber
Executive Assistant
Previously HypoVereinsbank, Aareal Bank and Raiffeisenbank Munich.
Contact
Let’s discuss your requirements.
We are available for initial discussions, walkthroughs of our metrics and conversations about your specific needs.
Telephone
Office
Römerberg 8
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany