Elevate transactions

Buyer or seller, you need to find, quantify, and deliver value — quickly and with confidence. KPMG Elevate is designed to do that. 

The deal landscape has changed dramatically. And it has become harder than ever to separate clear signals on performance from noise. Yet the pressure is on. For example, many Private Equity funds are starting to activate their value creation plans earlier in the deal process. And sellers are looking to lift their valuations as quickly as possible. The big question is whether they have the data and the capabilities to quantify and deliver on those value creation opportunities.

When working at deal speed, both buyers and sellers need to unlock quantifiable value as quickly as possible. And you need to be able to track the value delivered, every step of the way. KPMG Elevate can help.

KPMG Elevate is designed to help you unlock financial value – rapidly– no matter where you are in the transaction journey. From strategy through to execution, KPMG experienced professionals can help you quickly and confidently achieve measurable improvements to operating margins, cost structures and working capital positions so that you can get the most value for your asset or investment. 

Evaluate opportunities across a series of levers to uncover value across the organization:

How does your asset create value beyond its current performance and can you unlock that in the sale?

Unlock the full potential of your asset with KPMG’s Exit Readiness approach, now enhanced by proprietary AI technology. By applying an investor’s lens to your deal preparation, we help you build momentum towards the optimal time to sell, uncover hidden value, and enhance your business’s attractiveness to buyers.

KPMG’s AI-powered Exit Readiness Framework enables you to:

• rapidly conclude key strengths and weaknesses in your asset;
• prepare a strategic, evidence-backed equity story to substantiate your desired valuation;
• increase attractiveness of the asset and broaden the buyer landscape, boosting investor confidence;
• gain go-to-market timing flexibility and process control through early preparation;
• limit value leakage and process disruption by proactively addressing risks and buyer concerns.

Our framework rigorously stress-tests your asset’s attractiveness across two key dimensions:

• Resilience: Assess stability of earnings, competitive advantages, customer and supplier diversification, and organizational strength.
• Growth: Evaluate historical performance, opportunities in the pipeline, growth capabilities, and execution of optimization initiatives.

Our integrated team brings deep expertise across strategy, due diligence, valuation, carve-outs, operations, HR, technology, and legal. We guide you through every phase of the exit lifecycle, from crafting a compelling equity story and minimizing value leakage, to accelerating pre-sale performance and creating a competitive bidding environment. We tailor our support to your unique needs, helping you navigate divestments with confidence and achieve real results in today’s dynamic, technology-driven deal environment.

Ready to maximize your exit value? Contact us today to learn how KPMG’s AI-powered approach can support your next transaction.

KPMG Elevate brings together the data, insights and execution capabilities you need to deliver financial value — when speed matters. We use pools of proprietary data and insights to identify great opportunities. And then KPMG’s experienced sector experts tap into their deep sector knowledge and capabilities to help you with those opportunities.

KPMG Elevate is the combination of top-down strategy and bottom-up implementation – driven by data, informed by experience, executed by professionals and sharply focused on value creation.