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Private Equity BD

The black box of private equity business development,
finally opened.

PE Business Development Consulting for Funds and Aspiring Professionals: Deal Sourcing, Team Building, BD Strategy

THE EXPERIENCE

Our practice is led by a professional with over 15 years of experience in private equity business development, having progressed through the full arc of the function from Analyst to Managing Director. That experience spans building and leading PE BD teams for multiple institutional funds, family offices, and other investment groups across a wide variety of strategies including buyout, carve-outs, special situations, and others. We built the function from scratch, sat on investment committees, created and led investment strategies, led fundraising across the U.S. and abroad, and hired for every level of the private equity business development role.

We work with private equity funds building or restructuring their business development function. Every engagement covers the full arc, from the first BD hire to a fully operating sourcing team, and is drawn from direct experience running the function at the Managing Director level.

BD Function Build-Out

For funds hiring their first dedicated BD professional or building a sourcing function from scratch. We design the coverage model, CRM architecture, outreach playbook, and first-year operating plan based on your specific investment thesis, so the hire lands in a structure that works from day one.

Deal Sourcing Strategy

For funds whose sourcing function exists but isn't producing at the level it should. We audit what's working and what isn't, rebuild the coverage priorities, and create a sourcing model that fits the fund's strategy and team capacity.

BD Team Hiring & Onboarding

We advise on role definition, comp benchmarking, interview process design, and candidate evaluation. We also help newly placed BD professionals hit the ground running with a structured 90-day onboarding plan.

AI Integration for BD Teams

We identify where AI creates real leverage in the BD workflow across deal sourcing, CRM automation, outreach personalization, and market mapping, and implement it without displacing the relationship-driven edge that still defines this function.

THE GUIDE

The Most Comprehensive Guide to Breaking into Private Equity Business Development

For students and professionals looking to break into PE business development, this is the guide that did not exist when I was coming up. Written after 15 years in the seat, from junior associate to Managing Director, sitting on investment committees and building BD teams from the ground up.

What's inside:What the BD role actually looks like day to day, not the recruiter versionHow PE BD teams are structured across fund sizes and strategiesHow to land the seat without a traditional PE backgroundWhat firms really look for when they hire BD professionalsYour first 90 days: what to do, what not to do, and how to build credibility fastHow to build a lasting career in the function

"Most resources on this role are written by recruiters. This one is written by someone who has done the job, been promoted through it, and hired for it."

Digital guide. Price provided on inquiry.

Get the Full Guide → Download the Free PE BD Interview Cheat Sheet ↓

~70%

of PE firms now employ at least one dedicated BD professional, a function that barely existed a decade ago.

SPS by With Intelligence • 2021 Deal Origination Benchmark Report (Sutton Place Strategies, by Bain & Co.)

+300%

The number of PE BD professionals in the U.S. has increased by more than 300% since 2016, as firms increasingly build out dedicated sourcing functions.

BraddockMatthews (Executive Search) • via Middle Market Growth, ACG

Email us at team@privateequitybd.com

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