Realization is a committed fund that seeks to actively support the companies we invest in. We bring deep operational experience coupled with an analytical approach to help our companies optimize performance, helping to implement and track key performance indicators most relevant to the business. We help extend go-to-market strategy which can include direct sales or channel models. Leveraging our network, we offer assistance as needed with recruiting key executives. Most important, we work closely with our companies on liquidity planning.

Nearly all private companies ultimately change ownership, either through an ultimate sale of the business to a strategic or financial buyer or through an IPO. Our partners combine the experience of CEO roles at 10 technology companies and over 60 exit transactions to help portfolio companies prepare for and optimize around liquidity events. It has often been said that companies are bought, not sold. However, we recognize that companies have to make themselves visible to be acquired in transactions that are ultimately beneficial for a company and its shareholders. Hiring an investment banker to sell a company when line-of-business relationships are not strong generally does not result in a good outcome. With a given set of financials, a company will do much better in an acquisition process to the extent it is well-known and has deep relationships with a number of potential acquirers. Key decision-makers that champion and fight for acquisitions within strategic acquirers are typically line-of-business heads that focus on technology fit and go-to-market. Building this dialog in advance ultimately creates a stronger negotiation landscape at exit.