GTM Due Diligence · Value Creation · Private Equity

Accelerate your growth.

Altius is the specialist in GTM due diligence and commercial value creation for private equity, assessing how a business can capture its growth, then making it happen. End to end, senior-led, never juniors.

ApproachMultiple senior experts per mandate
Experience15+ years each, minimum
ProfileEx-strategy consultants & PE operating partners
JuniorsNone
Network200+ independent experts
Recognition
Real Deals Private Equity Awards 26 finalist, Specialist DD Provider of the Year Mergermarket British Private Equity Awards 2025 shortlisted, Specialist DD Provider of the Year Real Deals Private Equity Awards 25 finalist, Value Creation Adviser of the Year Real Deals Private Equity Awards 25 finalist, Specialist DD Provider of the Year Wealth and Finance Awards 2024 winner, Best VC and PE Revenue Growth Provider Wealth and Finance Awards 2023 winner, Best VC and PE Revenue Growth Provider
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Extensive experience working with leading investors
Waterland
Soho Square
Egeria
LDC
Blackstone
Hg
Liberty Global
Ardian
Verdane
IK Partners
FPE Capital
ECI Partners
Paragon
Aurelius
YFM Equity
BGF
Partners Group
IDI
Waterland
Soho Square
Egeria
LDC
Blackstone
Hg
Liberty Global
Ardian
Verdane
IK Partners
FPE Capital
ECI Partners
Paragon
Aurelius
YFM Equity
BGF
Partners Group
IDI
Waterland
Soho Square
Egeria
LDC
Blackstone
Hg
Liberty Global
Ardian
Verdane
IK Partners
FPE Capital
ECI Partners
Paragon
Aurelius
YFM Equity
BGF
Partners Group
IDI
And their operating companies
SLV
Citrus Lime
Edgescan
Nutritics
The Insights Family
Workbooks
Telenet
bOnline
CreateFuture
Virgin Media
Moneypenny
SalonIQ
Unitymedia
Cybanetix
ValueWorks
UPC
Partou
StudentCrowd
inploi
Ziggo
Whitespace
SLV
Citrus Lime
Edgescan
Nutritics
The Insights Family
Workbooks
Telenet
bOnline
CreateFuture
Virgin Media
Moneypenny
SalonIQ
Unitymedia
Cybanetix
ValueWorks
UPC
Partou
StudentCrowd
inploi
Ziggo
Whitespace
SLV
Citrus Lime
Edgescan
Nutritics
The Insights Family
Workbooks
Telenet
bOnline
CreateFuture
Virgin Media
Moneypenny
SalonIQ
Unitymedia
Cybanetix
ValueWorks
UPC
Partou
StudentCrowd
inploi
Ziggo
Whitespace

Logos denote some of the organisations Simon has advised or worked with over his career, including through prior firms.

The gap

Most diligence assess the opportunity. We show you how to capture it.

The problem - CDDs don't cover the revenue engine
What matters isn't whether TAM is £15bn or £16bn - it's how you can grow
No view on whether the commercial engine can execute, or on GTM maturity
No actionable plan to accelerate revenue post-deal
The Altius solution - inside-out, operational, actionable
End-to-end assessment across 23 commercial topics
A detailed value-creation plan with prioritised workstreams
A plan management actually underwrites and executes
The Altius method

Two senior minds on every mandate.

We believe in collaboration, and in the symbiotic skills that come from putting the right minds together. Every mandate is run by multiple senior experts, fifteen years' experience each at minimum, who divide the work, cover more ground, and challenge each other at every turn.

01 · The Altius Partner

Owns the standard.

Present on every mandate. Oversees the work end to end, de-risks delivery, and holds it to a consistent, battle-tested methodology — so quality never depends on who happens to be in the room.

Divide & conquer Constructive challenge Joint accountability
02 · The Complementary Expert

Owns the depth.

A senior functional or domain specialist — or a second strategy operator. Ex-strategy consultants and PE operating partners who bring first-hand expertise to the exact commercial question in front of us.

2
Senior experts / mandate
15+
Years each, minimum
0
Juniors, ever
200+
Expert network
What we do

Revenue growth, end to end.

GTM strategy, pricing and sales execution under one roof — from pre-deal diligence through implementation to exit.

Your journey with us

From diligence to exit narrative.

01
Pre-deal

GTM Due Diligence

Can the business capture the growth, and what will it take? Assessment and plan delivered in 2-4 weeks.

+ Value creation plan
02
Holding period

Implementation

Pragmatic workstreams that solve the hard commercial problems and embed the change in the business, rather than a plan that sits on a shelf.

Hands-on delivery
03
At exit

Exit Planning

Evidence of a professionalised commercial function, and a credible account of the growth a buyer still has left to capture.

VDD chapter
23commercial topics
Our framework

A 23-topic commercial assessment.

A proprietary framework combining the rigour of a strategy consultant with the depth of a commercial-excellence specialist, end to end across the revenue engine. Twenty-three topics across five areas.

1 · Proposition, Pricing & PMF

Do the right customers still want what you sell — at that price, in that package?

Everything upstream lives here: what you sell, who it's for, how it's packaged and priced, and whether the market still wants it. Product-market fit is not a one-off achievement — markets shift, buyers change, and yesterday's proposition quietly drifts out of fit. When growth stalls, this is where the real cause most often hides.

2 · Marketing & Demand

Do the right buyers know you exist?

How your ideal customers discover you: the channels, the content, the campaigns, the signals — and whether they reach the buyers you actually want, rather than just an audience.

3 · Sales Execution

Do you convert interest into revenue?

The motion from first conversation to signed contract: qualification, pipeline discipline, proposals, negotiation, onboarding. The place every management team looks first when growth slows — and often the symptom rather than the cause.

4 · Retention & Expansion

Do you keep and grow what you win?

Whether customers stay, renew, expand, and refer — and whether you hear what they're telling you. Staying close to your customers is not the end of the funnel; it's how question one stays answered. The funnel isn't a line — it's a circle.

5 · People, Data & Cadence

Is the engine run with owners, data, and rhythm?

The engine room beneath the other four: the right people in the right roles, your customer truth captured and connected in one place, and a regular operating rhythm that turns plans into progress. Unglamorous — and load-bearing.

Industry expertise

Deep experience across sectors.

Cybersecurity IT, Software & Technology Professional Services Telco, Media & Comms Martech, AdTech & Data Manufacturing & Industrial Retail & eCommerce Marketplaces & Platforms Financial Services & Fintech + Industry specialists
Sales and Go to Market in the Age of AI — book by Altius Partners
Our book

The practical playbook for mid-market leaders.

How to drive revenue growth in the AI-powered sales era — written by our founding partners. The definitive guide for commercial leaders navigating the intersection of traditional GTM and modern, AI-driven sales.

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Simon Andreas Hofmann, Founder and Managing Partner of Altius Partners
Behind the work

Simon Andreas Hofmann

Founder & Managing Partner

Simon brings over fifteen years of top-tier consulting, investment and in-house commercial leadership experience. He has led and advised on hundreds of commercial and pricing transformations, combining deep expertise in go-to-market strategy, pricing, packaging, value proposition design and sales with a pragmatic, execution-focused mindset.

He is a sparring partner on every Altius engagement — setting the standard, overseeing quality, and holding each mandate to the same methodology, so what a client gets never depends on who happens to be in the room.

And the bench behind every mandate
ex-McKinseyGTM strategy
ex-BCGValue creation
ex-Strategy&Offer design
ex-Simon-KucherPricing & monetisation
ex-Pearson HamPrice realisation
ex-CCOCommercial leadership
ex-CRORevenue leadership
ex-VP SalesSales execution
ex-Head of PricingPackaging & bundling
ex-Commercial DirectorChannel & partnerships
ex-Private EquityDiligence & underwriting
ex-RevOps LeadData & forecasting
ex-Customer SuccessRetention & expansion
Industry specialistsSector depth
and many more200+ expert network

Every engagement is staffed from a network of more than 200 independent senior experts, matched to the commercial question in front of us.

Get in touch

Ready to aim higher?

We tailor our work around your needs. Let's discuss how we can help you understand — and grow — the revenue engine.