TPG brought a regimented, fundamental game plan to the court, leaning heavily on Persefoni to accelerate environmental reporting speeds. However, Silversmith's high flying offense was simply unstoppable. Driven by impact.com's massive multi million dollar revenue generation and gargantuan 600 percent growth multipliers, Silversmith controlled the momentum from the tip off. Backed by lightning fast time to market speed runs from Worldly and explosive sales growth from ActiveCampaign, Silversmith takes the championship with a truly dominant display of top line acceleration and rapid deployment.
Key Plays
Play 1, The Fast Break Time to Market
•TPG: Persefoni executed a solid transition game, speeding up environmental workflows by cutting the average time to calculate a carbon footprint after collecting data down to just 24 days.
•Silversmith: Worldly threw a flawless full court pass, slashing the time to obtain Scope 3 data down to mere minutes, while Ascend Analytics kept the tempo blazing with a rapid 3 to 4 turnaround time for valuation results.
Winner: Silversmith
Play 2, The Top Line Revenue Slam Dunk
•TPG: Played tough perimeter defense but struggled to put big revenue numbers on the board in this matchup, relying mostly on their reporting speed to stay competitive.
•Silversmith: impact.com completely took over the paint, powering Rugs Direct to a gargantuan 600 percent year over year revenue increase and generating a staggering 35 million dollars in annual sales for partner brands via SitePlug.
Winner: Silversmith
Play 3, The Conversion Pick and Roll
•TPG: Attempted to run their half court sets and find open looks, but ultimately lacked the offensive firepower to generate meaningful conversion and pipeline spikes before the buzzer.
•Silversmith: ActiveCampaign executed a textbook pick and roll, driving a massive 347 percent revenue growth highlight for Uplift DC and boosting Swim University's revenue by 66 percent to put the game completely on ice.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners brought an elite-level game plan, led by Curinos' massive $1 billion incremental deposit surge and ANS driving £129 million in revenue growth. However, Apax Partners' transition game and revenue-generating engine were simply unstoppable. Powered by Bonterra Tech's 2x revenue growth multipliers and Pricefx's 100% year-over-year revenue spikes, Apax controlled the momentum from the tip-off. Backed by lightning-fast, time-to-market speed runs from Qualitest and Zensar that reduced software release cycles and deployment times by up to 90%, Apax Partners takes home the championship with a dominant display of top-line acceleration and rapid deployment.
Key Plays
Play 1, The Fast-Break Time-to-Market
•Inflexion Private Equity Partners: FDM Group pushed the pace, accelerating mobile payment app projects to just six weeks and cutting credit card application times down to two days. Movera kept the transition offense moving by smashing industry records with a lightning-fast three-day property transaction completion time.
•Apax Partners: Qualitest completely changed the game speed, accelerating software release speeds by 6x to 12x for major clients. Zensar ran a devastating fast break alongside them, slashing regression test cycle times by 90% and accelerating financial close cycles by 60%.
Winner: Apax Partners
Play 2, The Top-Line Revenue Slam Dunk
•Inflexion Private Equity Partners: ANS went hard to the rim, powering global manufacturers to an explosive £129 million in revenue growth. Curinos added solid points in the paint by unlocking an incredible $1 billion in incremental deposits and driving a 22% increase in checking sales for financial institutions.
•Apax Partners: Bonterra Tech threw down a massive alley-oop, empowering nonprofits to achieve a staggering 2x revenue growth multiplier. Pricefx followed up with a heavy putback dunk, utilizing dynamic market simulation to deliver a massive 100% year-over-year revenue growth exceeding the previous year.
Winner: Apax Partners
Play 3, The Sales Cycle & Deal Velocity Pick-and-Roll
•Inflexion Private Equity Partners: CMSPI executed a textbook pick-and-roll, driving multi-million-dollar sales growth for ecommerce and digital merchants. DWF completely took over the paint, rapidly advising on 100 corporate deals in just 18 months to generate a massive £3.5 billion in total deal value.
•Apax Partners: Lever ran a relentless full-court press, slashing the average time to fill roles by 40% and accelerating overall time-to-hire by an unbelievable 90%. Faculty delivered the final dagger from way downtown, using AI to reduce shortlist generation time from days down to mere minutes to exponentially increase project win rates and put the game away.