CEPRES DEALFORGE

What are your benchmarks missing before your next IC?

DealForge helps GP investment teams go beyond headline comps with 72k+ deals with performance data across 492 subsectors. CEPRES combines transaction data, including multiples, with quarterly cash flows, connecting what was paid with what happened afterwards so teams can analyse returns, loss rates and value creation with deeper context.

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What happened after the price was set?

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Knowing what buyers paid is only part of the investment story. DealForge combines granular deal intelligence with performance, operating and risk analysis so teams can investigate how comparable investments performed and what actually created value.

The platform supports market mapping and deep analysis across deal performance, operating-company KPIs, pricing, revenue and EBITDA growth, capital structures and value creation.

Features

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Find Where the Market is Actually Working

Go beneath broad sector labels and compare performance across 492 subsectors. Analyse returns, risk, multiples and value creation to see where the picture starts to change.

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Stop Settling for Broad Comps

Build a more relevant view of an opportunity using returns, IRR, MOIC, entry multiples, growth, leverage, loss rates and recovery rates.

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See What Happened After the Deal was Priced

Move beyond transaction visibility by comparing pricing with subsequent deal performance, operating-company metrics and cash-flow evidence. 72k+ deals with performance data give investment teams deeper context for understanding what happened after capital was committed.

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Know What Actually Created the Return

Look beneath headline IRR and MOIC with analysis of revenue and EBITDA growth, multiple expansion, leverage, Value Creation Bridges and Value Creation Levers.

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Go Deeper Than Observable Deal Data

DealForge draws on CEPRES data that includes deal cash flows and company financial KPIs, with 93% identified as primary source and data subjected to quality controls and standardisation.

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Get to the Investment Question Faster

Use DealForge to scan sectors, benchmark deals and strengthen investment strategy using granular private-market data rather than spending the time assembling analysis manually.

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Thought Leadership

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The Repricing of Private Markets: 25 Years of Data on Valuations, Leverage and Returns

LPs cannot afford to rely on outdated assumptions.

Pricing has shifted. Leverage risk is rising. Returns are under pressure. In today’s volatile market, understanding where private markets have been repriced is critical to manager selection, underwriting, and portfolio risk.

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How Deal Comps Can Help Uncover Hidden Opportunities and Avoid Costly Mistakes

This report uses granular Deal Comps from CEPRES DealForge to reveal two very different healthcare subsector stories: cosmetic dental implants, where median gross IRR reaches 21.8% with ~10.1x entry EV/EBITDA, and mental care facilities, where nearly one-third of deals fall below 1.0x MOIC.

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REPORT

CEPRES' 2026 Private Credit Outlook

Get a data-driven view of the trends shaping private credit in 2026 — from widening performance dispersion and sector-level risk to refinancing pressure and borrower resilience. Built on CEPRES private markets data across 17,200+ funds and 157,000+ deals, this report helps investors move beyond headline market narratives and understand what is really driving outcomes at the loan level.

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ONE PAGER

CEPRES AInsights: Transforming Private Capital Markets

As private capital markets become increasingly complex, leveraging data-driven decision-making is essential for staying ahead and making informed investment choices. Find out how CEPRES AInsights helps LPs and GPs to extract meaningful insights quickly and efficiently.

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