Contracts = Cash & Margin Engines
For PE firms and their portfolios, contract performance is no longer a compliance exercise - it’s a lever to unlock cash, protect and increase margins, and maximise exit multiples.
Today, with tighter fundraising, market uncertainty, delayed exits, and heightened LP scrutiny, extracting cash and margin from existing agreements is both urgent and strategic. And yet, value still leaks away:
- Cash trapped in unfavorable payment terms
- Missed rebates, discounts and incorrect pricing
- Auto-renewals that tie up spend
- Supplier underperformance left unchecked
- Contracts scattered, incomplete, or hard to locate
These are avoidable losses - and they compound across a portfolio
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Contract Performance - Why Now?
Historically, contract performance was challenging to address: discovery was slow, interventions manual, and software costly and time-consuming to implement.
Digital Mirror removes those barriers.
- Rapid contract discovery and leakage detection in days, not weeks
- Prioritized opportunities by impact and timing
- Outcome-based pricing: pay only for the value captured
- Works with or without an existing CLM or contract management system
Liquidity & Balance Sheet Strength
Working Capital, Hiding in Plain Sight—
Non-standard terms and late payments trap cash. Fixing this delivers rapid liquidity to pay down debt or fund add-ons.
You Can’t Fix What You Can’t Find —
Contracts scattered across drives obscure obligations. Visibility is the foundation for preventing leakage.
EBITDA Growth & Margin Uplift
You Paid What? —
Missed rebates and outdated pricing bleed margin. Tighten discipline and see immediate EBITDA impact.
Too Many Vendors, Too Little Leverage —
Fragmented suppliers dilute negotiating power. Rationalization cuts costs and improves leverage.
Risk Management & Exit Readiness
Avoid Costly Surprises in the Fine Print —
Auto-renewals, restrictive clauses, and liabilities derail exits. Early detection protects multiples.
Hidden Liabilities Beyond the Legalese —
ESG commitments, missing insurance clauses, vague SLAs, and unchecked subcontractor terms introduce reputational, regulatory, and financial risk. These risks delay exits and hurt valuations.
What the SPA Didn’t Tell You —
Assignment restrictions and operational obligations often emerge post-close. Detect them early to protect deal value.
Private Equity Need vs Digital Mirror Solution
Liquidity & Balance Sheet Strength
Finds and surfaces contracts first, then identifies non-standard terms and late-payment trends; prioritizes cash-release opportunities by size and timing.
EBITDA Growth & Margin Uplift
Recover missed rebates, early-payment discounts, and contractual incentives to maximize margin capture.
Risk Management & Exit Readiness
Monitors key dates, auto-renewals, and contract terms that can block deals or reduce exit value.
Speed to Value
Cloud-based, lightweight deployment with actionable insights in days.
Ease of Use
Self-service dashboards designed for finance, procurement, and PE operators focused on outcomes.
Integration Fit
Works with or without CLM; overlays existing data without system replacement.
Engagement Model
Outcome-based pricing. The solution is funded by the outcomes captured in the portfolio companies.
Portfolio Fit
Portfolio-wide visibility to rank and prioritize opportunities consistently across companies.
Ready to uncover hidden value?
With Digital Mirror removing traditional barriers, contract performance is now one of the fastest and most reliable levers available to Private Equity.
Run contract discovery across your portfolio.
No integration required and no disruption. In just days, see where cash is trapped, margin is leaking, and risk is hiding.
Contact us to schedule your contract discovery.
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