Cendrowski Corporate Advisors performs due diligence services and handles complex investigations for private equity and venture capital firms, covering a wide range of specialties. Our operational approach goes beyond traditional due diligence procedures to assess the organization’s ability to meet projected earnings and operational targets.
We prepare Quality of Earnings Analysis for target organizations and apply our in-depth forensic and operational backgrounds to our analytical model. We go beyond the traditional financial calculation approach to understand a target’s investment potential, taking a laser-focused view of a target’s operations.
We scrutinize the target’s internal control structures, facility operations, manufacturing sites, executive teams, and financial reporting practices. Our holistic view of the target investment naturally complements your acquisition team’s strategic and financial savvy, ensuring only the best candidates garner serious attention.
We also assess the target organization’s cyber risk profile, including the ability of the organization to detect and respond to cyber incidents. We can also help develop ongoing monitoring procedures to help ensure the target company is protected from cyber risk.
The Cendrowski Corporate Advisors senior leadership team helps ensure the success of our private equity and venture capital clients, based on decades of experience as operating managers in diverse industries. They are highly qualified in internal control evaluation, accounting standards, and financial analysis. This unique expertise allows us to offer a different perspective to our due diligence clients.
Smart family offices keep leverage low for a reason
There’s a reason most family offices keep leverage low. After living through 2008–2010, many learned how quickly over-leverage can turn a paper fortune into a liquidity crisis. When capital calls come due and exits stall, debt becomes a liability you can’t unwind fast enough. Experienced investors know when to dial leverage up—or down—but for most, […]
Can’t hedge private stock? Here’s what family offices actually do
Roughly three-quarters of family offices are investing directly in private companies—and that creates a challenge: you can’t easily hedge private stock. The smart play? Hedge the debt, not the equity. Some offices also use structured lending against concentrated positions to manage downside risk while keeping some upside. Private markets don’t come with easy liquidity, […]
Co investing can 2–3x returns – but secondaries demand a reality check
Co-investing can be a powerful tool—if you know when to use it. We have seen investors double or even triple returns by leaning into specific industries they understand well. But we’ve also seen the other side: secondaries that look attractive on paper but underdeliver because of timing or asset risk.