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Vendor due diligence for a global messaging software provider 

STL Partners supported a specialist provider of messaging and security software with a comprehensive vendor due diligence (VDD) assessment ahead of a strategic transaction process. The work gave the company’s board and prospective investors an independent, evidence-based view of its market position, competitive standing and customer relationships across its three product lines: a core messaging platform, an AI-driven security and anti-fraud module, and a communications/monetisation platform.

Commercial due diligence on travel eSIM target for major North American operator 

STL Partners supported a leading telecommunications operator with commercial due diligence (CDD) on a potential acquisition travel eSIM provider. The work provided the client’s investment committee an independent, rigorous answer to three questions: what is the target’s market outlook and potential, what would it take to realise that potential, and what are the key value creation levers post-acquisition. 

Pre-VDD market assessment for a regional colocation provider preparing to go to market 

STL Partners supported a multi-site regional UK colocation provider with a pre-vendor due diligence (pre-VDD) market assessment as it prepared to go to market. The work gave the company an independent, evidence-based view of its addressable market, competitive position and customer demand to anchor its equity story and inform its information memorandum (IM).

From opportunity discovery to go-to-market: incubating a new data centre venture for a Nasdaq-100 hardware company

STL Partners worked alongside a Nasdaq-100 hardware company over 16 months to help identify, validate and launch a new venture in the data centre market.

Validating the business case for enterprise AI infrastructure and platform services​

STL supported a global telecoms and technology service provider to validate the value proposition for its AI-enabled WAN, and workload management and orchestration platform solution, to develop a business case for launch.​

IRR-led marketing for data centre vendors

STL Partners worked with a client in the data centre ecosystem to build a research-led marketing programme that quantified how construction delays affect project returns and turned this into compelling thought leadership and campaign content.

Assessing the $800M potential of driving higher levels of network autonomy​

STL helped a major NEP evaluate how service providers can achieve higher network autonomy, leveraging our unique financial model to quantify the financial benefits of Level 4 and 5 autonomy.​

Evaluating how AI is transforming the future of enterprise connectivity​

STL Partners collaborated with a global technology leader to better understand how AI adoption is impacting enterprise networking.​

​​Showcasing AI’s impact on telecoms and unlocking new operator monetisation opportunities​ 

STL Partners conducted research on behalf of Cisco, aiming to understand how AI is reshaping the telecoms industry and identify where the strongest monetisation opportunities lie for telecom operators.

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