Industrial Deal Evaluation Experience
Tatenda has significant commercial and financial due diligence experience, leaning on his tenure in McKinsey & Company New York’s Private Equity practice and years of principal investing with Cranemere International (started by AEA alums).
Meaningful experience in Commercial Due Diligence
Tatenda brings significant experience in conducting commercial due diligence engagements, given his successful completion of over 12 such studies with the McKinsey New York Private Equity Practice. He thrives in getting to a deep understanding of market trends, competitive landscape, and voice of customer insights while working under tight deadlines.
Expertise in Financial Due Diligence
Tatenda was integral to the acquisitions of 3 companies with gross enterprise value of $350mm during his time at Cranemere International across healthcare and industrial verticals. His ability to thoroughly analyze financial statements, assess business models, and identify potential financial risks is key to his track record to date. He is proficient at identifying creative ways to obtain data-driven insights where structured data may be unavailable, evaluating financial performance against KPIs, building financial models to the level of detail required, and managing deal processes with different stakeholders (lenders, legal, tax, insurance).
Strategic Insights from Investment Experience
Tatenda has spent over a decade advising, investing in and operating companies. During his tenure with Cranemere International, a long-term private equity acquisition vehicle, he gained perspective on drivers of thoughtful investment decisions and developed an understanding of the business archetypes for attractive investment.
Operational Management Skills
Tatenda spent time as an operator of Arietis Health, a fast-growing revenue cycle management company in Florida, that scaled from $0 to $20mm in 3 years. He served as the Chief of Staff in standing the business up and transitioned to a role of Vice President of Client Success, supporting the service demands of the company’s clients, as a member of the C-suite. This experience has given him a pragmatic understanding of business operations, particularly the nature of operational efficiency and scalability.
Industrial Focus on Aerospace and Defense
Tatenda honed his perspective into company evaluation through years as a generalist. In the next phase of his investing journey, he will double down on the experience he has built with highly engineered industrial manufacturing in a bid to acquire an attractive manufacturing/distribution asset with meaningful aerospace and defense exposure. He is enthused by the attractive long-term tailwinds in the market and would like to contribute to the increasing use of technology in daily workflows
