Co-Investment: From Excel to Real-Time Allocation

Case Study  ·  Co-Investment

Co-investment is now a core part of deal execution — but the syndication process is still run in spreadsheets. As sponsors use co-investment to fund larger deals and manage concentration, execution complexity has increased — but the tools haven’t kept up.

A global private equity firm was managing multiple co-investment processes annually — all tracked in spreadsheets.
No Real-Time Demand View

LP appetite was tracked manually in Excel, making it impossible to see how books were building across live deals.

Hard to Evidence Allocations

With an ever-increasing number of LPs per deal, managing allocations across spreadsheet versions introduced audit and consistency challenges.

Fragmented Execution

Manual NDA handling and data room access created delays at critical points in the deal process, slowing the entire workflow.


The firm implemented Termgrid to replace Excel across its co-investment workflows.

Demand is now tracked in real time, with a live “book-build” view of LP appetite replacing static spreadsheets — live data feeds allocation decisions, removing the need to reconcile multiple spreadsheet versions.

Execution workflows — including NDA management and data room access — are handled in one place, reducing delays during live transactions.

DealCloud integration ensures relationship data and execution activity remain fully aligned across systems.


Real-time visibility into LP demand across live deals

Faster, more consistent allocation decisions

Reduced execution risk in time-sensitive transactions

Eliminated manual spreadsheet tracking and reconciliation

Ability to scale co-investment without additional overhead

Termgrid gave us real-time visibility into demand and a much more structured allocation process.
Head of Capital Markets

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