Next-Level Portfolio Monitoring
Welcome to connected, flowing data, advanced analytics, and on-demand reporting. Personalized for every user.
our process
How we deliver self-service portfolio monitoring
Dashboards, Reporting, and Advanced Analytics
From quarterly reporting to ad hoc analysis, Cobalt serves up your performance data the way you need. Translation: no more logging between cumbersome Excel spreadsheet or creating complex pivot tables to get the job done.
- Critical cash flow calculations
- Peer Analysis
- Scenario Modeling
- PME Benchmarking
- Value Concentration Analysis
- Deal Scoring Analytics
Here’s what Cobalt offers
Personalized Dashboards
- Transform Data into actionable insights for finance, investment, portfolio operations, investor relations, and executive management team members.
- Drag and Drop components to create a dashboard view that matches your firm’s unique needs.
- Visualize all your most important data instantly upon log-in.
On-Demand Reporting
- Craft custom reports with Cobalt’s intuitive reporting technology that aggregates fund performance plus portfolio analytics.
- View reports online and share access with internal teams or partners.
- Run customized portfolio and fund dashboards.
- Export reports for distribution the way you need.
Advanced Calculation Engine
- Metrics you use: Define and calculate the metrics that define success at your firm.
- On the timeline you follow: Automatically aggregate data to summarize by quarter or year, including calendar and fiscal periods, LTM, etc.
- With the formulas you need: Define the formulas you need, so you can drill down into performance metrics the way you actually think about them (i.e. revenue by region, sector, or product; across metrics versions; or performance over a period).
Cash Flow Analytics
- Calculate performance metrics including IRR, TVPI, DVPI, and RVPI.
- Visualize fund performance, value creation, deal scoring, dispersion analysis, cash flow attribution analysis, PME modeling, and much more.
- Generate LP- and partner-ready charts, tables, and other “data visualizations” for inclusion in critical reports (i.e. LP reports, peer and data reports).
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- Populate and update existing spreadsheets with data from Cobalt.
- Push data from your Excel models back to the Cobalt database when you are ready to use that data in other reports.
Cobalt’s API
Cobalt’s API seamlessly integrates into your existing processes and mission-critical platforms, making it even easier to get data in and out of the Cobalt platform.
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Custom Metrics & KPI Tracking
It all starts with good data. Whether you are creating new metrics, or updating your numbers, Cobalt provides total flexibility to track the metrics and KPIs relevant to each of your investments:
Create and Manage unlimited fund metrics, portfolio company financial/operating metrics and key performance indicators (KPI’s).
Add or change metrics using Cobalt’s intuitive platform as you add portfolio companies or adjust reporting requirements.
Track the complete history of every metric (including changes over time, who made the change, when it was made, and why) in your Cobalt database using our audit trail. For further diligence, add notes and link documents to your data changes.
Data Ingestion Options
Some call it “data ingestion.” The rest of us call it getting your portfolio company data and fund metrics in a central database to serve as a single source of truth for your firm.
Cobalt removes the labor-intensive pain of the
data collection process through:
User-configured Data Collection Templates: Create the template your portfolio companies will find easy to use, filling in the metrics you need.
Automated Email Sequencing: Seamlessly send requests and reminders for data from portfolio companies while ensuring efficient, accurate, and secure data collection.
Data Collection Status Dashboard: Check in on all your portfolio companies’ response statistics, ensuring that data is collected efficiently and accurately.
Document Storage: Store critical documents in a central place, and grant access to those at your firm who need it.
Managed Data Services (MDS): Leverage the Cobalt team to support data collection, ensuring accurate information is entered every time.