Investment Director / Principal
You run multiple live deals against a thesis. You need continuous context on every target — without commissioning a research brief every time. Compass surfaces what changed, why it matters, and what to do about it.
SOLUTIONS / INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Source with rigor. Deploy with conviction. Govern continuously.
Compass for Investment Operations gives investment teams a continuous, signal-driven view of their deal flow, their portfolio, and the decisions that shape both — from first sourcing meeting to exit.
Pipelines tell you what's in motion.
Compass tells you what deserves your attention.
THE REALITY OF MODERN INVESTING
More signals than time. More targets than conviction.
01
Deal flow is everywhere. Quality isn't.
Bankers, scouts, brokers, founders, conferences, screens, AI tools — your pipeline doesn't have a sourcing problem, it has a triage problem. The opportunities that fit your thesis are buried under the ones that don't.
02
Conviction is built on fragments.
The analyst's memo, the partner's instinct, the operator's call, the LinkedIn note from three months ago — conviction emerges from scattered fragments. By the time the IC meets, half the relevant context lives only in someone's head.
03
Portfolio governance is reactive.
The portfolio company surprises you on the next board meeting. Their main customer just churned, their CTO just resigned, a competitor just raised — and you find out when it's already material. By then, the value protection window has closed.
HOW COMPASS RESOLVES IT
Continuous deal context. Continuous portfolio awareness.
Compass for Investment Operations runs as a continuous loop: it senses signals, it understands what they mean for your theses and your portfolio, it surfaces what deserves attention, and it tracks the decisions that follow.
Step 01
Sense
Every signal that matters — funding events, leadership changes, customer wins, regulatory shifts, competitor moves, market dynamics — flows into a single continuous stream tied to your watchlist, your portfolio, and your theses.
Step 02
Understand
Signals are interpreted against your knowledge graph: which targets are heating up, which portfolio companies are at risk, which theses are validated by what's happening in the market, which co-investors are moving.
Step 03
Decide
Compass surfaces what matters now: targets to engage, partners to involve, portfolio companies to support, board prep to refresh. Every signal is scored, every recommendation is explainable.
Step 04
Act
Your team acts. Compass tracks the response, learns from outcomes, and refines its understanding of what fits your conviction model. The loop continues.
What you get with Compass for Investment Operations.
CAPABILITY 01
Deal Sourcing & Target Scoring
Compass continuously scans the market for targets that fit your thesis — and continuously scores the ones in your pipeline. Every target carries an explainable conviction score grounded in firmographics, financials, signals, and the patterns of your historical wins.
- AI target scoring with explainable factors
- ICP modeling per fund or strategy
- Lookalike sourcing from past investments
- Trigger-based discovery (funding, leadership, expansion)
- Continuous market scanning across 200+ sources
compass · Target Scoring
Target scoring · weekly refresh218 in scope
01
Nordis Robotics
Series B · Robotics
92
02
Helix Cyber
Series A · Cyber
87
03
Marenostrum AI
Seed · Defence AI
81
04
Aequora Bio
Series C · Healthtech
74
05
Spektra Energy
Growth · Energy
68
compass · Deal Intelligence
Leonardo · Maritime Surveillance
Opportunity · €12.4M · Stage 4 of 6
74
score
Score breakdown
Fit88
Momentum64
Access76
Risk42
CAPABILITY 02
Deal Intelligence & Conviction Building
For every active deal, Compass builds a continuously-updated context: financial trajectory, leadership stability, customer concentration, competitive position, market dynamics. The analyst memo writes itself — and the partner can interrogate it in natural language.
- Full company context auto-assembled per target
- Financial enrichment via Cerved and equivalent sources
- OSINT on management, customers, competitors, market
- AI memo drafting grounded in graph data
- Q&A on any target ("What changed at X in the last 90 days?")
CAPABILITY 03
Network & Relationship Intelligence
Who knows whom. Who has worked with whom. Who can make the warm intro. Compass builds a living network graph of operators, founders, advisors, co-investors, and LPs — surfacing the relationships that unlock the deal.
- Founder and operator network graph
- Co-investor and syndicate tracking
- Warm intro pathfinding via internal network
- Decision maker mapping for board engagement
- Relationship strength scoring (based on actual interactions)
compass · Market Signal Radar
External signal radar · live 1,248 entities tracked
M&A · Reuters
Hiring · LinkedIn
Filing · SEC
Leadership · Press
Tender · OJEU
Supply chain · OSINT
Regulatory · EU Gazette
Patent · EPO
focal account
Competitor raised €120M Series C+2m
Target CFO replaced+11m
New EU dual-use rule published+38m
compass · Risk / Opportunity Matrix
Risk × Opportunity · current quarter36 items
← risk
opportunity →
CAPABILITY 04
Portfolio Governance & Delibera Intelligence
Once a deal closes, Compass shifts mode: continuous monitoring of every portfolio company against the commitments made at IC and the milestones in the value creation plan. AI-driven delibera analysis surfaces deviations early, before they become material.
- Portfolio company health scoring
- Delibera and commitment tracking with deviation alerts
- Board pack auto-generation from signal feeds
- Risk and opportunity matrix per portfolio company
- Quarterly build-up of value creation milestones
CAPABILITY 05
AI Copilot for Investment Teams
For every target, every portfolio company, every thesis, Compass surfaces what deserves your attention — and answers what you ask. Your AI copilot is always one prompt away from a screening, a comparable analysis, a market read, or a board prep briefing.
- Pre-IC briefings auto-assembled
- Pre-board prep with real-time portfolio context
- Strategic Q&A on any target or portfolio company
- Daily personalized digest per investment professional
- Comparable transaction analysis on demand
compass · AI Copilot · Briefing
Pre-meeting briefing
Leonardo · Q4 review · Tue 10:00
Attendees: A. Conti (CEO), M. Rossi (CFO), 2 others
Objective
Confirm budget split for FY26 and resolve CFO concerns on phasing.
Key signals
- • CFO publicly raised cost concerns on Q3 call
- • New CRO appointed — first meeting since change
- • Competing RFP at major shipyard closing in 14 days
Recommended ask
Lock pilot scope for Maritime Surveillance module by Dec 15.
TWO WAYS TO RUN COMPASS
Standalone or layered. Your choice.
Compass Standalone — When you're building your deal infrastructure from scratch
Compass is your system of record. Deal flow, targets, contacts, theses, portfolio, board prep — all native. Typical fit: emerging managers, single-fund firms, family offices building investment discipline, sector-focused strategies escaping Excel and ad-hoc tools.
Compass as Intelligence Layer — When you have Affinity, DealCloud, or a bespoke CRM
Compass becomes the intelligence layer on top of your existing system. Bidirectional sync — your CRM stays your system of record, Compass becomes your system of signal intelligence, conviction scoring, and portfolio governance. Typical fit: institutional PE firms, multi-strategy platforms, established VC firms.
BUILT FOR
Investment teams who can't afford avoidable surprises.
Operating Partner
You're accountable for value creation across the portfolio. You need to see deviations from the plan early, understand why they're happening, and know which interventions are likely to work. Compass gives you continuous portfolio awareness, not quarterly reports.
Managing Partner
You answer to LPs for deployment pace, conviction quality, and portfolio outcomes. Compass gives you the platform-level view: pipeline health, portfolio health, thesis validation, and the strategic decisions that shape returns.
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Different strategies. Same discipline.
Compass for Investment Operations adapts to how your fund builds conviction — the entities in the knowledge graph change, the operating logic stays consistent.
Private Equity
Mid-market buyout sourcing and portfolio governance across 15-30 active mandates.
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Venture Capital
Seed to growth deal flow triage and portfolio support across hundreds of relationships.
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Family Office
Direct investment and co-invest discipline across multiple asset classes and strategies.
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Special Situations
Distressed, NPL portfolios, and turnaround opportunities scored against recovery patterns.
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Source better. Deploy with conviction. Govern continuously.
Book a demo. We'll show you Compass on a deal cycle and a portfolio scenario relevant to your fund — your strategy, your scale, your sectors.