Partnership combines the Databricks platform with West Monroe’s implementation expertise to help Clearlake build an “investment firm of the future” data platform across deal origination, due diligence, fund operations, and portfolio company transformation
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake”), a global investment firm managing integrated platforms spanning private equity, liquid and private credit, and other related strategies, announced a partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company, and West Monroe, a global business and technology consulting firm, to accelerate Clearlake’s portfolio companies’ adoption of data, analytics, and AI capabilities.
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Through the collaboration, Clearlake aims to connect investment, operational, financial, and portfolio data in a secure and scalable environment that accelerates enterprise-wide adoption of AI, drives productivity, and delivers measurable outcomes across the investment lifecycle from deal origination and due diligence to portfolio monitoring and value creation. By pairing cutting-edge technology with deep operational support, the partnership endeavors to help Clearlake’s portfolio companies stay ahead of industry disruption and build durable competitive advantage.
“Data and AI are increasingly becoming the core drivers of operational performance, better decision-making, and competitive advantage,” said Tony La Rosa, Managing Director, Technology and O.P.S.® at Clearlake. “This partnership brings together the Databricks platform, West Monroe’s implementation expertise, and Clearlake’s O.P.S.® (Operations, People, Strategy) framework to enhance our investment process leveraging AI technologies. The partnership also aims to help our portfolio companies accelerate growth by giving management teams access to modern data infrastructure and practical AI solutions needed to improve productivity, enhance customer engagement, and create durable long-term value.”
“Investment teams in private markets are sitting on a wealth of proprietary data across deal origination, due diligence, fund operations, and portfolio company transformation, but connecting that into a coherent advantage has always been the hard part,” said Andrea DeSosa, Global Head of Capital Markets GTM at Databricks. “By partnering with Databricks and West Monroe, Clearlake is creating a stronger foundation for teams to move faster and act with more confidence, turning proprietary data into context for better decisions with the governance and controls needed to scale AI across the firm.”
“The next generation of private equity value creation will be defined by firms that can connect investment thesis, diligence insights, operational data, and AI-enabled execution,” said Keith Campbell, Global Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Lead at West Monroe, a Databricks Gold Partner that helps clients build modern lakehouse and AI-ready data platforms in just weeks. “Clearlake is positioning data as an operating capability, not just a technology asset, and that mindset can create meaningful advantages from deal origination through exit.”
As part of the initiative, Clearlake also plans to bring Databricks’ capabilities to portfolio companies through its Clearlake AI Labs initiative to help management teams modernize their data infrastructure, with a focus on identifying high-impact AI use cases, building scalable data foundations, and deploying solutions that support measurable business outcomes.
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