# GRAPH Strategy LLC: Matters Graph is a specialist buy\-side\-focused consultancy that provides objective fact\-based commercial due diligence and value gen support for private equity and private lender clients\.

> Investigative Buy\-Side Commercial Due Diligence and Value Creation, Serving Private Equity, Private Credit, and Corp\. Dev\.

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## Pages
- [Best Practice Briefs](https://mattersgraph.com//cdd-best-practices/)
- [Team](https://mattersgraph.com//who-we-are/team/)
- [Health \& Life Sciences](https://mattersgraph.com//sectors-of-focus/health/)
- [Energy \& Utilities](https://mattersgraph.com//sectors-of-focus/energy/)
- [Building Systems \& Construction Products](https://mattersgraph.com//sectors-of-focus/construction/)

## Client Wins
- [Chase Corporation Acquires Sheldahl](https://mattersgraph.com//recent-matters/2026/chase-corporation-acquires-sheldahl/)
- [Congratulations to General Atlantic on leading Atera’s Series B Funding Round](https://mattersgraph.com//recent-matters/2021/congratulations-to-general-atlantic-on-leading-ateras-series-b-funding-round/)
- [Congratulations to 26North Partners on the carve\-out of Middleby Corporation’s Residential Kitchen business](https://mattersgraph.com//recent-matters/2025/congratulations-to-26north-partners-on-the-carve-out-of-middleby-corporations-residential-kitchen-business/)
- [Congratulations to KKR on its Role as a Strategic Partner Supporting Freeman’s Acquisition of Sparks](https://mattersgraph.com//recent-matters/2023/congratulations-to-kkr-on-its-role-as-a-strategic-partner-supporting-freemans-acquisition-of-sparks/)
- [Congratulations to KKR on the Merger of Quala and Boasso](https://mattersgraph.com//recent-matters/2023/congratulations-to-kkr-on-the-merger-of-quala-and-boasso/)

## Insights
- [027: Assessing Price Sensitivity](https://mattersgraph.com//insights/assessing-price-sensitivity/)
- [026: Understanding the Market Share Equation in Diligence and in Value Gen\. Exercises](https://mattersgraph.com//insights/understanding-the-market-share-equation-in-diligence-and-in-value-gen-exercises/)
- [012: Commercial Due Diligence and Value Generation via Network Effects](https://mattersgraph.com//insights/commercial-due-diligence-and-value-generation-via-network-effects/)
- [011: Diligence Methods to Measure Price and Price Sensitivity, and the Opportunity to Improve Margins](https://mattersgraph.com//insights/diligence-methods-to-measure-price-and-price-sensitivity-and-the-opportunity-to-improve-margins/)
- [018: Observations on How Financial \(PE\) and Strategic \(Corp Dev\) Investors Consider Segmentation Opportunities Differently from One Another](https://mattersgraph.com//insights/observations-on-how-financial-pe-and-strategic-corp-dev-investors-consider-segmentation-opportunities-differently-from-one-another/)

## Sectors
- [Industrial Products \& Services](https://mattersgraph.com/by-sector/industrial/)
- [Energy \& Utilities](https://mattersgraph.com/by-sector/energy/)
- [Technology, Media \& Telecomm \(TMT\)](https://mattersgraph.com/by-sector/technology/)
- [Infrastructure \& Related Services](https://mattersgraph.com/by-sector/infrastructure-and-related-services/)
- [Business, Professional \& Financial Services](https://mattersgraph.com/by-sector/business/)

## Insight Categories
- [Competitive Position](https://mattersgraph.com/insight-categories/competitive-position/)
- [Drivers of Choice](https://mattersgraph.com/insight-categories/drivers-of-choice/)
- [Value Creation](https://mattersgraph.com/insight-categories/value-creation/)
- [Diligence Planning](https://mattersgraph.com/insight-categories/diligence-planning/)
- [Market Evaluation](https://mattersgraph.com/insight-categories/market-evaluation/)

## Authors
- [Mark Stein](https://mattersgraph.com/by-author/mark-stein/)
- [Jeff Merkle](https://mattersgraph.com/by-author/jeff-merkle/)
- [Lynt Johnson, MD, MBA](https://mattersgraph.com/by-author/lynt-johnson-md-mba/)
- [Hailey Messenger](https://mattersgraph.com/by-author/hailey-messenger/)
- [Kerri Evans](https://mattersgraph.com/by-author/kerri-evans/)

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