TECH & AI28 May 2026· 16 min
Private Equity: The Quantitative Playbook for Automated Acquisition Target Scoring
Top-quartile PE firms are deploying ML-driven scoring engines that cut deal sourcing time by 60% and improve IRR predictability by 18 percentage points. This guide delivers the full methodology, benchmark data, and implementation roadmap.
SOURCES
[1]Preqin Global Private Equity Report 2024 — AUM figures and deal flow statistics
[2]McKinsey Global Private Markets Review 2024 — Analyst time allocation and funnel conversion benchmarks
[3]Bain & Company Global Private Equity Report 2023 — Deal sourcing channel analysis and intermediary dependency data
[4]Harvard Business School Private Capital Research Initiative 2022 — Inter-rater reliability in deal scoring
[5]Cambridge Associates Private Equity Benchmark Statistics Q3 2023 — MOIC comparisons by vintage year
[6]PitchBook 2024 Annual PE Deal Activity Report — Deal timeline and latency metrics
[7]Deloitte M&A Trends Survey 2023 — Founder-led versus PE-backed exit multiple analysis
[8]Stanford HAI Annual AI Index 2023 — LLM accuracy in financial document extraction
[9]The Information — Thoma Bravo cybersecurity deal origination strategy (March 2023)
[10]Wharton School of Business — Algorithm Aversion in Investment Decision Making, 2022