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Deal data ends up everywhere
A live transaction scatters confidential files across advisers, targets and lawyers. Every extra party is another route out of the deal room, and which one it was is rarely obvious until afterwards.
Private equity · Mayfair, the City & Canary Wharf
Move at deal speed with private equity IT support in London.
We look after day-to-day IT, deal security and the technical evidence that supports resilience and compliance work.
Book a 30-minute callThe problem
Three things break IT for a London PE firm
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Every portfolio company is different
You inherit whatever each founder built along the way, and nobody owns the security baseline across the whole book. In practice the weakest company sets the level of exposure the fund carries.
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Resilience evidence takes time to build
Where FCA or DORA requirements apply, useful records, testing and supplier oversight need to reflect the real environment. They cannot be assembled well at the last minute.
What we do about it
Joined-up IT, security and resilience support
Deal room security
Encrypted data rooms with granular access and a full audit trail. You see who opened what, and when. Access dies with the deal instead of lingering for years.
How we handle security →Standardise the portfolio
One security baseline across every company you own. New acquisitions come onto it instead of staying an exception. You stop discovering surprises at exit diligence.
What managed support covers →Technical evidence for resilience work
We help maintain ICT records, run agreed testing and keep supplier information current, working alongside your legal and compliance advisers on scope.
Read the DORA detail →Technology due diligence before you buy
IT due diligence on a target before you commit. You get the risks, the technical debt and what fixing them costs, in time to reflect all of it in the price.
See how we test →Next door to PE
Run a fund, a family office or a law firm too?
Much of this work is the same next door. Hedge funds care more about the trading desk. Family offices care more about the household. Law firms care about the SRA. Each has its own page.
The firm behind the service
Where we stand today
The details firms usually want before a first conversation: our certification, how quickly the team responds, how long we have been doing this, and who would be looking after your estate.
- Cyber Essentials
- Certified
- Listed in the public IASME registry
- Core support
- 8am–6pm
- Monday to Friday, with wider cover agreed as needed
- Trading since
- 2013
- Nerdster Ltd, company no. 08223563
- Support
- Consistent
- A team with shared knowledge of your setup
Questions we get asked
Questions people ask on the first call
What does IT support for a private equity firm actually cover?
It can cover the fund, selected portfolio companies or both. At fund level that often means the deal room, devices, Microsoft 365, security and technical evidence. At portfolio level it may mean a shared baseline, tailored to each company rather than imposed without review.
Do you support private equity firms in Mayfair and Canary Wharf?
Yes. Our engineers cover the whole of London, and most of our clients sit in Mayfair, the City and Canary Wharf. We come on site when it is faster than remote, which for a trading floor or a partner meeting it usually is.
How does DORA apply to a UK private equity firm?
DORA directly applies to specified EU financial entities. A UK firm is not automatically in scope because it manages an EU fund, has an EU entity or supplies an EU firm; the entity, authorisation and operating model matter. Contractual requests may still pass through the chain, so confirm scope with legal or compliance advisers before designing the programme.
Can you run IT due diligence on an acquisition target?
Yes. We assess infrastructure maturity, security posture, licensing exposure, technical debt and how hard integration will actually be. You get a written report with the remediation costs, in time to use them in the negotiation.
What does it cost?
Managed IT is priced per user, per month, as one fixed fee with no callout fees, so the monthly figure is known in advance. We quote it once we have seen the estate, because headcount and the depth of security and compliance you need both move it. Portfolio work and due diligence are quoted per engagement, since a two-company book and a twenty-company book are not the same job.
Talk through what would make IT easier
In thirty minutes we can understand what is taking time, where the risks sit and what a sensible first improvement would look like.
Book a 30-minute callOne fixed fee per user, per month · No callout fees