A strong Data Strategy transforms raw data into a valuable business asset.
At it|venture, our deep expertise in private markets sets us apart. We understand the complexities of your business, the platforms you use, and the diverse data you work with. Unlike generic data consultants, we specialise in the nuances of private markets, ensuring that our solutions align with your operations, workflows, and strategic goals. With a comprehensive knowledge of all data types and systems, we provide tailored strategies that integrate seamlessly, empowering you to maximise the value of your data and drive better business outcomes.
What is Data Strategy.
Data strategy is your roadmap to turning your raw data into powerful insights that drive smarter decisions, innovation, and business growth. Firms are beginning to realise the importance of managing and leveraging their data and viewing it as a vital strategic asset. By treating data as an asset, firms are turning their information into a competitive advantage providing long-term value. Here are the key benefits of a data strategy:
Aligning Business Needs & Goals
Build a scalable tech foundation that connects systems and accelerates access to data, empowering teams with real-time insights through dashboards and reports.
Data Driven Decisions
Unlock the full value of your data, past and present, to drive informed decision-making, uncover trends, and create measurable impact across the business.
Data Governance
Ensure seamless information flow between platforms, gaining full visibility across the business while maintaining control, compliance, and consistency.
Operational Resilience
Build a robust data framework that not only enhances business continuity and mitigates risks, but also ensures agility in adapting to changing demands, and supporting long-term growth.
Increase Workplace Efficiency
Optimise your workflows, automate processes, and boost productivity, leading to more efficient operations and improved outcomes.
Unify Your Data
Maintain full control and visibility over your data assets while gaining a 360° view – that supports smarter decision-making and deeper insights.
Strategic Forward Planning
Future-proof your business by leveraging data to anticipate market trends, identify opportunities, and drive long-term growth.
How we work
Our Data Strategy Process.
Step 1
Analysis
We perform a comprehensive, organisation-wide review of your current systems and data strategy to assess your existing state.
Step 2
Workshops
We bring together key stakeholders to define your ideal target state, identify opportunities for improvement and growth, and align data strategies across departments.
Step 3
Roadmap
We consolidate insights from our analysis and workshops into a comprehensive data strategy report and roadmap, outlining the key projects and workstreams needed to achieve your target state.
Step 4
Build
We kick-start the transformation by executing key projects that bring your data strategy to life — translating plans into action through focused initiatives.
Step 5
Refine
We ensure your data strategy remains agile and continuously evolves, keeping you ahead of the curve with the latest technological advancements and business needs.
Say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to smart reporting.
A strong data strategy enables your business to leverage powerful tools like Power BI, providing users across the organisation with real-time access to a complete, unified view of your data. Instead of relying on siloed spreadsheets managed by a select few, teams can generate dynamic, on-demand reports with the insights they need, when they need them. This shift fosters data-driven decision-making, improves efficiency, and ensures everyone is working from a single source of truth.
The Current State
Your existing procedures are all shaped by a variety of legacy factors. So, your evolving user demands and needs may be incompatible with these. Because with a lack of a collective approach to data sharing, data silos, disparate sources, and differing uses of data, the challenges can be endless. It can often look like this before we work with clients.
The Ideal Target State
Whilst no two organisations are the same, we always strive for the ideal target state. So, following completion of a data strategy project, our clients are left with an approach to data that efficiently supports their required use cases. Because we open up data silos and, above all, provide users with access to the data they need. In order to generate value for the business. It looks like this.
Data Architecture.
Understanding how data flows through your organisation, where it is stored, and how it is used is essential for effective decision-making and long-term success. Without a clear and well-defined data architecture, businesses risk operating with inefficiencies, exposing themselves to security and compliance vulnerabilities, and missing out on valuable opportunities for innovation, optimisation, and competitive advantage in an increasingly data-driven world. Whilst no two businesses are the same, we strive to create the right architecture which often looks like this.
Bridge the Gaps Between Your Systems
Introducing Connect.
Private market firms rely on multiple platforms to operate, but bringing that data together is often manual and time-consuming. That’s why we built Connect—a powerful integration platform designed to seamlessly link your systems, automate data flow, and eliminate silos. With Connect, you get the right data, in the right place, at the right time.
Our work
Data Strategy Engagements.
Maximilian Evans
Managing Director of Data Strategy and Connect
A robust data strategy empowers firms to turn fragmented information into actionable intelligence, driving smarter decisions and long-term value. When done right, it aligns technology, people, and processes to turn data into a strategic asset that drives growth. At it|venture, we combine deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to help our clients build, scale, and own their data ecosystems with confidence.
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Why choose it|venture.
With deep experience in private capital markets and a proven track record in data strategy, it|venture is your trusted partner for transforming how you manage and leverage information. We align technical expertise with industry context to design scalable, integrated data architectures that drive smarter decision-making and long-term operational efficiency.