Projects

December 2025 — February 2026

St. John’s Private Equity Pitch Competition

University at Buffalo

I was selected to represent the University at Buffalo in a private equity pitch competition with 20 participating university teams. Our team evaluated a control buyout of Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ: CCSI), a provider of cloud fax and secure digital communications.

I built and presented an integrated leveraged buyout (LBO) model to evaluate the transaction’s capital structure, cash flow generation, and investment returns through IRR and MOIC over a three- to seven-year holding period.

Investment thesis, modeling & risk

Our pitch examined how recurring cash flows, debt repayment, and operational improvements could support the investment thesis. The model brings together transaction assumptions, sources and uses, financial forecasts, working capital, capital expenditures, and cash available for debt repayment.

I assessed operational, financing, and exit risks and defended our valuation and core assumptions in a live Q&A with industry judges. The competition emphasized a control investor’s perspective, including detailed financing plans and credible exit strategies.

Connor Valenti Resume

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Project Presentation

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LBO Model

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CCSI LBO worksheet: transaction assumptions, sources and uses, and leverage and pricing.
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