33 Backstop Solutions Testimonials

“At GFOS, we have always put our client interests at the heart of every investment decision we make. Backstop has empowered us with a better way to collaborate and synthesize critical information on a timely basis. Our experience has been very positive since day one, with the entire implementation process running smoothly since we transitioned to the system. Everything our investment team does that touches our investment activities is now facilitated by the Backstop platform. It has become an essential tool in our investment process.”

“With multiple PMs, we saw the benefit of having a centralized solution for investor management from the start. The system was very easy for everyone to get. There was no intensive training time, and we really appreciate all the help we got from the Backstop team as we were starting out. They were able to show us how intuitive data entry is in Backstop, and now we log everything! Not only does this help us leave a historical audit trail to ensure we stay compliant, but it’s also just good business sense to have everything in one place for everyone on my team to access at any time.”

"Backstop has been a great solution for our firm and working with Backstop has been a great experience since the very beginning."

“It was very much a patchwork of analysis that constrained the ability of the very talented people to extract the conclusions that they required.”

“We run private commingled funds across various opportunities that include everything from real estate to hedge funds. We also do more niche-type asset classes. For example, we own private golf clubs and manufactured housing communities, and make those opportunities available to our qualified clients. We like to think we’re able to ‘dig into the weeds’ in direct investing in a way that some of our competitors might not be able to.”

“Well tailored for the needs of the PE/VC industry and fundraising efforts."

"Early on, the value of Backstop software came from making things we were already doing better. Now they’re helping us do things we hadn’t even contemplated or anticipated.”

“Backstop allows us to maintain the organization’s memory. Turnover is an unavoidable truth in any institution. As people go, they take with them crucial knowledge. Backstop is how we can mitigate this the system helps to keep track of all the conversations we have and all the people we have them with.”

“Backstop’s core functionality is driven by relationships, and that is how our team works. Through Backstop, we can see performance numbers, cashflows, evaluations, and the like to better manage and develop each specific investor relationship.”

“Focusing on building long-term relationships with managers has — over time — enabled us to take advantage of opportunities that are not available to other institutional investors.”

“I work in Backstop 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. It is our document database and main data depository. It provides us with the tools we use on a daily basis to both analyze and house our data and all the documents that we receive. Besides ease of use, ease of reporting, and ease of viewing, the Backstop Support people are top of class.”

“Follow up very responsive and creative with solutions. Client focused.”

“By using Backstop, our managers can easily access financial information and analysis anytime when making investment decisions.”

"Backstop is very easy to organize. I have a wealth of data about our investors and prospects in one place. The tags allow me to have focused emails and campaigns. It makes us all more efficient at engaging our investors and prospects."

"We’re using Backstop to track where we are in the lifecycle of an investor – from prospect to close to stewardship.”