SaaS pricing analysis and recommendation for Mercatus, the leading alternative investment technology platform.

Mercatus is the leading SaaS provider of alternative asset and investment management solutions, helping investors maximize returns, accelerate growth, and mitigate risk. Mercatus is the only platform to systematically consolidate asset and portfolio data, automate and control financial, operational, and ESG analyses, and streamline decisions and collaboration across the entire investment lifecycle. Many of the largest alternative investors and asset owners leverage Mercatus to manage over $525B of assets and investments across 118 countries and 11 asset classes. Mercatus is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Austin, London, Rome, and India. Our CEO, a Notre Dame alum, is looking for intelligent, proactive, and resourceful Fighting Irish students to evaluate our pricing strategy and make a strong recommendation to improve it. The end deliverable will be 90-minute presentation to the CEO and Director of Product that succinctly summarizes the requirements above and makes a strong recommendation on how Mercatus should improve their own pricing strategy. Host Venue Address Austin, TX - 11801 Domain Blvd 3rd Floor, Austin, TX 78758 Required Prerequisites

1. Work experience is enterprise SaaS preferred
2. Familiarity with alternative investments, private equity, and/or project finance preferred
3. Hunger to research enterprise software pricing strategies via available online resources

Learning Objectives

• Students will learn about the $10+ trillion alternative investment industry
• Students will have a deep understanding of alternative investment technology landscape
• Students will learn how to be resourceful and conduct primary and secondary research
• Students will know how to prepare a product pricing analysis
• Students will learn how to deliver an actionable executive presentation to senior leadership