Value creation,
made quantitative.
XS was built to make value creation measurable, attributable, and forward-looking.
Vision
XS is defining quantitative value creation. Data at a scale no single firm could gather, and the experience of people who have run these companies, put in the hands of dealmakers of any size. It's about completely changing how private equity unlocks value.
BOARD & LEADERSHIP
Built by people who know the work.
Kevin founded Access Holdings in 2013 to acquire businesses it wants to own, rather than those that simply happen to be for sale. He leads the firm's strategy and investment activity and has grown Access to more than $2.3 billion in assets and 50+ people across Baltimore and New York. Previously American Capital Strategies. MBA, Chicago Booth.
Sam leads fundraising, investor relations, marketing and communications at Access Holdings, which he joined as Partner in 2025. He was a founding team member and Managing Director at Motive Partners, the fintech-focused private equity firm, and served as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Dun & Bradstreet. He chairs OPUS, a platform for early-stage entrepreneurs.
Omar has spent 20+ years across financial services and consulting, with a deep command of investment and client management spanning financial modeling, valuations, financial and tax reporting, cash flow forecasting, and strategic planning. Before Access he was a Director at EJF Capital and a Manager at The Carlyle Group. MBA, Georgetown McDonough; MAcc, George Washington University.
Matthew leads the Access Acceleration Center (A2C), Access Holdings' value creation team. He joined as Principal in 2024 and became Head of A2C in 2026. Previously an Operating Executive at Alpine Investors, CFO at Aspen Standard Wealth, and nearly six years at PwC. He serves on the board of Zeus Fire and Security and was named a 2026 PEI New Face of Finance. MBA, Northwestern Kellogg. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Nick has spent 28+ years building technology businesses across media, ad tech and software. A founding member of pureIntegration, he scaled it to $20M in revenue and 150 professionals and led its pivot to a product model. At XS he leads product and engineering, turning Access's operating playbook into software independent sponsors can run every day.
Akash has spent 21+ years turning complex engineering into business outcomes for leaders across financial services, healthcare, media and the public sector. He has architected platforms handling 2 trillion records a year and $2B+ in revenue, delivered $200M in new revenue through data modernization, and directed M&A technology integrations valued up to $38M.
Who we are
XS gives independent sponsors and lean firms the value creation capability large funds build in-house: origination from thesis to close, live data across every company owned, and the operators to move the numbers. One system, from the first deal through the hold.
It was built inside a research-led private equity firm, $2.3 billion under management and 250+ acquisitions since 2013, by people who ran the deals and fixed the companies. XS is that operating expertise turned into a system a two-person firm can run.
We count what matters: deals entered with conviction, problems caught early, and results a firm can attribute.
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