When a portfolio stops overpaying for everyday software
In just six months, SaaSrooms helped Threehills Partners unlock 5× ROI and over €200,000 in software savings by identifying hidden SaaS overspend across 10 portfolio companies.
Three Hills
Three Hills is a European asset management platform providing flexible capital solutions and operational support to mid-market companies.
Introduction
In six months, SaaSrooms mapped, benchmarked, and renegotiated technology contracts across 10 portfolio companies — delivering a five-times return on investment and over €200,000 in savings for a single portco on software they believed was already optimised.
At a Glance
- 10 portfolio companies
- Multi-sector coverage
- 5× ROI delivered
- 6-month timeline
Key Results
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Return on SaaSrooms investment | 5× |
| Savings at a single portfolio company | €200K+ |
| Portfolio companies live on SaaSrooms | 10 |
| Months to deliver measurable ROI | 6 |
Standout Result
€200,000 saved at one company. On standard software.
Not a bespoke enterprise deal. Not a custom-built system. Microsoft 365. Dynamics 365. The kind of software every finance team assumes is already on the best available terms. SaaSrooms benchmarked it against real market data, renegotiated with leverage, and proved that the biggest savings are hiding in plain sight.
How It Happened
1. Full spend visibility
SaaSrooms mapped addressable IT spend across all active portcos — surfacing what was being spent, with whom, and at what price.
2. Benchmarking against market rates
Every contract was compared against live market pricing. Overpayment was quantified — not estimated.
3. Group deal leverage identified
66 suppliers were found serving 2+ portcos. The portfolio was unified as a single buyer — dramatically improving negotiation position.
4. Savings realised — fast
10 companies went live on the platform within 6 months. Savings were booked, not projected.
Where the Savings Came From
| Vendor / Platform | Savings Impact |
|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 & Dynamics | €200,000+ |
| LinkedIn Recruiter / Sales Nav. | Significant |
| Amazon Web Services | Identified |
| Google Workspace | Identified |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | 11 portcos |
| Oracle, Salesforce, Personio | Group deal scope |
"Private equity firms have always known their portcos overpay for software. What they've never had is the infrastructure to do anything about it — at portfolio scale, systematically, in months rather than years."
The Bigger Picture
Significant savings potential has been identified across the Threehills portfolio. With 10 companies now live, the programme is still in its early stages — the majority of savings remain ahead.
The group deal pipeline — shared suppliers across multiple portcos — represents an entirely new lever that no individual portco could ever have pulled alone.
What’s Next
Savings already achieved represent a fraction of what has been identified. As more companies activate, the compounding effect of group deal leverage accelerates returns across the whole portfolio.
