HOLISTIC DUE DILIGENCE APPROACH
As a trusted advisor in commercial-, digital-, technical- and data/product due diligence, we identify, analyze, and evaluate targets, their digital readiness across the value chain, market, customer, and competitive dynamics as well as their (digital) growth potential. Over the last 10 years with 200+ deals, €15.5B deal value and 1,500+ value creation projects for our private equity clients, we were able to build a data base of 110m+ data points that we use to identify transformative growth opportunities, disruption risks and to develop data-based full potential programs. Our cross-functional team's expertise in digital strategy, digital products and platforms, digital operations and technology allow us to navigate through the complexity of M&A transactions. What differentiates us from the competition is our value creation mindset and our entrepreneurial approach. With 300+ digital experts inhouse, we orchestrate the digital growth journey after successful acquisition together with the management and jointly build the digital equity story with our clients.
Commercial due diligence
- (Topline) assessment of the business plan and calculation of OMMAX business plan
- Evaluation of growth potential (e.g., international expansion)
- Assessment of market dynamics and competitive landscape
- Analysis of customer economics and acquisition channels
Digital due diligence
- (Topline) assessment of the business plan and calculation of OMMAX business plan
- Evaluation of digital growth potential (e.g., digital channel optimization, sales excellence)
- Analysis of digital performance (e.g., digital KPIs)
- Assessment of online reputation (e.g., online mentions, social sentiment)
Technical due diligence
- Analysis and evaluation of the current business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP)
- Assessment of the development team, competencies, and potential dependencies
- Analysis and evaluation of the existing IT infrastructure and software development environment
- Analysis and evaluation of the scalability of current and planned platforms (e.g., Cloud)
Data due diligence
Analysis of the maturity of company's (data) product development and legal enablement processes
Assessment of foreseeable external shifts in the data area (technically / legal) which could disrupt the company's current business
Assessment of the company's data strategy and data governance maturity (tooling, processes, metadata labelling)
Evaluation of the company's data architecture, pipelines, and data technology stack
WHY OMMAX
- Less due diligence spend for the client due to bundle pricing for all workstreams
- Higher efficiency within the overall due diligence workflow due to single point of contact (on client and target side)
- Comprehensive value creation roadmap with aligned potentials out of a commercial, digital, tech and data perspective
- After a successful acquisition, OMMAX enables a seamless transition to value creation through full digital execution coverage (>250 digital experts inhouse)
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