AI native M&A advisory · Frankfurt
Your life's work is sold once.It should go to the right hands.
Ailpa is the AI native M&A advisory firm for owners of private companies. We combine senior judgement with a system that keeps every part of the sale prepared, evidenced and moving. Your advisor leads every decision and remains accountable throughout.
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a typical path from first conversation to signature
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each prepared before the next begins
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accountable for the whole process
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what you pay if it does not sell
What you get
What a well run sale should give you.
A value you can defend
We build the valuation from your figures, the market and the future a buyer is being asked to believe in. Every important assumption is visible before negotiations begin.
Project Ahorn
Precision components · 140 people · Baden Württemberg
- Approach
Valuation
Concluded range
Trading comparables
Precedent transactions
Discounted cash flow
A buyer universe built around fit
We look beyond the obvious names and examine strategic buyers and investors across Europe and beyond. Every candidate needs a clear reason to consider your company.
Project Ahorn
Precision components · 140 people · Baden Württemberg
- Approach
Buyers who fit
214 reviewed · 18 in play
- 01Strategic, industrial automationNordicsAdjacent product line, stated EU expansion mandate94
- 02Strategic, adjacent componentsGermany and AustriaShared customers, capacity constrained91
- 03Private equity, platform buildBeneluxActive buy and build in the sector86
- 04Family holding, long term ownerSwitzerlandHolds industrial firms for decades81
- 05Strategic, entering EuropeNorth AmericaNeeds a European production base77
- 06Private equity, buy and buildUnited KingdomSecond platform in the space72
Preparation that protects momentum
The materials, numbers and likely questions are worked through before outreach begins. Once buyers enter, decisions and answers keep a clear rhythm.
Project Ahorn
Precision components · 140 people · Baden Württemberg
- Approach
Understanding · Preparation · Buyers · Approach · Diligence · Signing
- Understanding
- Preparation
- Buyers
- Approach
- Diligence
- Signing
Discretion, with you in control
You decide who may learn about the sale and when. No document, name or approach leaves the firm without human review and your agreed approval.
Project Ahorn
Precision components · 140 people · Baden Württemberg
- Approach
Released to buyers
- Information memorandumv4 · 48 pagesReleased
- Financial modelv7 · 5 year bridgeReleased
- Buyer list18 names · conflict checkedReleased
- Data room index156 itemsLive
Due diligence
142 of 156 answered
Activity
- Buyer list releasedR. Aildasani · 09:14
- 08:52Diligence batch 7 answered · 12 items, each traced to source
- Yest.Valuation memo v3 reviewed and approved
The model
More depth in the work. Clear responsibility for every decision.
A strong sale is built before the negotiation. The figures have to withstand scrutiny, the case for the company has to be supported by evidence, and the buyer search has to reach beyond familiar names. That work is extensive. In a traditional advisory model, how much of it gets done is tied closely to team size and fee size.
Ailpa was built around different economics. Jordan, our internal AI deal manager, keeps the mandate context together across source material, financial analysis, buyer research, documents and diligence. Specialised agents help prepare the work, retain the evidence behind it and keep open questions from disappearing between meetings.
The system does not set the strategy, decide the value, choose a buyer or speak for you. Your senior advisor challenges the work, makes the judgement calls and releases every external step. AI creates more room for depth. A person remains responsible for the advice.
What the system prepares
- Market and buyer research
- Financial analysis with source evidence
- Buyer fit and conflict reviews
- Drafts of the core sale materials
- Diligence responses linked to source
What your advisor decides
- How the company is positioned and valued
- Which buyers are approached, and when
- What is released outside the firm
- How the negotiation is conducted
- The advice you act on
No retainer. No hidden fees. We are paid at closing.
We agree the success fee before the mandate begins. It becomes due only when the sale closes. If the company does not sell, you owe us nothing.
Voices
What owners and advisors say.
I expected a broker with a list. What I got was a process that knew my company better than some of my managers did, and a buyer I had never heard of who understood exactly what they were buying.
Every question the buyer asked had already been answered somewhere in the data room. That is what kept the price where it was.
We ran two mandates in parallel for the first time in twelve years. The depth of the materials was the difference in both.
For advisors
You hold the client relationship. We strengthen the work behind it.
Ailpa works alongside independent advisors and boutiques that want deeper research, stronger materials and more continuity across a mandate without building a permanent junior team. Our AI native system prepares the work. You keep the relationship, the judgement and the final word.
In confidence
Start with a conversation.
A first conversation is private and without obligation. You speak with the person who would lead your sale and leave with a clearer view of what a well prepared process would involve.