What’s New in
M&A Tools Release 22
What are EKNOW M&A Tools?
The Ultimate M&A Software Tool Kit
EKNOW M&A Tools are Web-based software as a service. M&A Tools empower your teams in corporate development, due diligence, post-M&A integration, restructuring, or transformational projects. Some advantages of EKNOW M&A Tools:
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- Easy to learn, yet astoundingly powerful
- Enable small team to orchestrate & track at massive scale
- Real-time integration of people, processes, and information
- Seamless integration of every M&A stage and activity
- For internal and external collaborators, seller users, etc.
- Powerful built-in reporting, metrics, & automation
- Ready “out of the box”
- Easily configured for unique situations
- All set-up, configuration, administration & hosting by EKNOW
- Fixed, flat pricing
- No separate fees for users, options, support, etc.
M&A Tools Advantages
Hosted, Software-as-a-Service platform
Completely modular
Most advanced future-proof architecture
Exclusive EKNOW UI
Exclusive Tool Builder layer
Best-in-class EKNOW Access Control Framework
M&A Tools for
Corporate M&A Teams
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For corporate M&A organizations, EKNOW provides M&A Tools as a web-based, secure software-as-a-service. Built-in business process modules allow our M&A software to enable corporate development, due diligence, integration, and much more. EKNOW M&A Tools can manage virtually any facet of mergers, acquisitions, and other transformation initiatives.
Clients enable any combination of M&A business process modules at no incremental cost, to perfectly match their business mission. Clients may use M&A Tools to manage a pipeline of deal opportunities, or to manage a single complex post-merger integration (PMI).
M&A Tools three support level options make EKNOW’s high-end capabilities accessible to virtually any size organization:
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- M&A Tools Enterprise (“classic”) for large acquirers
- M&A Tools Business for mid-sized organizations
- M&A Tools Team for smaller M&A teams
M&A Tools for
M&A Consulting Teams
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EKNOW partners are management consulting firms. EKNOW M&A software upgrades their offerings in M&A strategy, due diligence, pre-close planning, post-merger integration, and long-term value capture.
EKNOW arms its consultant partners with everything required to pitch and support their end-clients with M&A Tools:
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- Special partner-only licensing or reseller agreements
- Tailored and branded, or off-the-shelf, M&A Tools
- Dedicated system per client, regardless of engagement length
- Monthly accounting
- Partner-only M&A Tools system features
- Direct support of engagement teams
- Rapid development of end-client solutions
- Ongoing training and collaboration
- High-level roadmap access and input
- Internal systems for training, demos, R&D, playbook development, etc.
- Playbook Libraries
M&A Tools Support Matrix
1. Team
Core module options:
Pipeline Suite
Project Playbooks
Playbook Templates
Portfolio Dashboard
My Project Dashboard
Key Metrics
Analytics Views
Diligence Suite
Integration Checklist
Document Room
Report Generator
Automated Alerts
Contacts Module
Calendar Module
2. Business
Business options add:
Multi-BU Organization
Access/Reporting x BU
Multi-Playbooks x BU
Resource Accountability
Extended Metrics/KPIs
Integration Work Plan
Closing Checklist
Risks / Issues Log
Decisions Log
Dependency Module
Lessons Learned
iMemo Workflows
Workflow Metrics
Review / Approvals
Multi-currency
Admin Modules
SSO (Single Sign-On)
3. Enterprise
Enterprise options add:
Custom BU Organization
Retentions & Earn-Outs
Portfolio Performance
Project Clearance
Enterprise Playbook
Enterprise Diligence
Entrprs. Dependencies
Enterprise Reporting
Plan Readiness Suite
Work-Stream Playbook
Work-Stream Status Rpt
Approvals Dashboard
Pre-Close Clean Room
Data / Mtg Request
Change Request
Enterprise Value Capture
Talent Selection
TSAs
Contracts
Acquired Clients
User Account Approval
Extended Admin
4. Enterprise+
Enterprise + adds:
Monthly Mgmt Meetings
EKNOW API, API Support
SSO + MFA + APS Options
Custom Integrations
Custom Solutions
Non-M&A Solutions
System Branding / Client Branding
What EKNOW clients are saying
EKNOW Advantages
Over 20 years of accelerating, client-driven improvement
The most advanced, future-proof technology platform from any M&A vendor of any size
High-end technology trickle-down benefits even smallest EKNOW customers
Continuous, independent operation since founding 1998
100% development by EKNOW in-house engineering team
Continuous core management and development team