A Global Solution Across All Industries.

While every industry uses their own language to describe their competences and focus, we have developed methods to seamlessly navigate through these realms.

We have performed hundreds of strategic screenings across all industries and geographical regions.

Industries – No Niche Too
Small, No Sector Too Complex

It is easy to find a vendor for a specific chemical. It is a much harder task to find an actual manufacturer of a specific set of chemical products. From medical rubber to vitamins, we have seen (and found) them all.

From precision to additive manufacturing, specialists for aerospace or med tech, the field of metal is full of overlapping niches and spans around the globe. We always stare at a haystack with an unknown amount of needles in it. Yet, we always find them.

The biggest challenge in IT screenings is that a system integrator advertise the same technologies as the actual developers. Hence simple search logic fail more often than not and some deep screening layers of employee competences need to be added to separate the various realms.

Companies providing building installation or repair services can have very different profiles and focus areas, from multi-billion dollar corporations to two-(wo)men-shops, focussing on plumbing repair or specialised smart building electrical installation. We can identify, cluster, and analyse these traditional trades.

Geographies – The End of the Local Cage.

Traditional screenings stop at local borders. We overcome these limits by applying your strategic rationale directly to the global market. Transform abstract strategy into actionable, worldwide Landscapes in under four weeks.

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Trusted by leading M&A teams

As a global player with various businesses, the search for future partners or target firms is a mammoth task.

Hundreds of employees worldwide are constantly putting out their feelers. Coordinating this and establishing a best practice model is clearly not easy.

That is why we put a lot of hope in the systematic, repeatable approach of MADiscover. It has worked amazingly well, als and especially in very different search scopes.

Jens Messer

Jens Messer

Head of Portfolio Management

Searching for fitting specialists in a vastly fragmented market overwhelms all M&A teams. Hence, we turned to MADiscover to see whether technology can help us.

The results from our work with the highly efficient MADiscover team were excellent. The amount of completeness, transparency, and insights were remarkable. Not only that we could use the information for our short-term project, but we can also use the data as starting points for future activities.

Carl Rodling

Carl Rodling

VP Strategy and M&A

We were looking for a specific technology vendor worldwide. We did a lot of anecdotal searches and manual analysis to find the hidden champion. Eventually, we used MADiscover technology to start a brute force attack to the problem.

After a few iterations, we got a far clearer picture and had a comprehensive ranking of potential targets. With MADiscover, we were able to focus on the most promising targets instead of wasting time in endless website and document screenings.

Felix Kretschmer

Felix Kretschmer

Head of Systems Engineering Factory Automation

“During the iteration process we gained new insights that changed our screening rationale. Thanks to the MADiscover approach we were able to modify and fine-tune our requirements along the way.

MADiscover supported us by revealing and highlighting all relevant players within our search field customized to our definition of strategic fit. We are more than happy to continue working with MADiscover for future M&A screening projects.”

Astrid Stuparu

Astrid Stuparu

Sen. Manager Corp. Development

“MADiscover seamlessly conducted searches across various geographies, managing multiple languages and business models with ease. The process was uncomplicated and efficient throughout.

What impressed us most was how quickly MADiscover, with the support of AI, grasped our specific search profile in no time at all. Additionally, our workload at Securex was minimal.”

Jan de Troyer

Jan de Troyer

Chief Operating Officer at Securex

“MADiscover uncovered many valuable new companies, which are now presented in the dashboard.

All our wishes for individual adaptions of the dashboard were fulfilled immediately. The team is willing to go the extra mile! This helps us visualize our newly created company landscape.

We are very satisfied with the collaboration and the results. The teamwork was efficient, constructive, and reliable.”

Dr. Tina Andrä

Dr. Tina Andrä

Foresight Manager

“Initially, we approached the U.S. market in collaboration with an M&A boutique. However, we were not entirely satisfied with the results, so we decided to try MADiscover—an AI-based screening solution.

The results spoke for themselves:
MADiscover identified companies that were previously unknown to both us and the M&A boutique, with minimal effort required on our part. Due to its success, we have since implemented the MADiscover approach across three other business units.”

Josef Kreuzhuber

Josef Kreuzhuber

M&A Manager

The iterative approach, grounded in real-world company examples, proved highly effective.

It enabled our diverse M&A team — spanning local business units with deep technical expertise and regional business development — to contribute valuable insights throughout the target screening process.

This methodology significantly refined our search and facilitated internal alignment around a clear strategic direction. As a result, we identified previously overlooked targets and are now actively engaging in discussions with several companies from the MADiscover landscape.

Markus Wimmer

Markus Wimmer

Senior Director Business Development

“For our business unit Capol, we were actively screening the market for natural and organic food & beverage flavor houses as potential acquisition targets.

MADiscover delivered a comprehensive and Capol-tailored competitive landscape that expanded our existing search scope.

This enabled us to identify relevant targets that complemented our portfolio both geographically and through their product offerings. With Blue Pacific Flavors, we ultimately acquired an ideal strategic partner for Capol – allowing us to further diversify our business.”

Robert Brossardt

Robert Brossardt

Corporate Development Manager

We approached MADiscover to screen the European market for cooperation partners. The results portray a market research study of the designed search field – adapted to our individual requirements.

We were surprised about the speed and scope. We received a more extensive list of companies much faster than the months we would habe needed otherwise. Most of the companies have not been on our own internal watchlist until then.

Istvan Szalai

Istvan Szalai

Managing Director

“Strategic Market Intelligence is not only necessary for M&A. The best-in-class companies aim for a 360 degree understanding of their markets.”

Mai Anh Dao

CEO & Co-Founder

Beyond M&A – Strategic Market Intelligence

Competitor Surveillance

Find and monitor your existing and emerging competitors and their positioning. Get news-feeds for all of them, not just the ones you already know.

Go-To-Market Targets

If your target customers are a hidden segment where databases are struggling, we find it. Whether you look for specialized carpenters, a specific type of precision manufacturing, a certain type of services provider, we identify the most promising ones for your market entry.

Innovation Scouting

Do not miss out on disruptive developments in your industry. Make sure you are one of the first to find out, when innovations become transformational and mature. You might not consider doing M&A in a sector yet, but you also do not want to let your competitors enter the fray ahead of you, when it becomes relevant.

Build Your Own Strategic Atlas

Our customers do not just screen one market after the other and forget the results afterwards. Eventually they build their own atlas of market segments of relevance.

Insights and visibility into the strategic cosmos around them provide a competitive advantage which is not limited coming from hyper-expensive consulting firms anymore.

  • Growth Opportunities
  • Competition Surveillance
  • Target Markets
  • Innovation Scouting

Example Landscapes To Discover

We have compiled a number of Landscapes we are happy to share with you. Just a number of examples of insights into markets, which are hard or impossible to get deep knowledge.

  • Landscape: HR Tech in Austria & Germany
    Landscape: HR Tech in Austria & Germany

    HR technology companies are playing an increasingly strategic role in helping organizations manage the entire employee lifecycle in an integrated,…

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  • Landscape: Food Industry in Europe
    Landscape: Food Industry in Europe

    The industrial food processing industry below the consumer brands is hugely diverse and in motion.  Who are the companies behind…

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  • Landscape: Precision Engineering in CEE
    Landscape: Precision Engineering in CEE

    Context Precision engineering is regarded as one of the pinnacles of the art of engineering and quality. It is claimed…

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