A specific capability gap
The assessment explores whether Klaviyo’s consumer marketing and CRM capabilities could complement Microsoft’s business applications and strengthen its position against Salesforce and Adobe.
Inbound deal evaluation
Handle more deal flow.
Know what’s worth pursuing.
Give every promising opportunity the research it deserves. Put an AI analyst to work on the company, the strategic fit, the economics, and the questions that decide your next move.
Inside CorpDev.Ai / DroneUp × Walmart sample analysis
Actual product captures
Understand what you would actually be buying.
The sample investigates the technology stack, operating capabilities, regulatory position, and workforce. The report connects these assets to the acquisition rationale, with the Analyst and source references alongside the work.
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Evaluate the opportunity against your alternatives.
The sample examines owning an orchestration platform while retaining delivery partners. It develops six potential value drivers and compares control, cost visibility, and execution demands across alternative operating models.
Explore the strategic case ↗
Turn the strategic argument into assumptions you can test.
The workbook compares acquisition, integration, and operating spend with the cost of an internal build. Editable assumptions feed the five-year model and a weighted scoring matrix, so your team can examine what drives the recommendation.
Open the report and workbook ↗Sample analyses created in CorpDev.Ai. The acquisition scenarios and financial models are illustrative; company names do not imply a customer relationship or a live transaction.
From incoming materials to useful analysis
The next opportunity shouldn’t have to wait for analyst capacity.
A teaser arrives between live deals. The business looks interesting, but understanding it means researching a new market, unpacking the seller’s story, and translating it into your strategy. Delegate that work and bring a developed view to the first discussion.
An assignment you can give the Analyst
“Evaluate this company against our acquisition strategy. Use the CIM and our strategy deck, research the business and its competitors, and prepare an initial investment assessment. Show where the fit is strongest, which assumptions need checking, and what we should ask management.”
Teaser or CIMAcquisition strategyWorkspace research
You set the mandate and the depth. Refine the analysis in the same workspace as the Analyst.
First-pass assessment
Know why it fits.
Know what could stop the deal.
Useful screening connects the commercial opportunity to the realities of getting a transaction done. Give your team a recommendation with reasoning they can act on.
Ownership and ecosystem dependencies
The analysis flags founder voting control and Shopify’s commercial and ownership relationships as issues to investigate before an approach.
A focused investigation
The recommendation is to investigate. It gives the team specific work to pursue: validate the strategic fit, understand control, and examine the commercial dependencies.
Go deeper where it matters
Follow the questions that could change your decision.
Move from an initial screen into the analysis a promising deal needs. Ask follow-up questions, add management materials, and develop the business case from the research already in your workspace.
Explore a valuation and synergy model ↗What makes this business worth owning?
Investigate customer needs, market structure, differentiation, and competitors. Separate a compelling seller narrative from the capabilities and relationships that matter to your strategy.
Company assessment · Competitive analysis · Strategic-fit report
What has to be true for the economics to work?
Develop valuation, synergy, and buy-versus-build analysis. Make the assumptions explicit and examine the dependencies. In the DroneUp valuation sample, the Analyst identifies that the case depends on synergies and is highly sensitive to terminal value.
Editable assumptions · Financial model · Sensitivities
What should we resolve before committing more time?
Turn gaps in the evidence into management questions and diligence priorities. Examine ownership, regulatory requirements, key people, integration demands, and the evidence needed to advance.
Management questions · Diligence priorities · Initial recommendation
Keep the work moving
Bring a developed point of view to the deal team.
Research, refine, and share the assessment in the workspace. Develop slides for the discussion, export the document or model, and carry the analysis into diligence and the investment memorandum.
More capacity. More informed decisions.
Make room for the next great opportunity.
Put the Analyst to work on your next company, teaser, or CIM.