Hi-Tech Deal Networks Redefining The M&A Process

A survey of over 2,400 M&A professionals reveals that the traditional methods for identifying and screening buyers or sellers, marketing and monitoring deal flow - in fact the whole M&A deal-making process - is getting a complete makeover through the advent of online deal sourcing platforms.

These deal networks, which complement social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn, are becoming useful and additional tools to be used along with traditional deal making methods to close that all-important M&A transaction.

Networks and social computing changing M&A industry

According to ‘How Deals Get Done,’ a report that presents the results of a September 2013 M&A survey conducted by Intralinks, there is growing evidence that deal sourcing...