What if you could predict the success or failure of an M&A before the deal is signed? 

M&A often face significant challenges, and cultural misalignment is a major factor contributing to their failure

M&A deals often fail—up to 90%—due to corporate culture clashes that hinder integration.
30% of M&A deals fail within 3 years, mostly due to culture disparities.
Culture due diligence and integration planning are often overlooked in M&A but are crucial to success.

Developing well-informed strategies for culture integration will significantly improve the chances of a successful merger or acquisition.

Culture is a $2.0 trillion problem for M&A

Nearly 70% of M&A deals fail to achieve synergies due to culture issues, leading to approximately 50% loss of deal value

Responsive M&A Boxes
CFO Magazine: Top-10 M&A Pitfalls
#1 Incompatible cultures
#2 Inability to manage acquired target
#3 Unable to implement change
#6 Clash of management styles
Accenture: Top 3 M&A Success Factors
#1 Planning & executing the integration process
#2 Conducting due diligence
#3 Understanding culture issues

The TAP Platform allows you to optimize success by informing deal synergies and time-to-capture with quantitative culture due diligence.

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Quantify culture alignment within target and compared with acquirer

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Determine ideal org

3

Backstop cost synergies with
culture data

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Predict integration complexity

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Measure culture gaps and post-merger execution risk of strategy

2

Determine ideal integration plan

3

Backstop revenue synergies with
execution risk data

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Predict integration time

Help clients identify culture-related execution risks via tools for acquirers, lenders, and portcos

PEOPLE PURPOSE PRODUCTIVITY
M&A and Private Debt Due-diligence
  • Measure execution risk by quantifying culture alignment
  • Identify gaps across a target company and between teams and leadership levels
  • Assess culture alignment to diversify risk by culture type and alignment across industry, strategy, and size
  • Benchmark target company culture against peer group and/or ideal culture
  • Predict complexity of change management to inform deal strategy
  • Embed culture risk analysis directly into valuation and deal terms/covenants
Targets & Portfolio Companies
  • Provide transparency to staff on culture and culture strategy
  • Predict resulting culture following team and personnel changes
  • Self-awareness tools for individuals
  • Establish quantitative culture goals for company and teams
  • Understand the role of culture in strategy execution
  • Predict time and difficulty of change management
  • Identify and address sub-cultures
  • Shape and evolve culture

The first and only AI-powered people science platform that helps you better predict M&A outcomes

Until now, you haven't had data to support the synergies in your model. Now you have a platform that provides quantitative data to support cost and revenue synergies.

We empower investment decision-makers with a comprehensive, data-driven platform that streamlines the diligence process. By providing advanced tools for culture alignment analysis, we help you make informed decisions faster and with greater confidence.

The TAP Platform allows you to focus on what truly matters: maximizing returns and minimizing risk

Measure and inform:
Compare teams, managers, and candidates to understand fit and working compatibility; improve employee self-awareness.

Plan and shape:
Determine ideal org and integration plans based on a culture aligned to the investment strategy.

Culture Due Diligence

Culture By Design

TAP Team/Company

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