Strategic Due Diligence

Manhattan Strategy has a dedicated practice for supporting Corporate M&A, Private Equity, and Hedge Fund deal-teams. Our expertise lies in providing external validation to our client’s investment decisions. Clients use Manhattan Strategy to fill knowledge gaps in quick-turnaround situations.

Target Identification and Screening

Manhattan Strategy research and analytical support to help clients identify profitable investments. Usually a pre-step to a deep-dive due diligence exercise, our expertise allow Clients to leverage facts that increase the confidence of strategic and tactical investments.

• Market and Industry Attractiveness
• Market size, growth, profitability, competition, barriers, etc
• Target Identification: Based on a first set of criteria such as sales, market share, management strength, reputation, etc.
• Target Screening: Based on key client criteria such as sales, profitability, customer retention and loyalty, product pipeline, etc.

Investment Thesis Validation

Clients looking to make large investments can substantially increase likelihood of success by leveraging Manhattan Strategy's Investment Thesis Validation services. Based on a strong foundation of primary research data, Manhattan Strategy provides analysis and recommendations to confirm/refute three key assumptions: 1) Is the market attractive and will it remain attractive ; 2) Does the investment target's product and service resonate with the customer; 3) Will the competitive landscape change in a substantial way for this industry.

Post Transaction Support

• Performance Improvement and Benchmarking
• Organizational Re-design / Integration

At the core of all solutions lies our TBI model - expertise in primary research, both Internal and External Market Intelligence (survey and open-ended research), to provide our clients with insights that drive informed business decisions.