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M&A Science

Kison Patel
Mergers and Acquisitions
M&A
Private Equity
Corporate Development
Due Diligence
Integration
Dealroom
Integration Strategies
M&A Strategy
M&A Integration
Integration Planning
Buyer-Led M&A
Healthcare
Roll-Up Strategy
Corporate Strategy
Leadership
Value Creation
Investment Banking
Artificial Intelligence
M&A Strategies

M&A Science, hosted by Kison Patel (Founder & CEO of DealRoom), is your go-to podcast for mastering the art of mergers and acquisitions. Each week, Kison and his expert guests from leading brands like Xerox, FastLap, and Cisco dig deep into real-world M&A strategies, offering actionable insights to optimize your M&A practice. Whether you're an experienced practitioner or new to the field, M&A Scie... more

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Shawn Rodricks, Head of M&A - Independent Consultant

If you scale the deal flow without the operating infrastructure to match it, things break fast. The playbook is a document nobody opens, closing weeks turn into fire drills, and the returns you m... more

Jeremy Segal, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS)

Buyers who mistake a high LOI bid for a winning strategy are easy prey for sellers who know the growth equity playbook. Jeremy Segal's position: precision at t... more

Haseeb Jawad, VP and Head of Corporate Development, Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT)

The people who leave post-close are usually the ones the deal depended on. Which means the problem starts with how you read culture before LOI and whether financial incent... more

Matt Arsenault, VP of Corporate Development & Strategic Alliances at Jamf

Venture-backed companies are priced at their future state, not their current revenue. When growth stalls and another fundraising round stops making sense, the gap between VC ... more

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Recent Guests

Jeremy Segal
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Progress
Progress
Episode: How to Build a Deal Model That Beats PE on Price
Haseeb Jawad
VP and Head of Corporate Development at Commvault
Commvault
Episode: The People You Lose in M&A: Key Talent Retention Before Close
Matt Arsenault
VP of Corporate Development & Strategic Alliances at Jamf
Jamf
Episode: How to Buy Companies That Aren't Profitable Yet
Lutz Lehmann
Magnus Business Group, representing sellers
Magnus Business Group
Episode: When Deals Get Weird: Stories You Don't See in the CIM
Patrick Mumman
Vice President of Corporate Development at C-Biz
C-Biz
Episode: When Deals Get Weird: Stories You Don't See in the CIM
Tej Brahmbhatt
Investment banker, M&A, buy side/sell side
Char Capital
Episode: When Deals Get Weird: Stories You Don't See in the CIM
George Helock
Managing Director, Western Region at LCG Advisors
LCG Advisors
Episode: When Deals Get Weird: Stories You Don't See in the CIM
Angie Astle
EVP of Finance and CFO for Chugach Alaska Corporation
Chugach Alaska Corporation
Episode: When Deals Get Weird: Stories You Don't See in the CIM
Sam Delestienne
VP North American M&A, Diploma PLC
Diploma PLC
Episode: The Real Work Behind the Close: When Judgment Beats the Checklist

Host

Kison Patel
Host of M&A Science; founder and CEO of DealRoom

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 339 ratings
  • Must listen podcast

    Amazing content!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Blck mamba
    United States9 months ago
  • Awesome

    10 stars, learn a lot every podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    anxnsodkcoapsjdj
    United Statesa year ago
  • Insight

    This is a must for anyone in or considering M&A. Passion and intellect on display!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Barry LaBov
    United States2 years ago
  • Love the podcast!

    Love the quality of questions asked

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MathildeCant
    India2 years ago
  • #1 M&A podcast ever

    This is the best podcast that talks about mergers and acquisitions, real life experiences and transaction stories! Subscribe, listen, and repeat! Highly recommended.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jeanny Dobby
    Philippines2 years ago

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Content is consistently helpful for deal sourcing, diligence, and integration.

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Talking Points

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How to Buy Companies That Aren't Profitable Yet
Q: What is the role of relationship-building in successful buyer-led M&A versus pure auctions?
Relationship-building enables direct dialogue with investors and founders, which helps you address risk, tailor deal structures to stakeholders, and move beyond perceived fair market value. It also creates trust that allows for difficult conversations about risk tolerance, retention, and post-closing responsibilities.
How to Buy Companies That Aren't Profitable Yet
Q: How should entrepreneurs thinking about VC funding position themselves for a potential strategic sale later?
Entrepreneurs should focus on choosing partners whose long-term vision aligns with a strategic exit, maintain relationships with key investors, and prepare to articulate a credible path to profitability that isn't solely dependent on hyper-growth. It's also important to evaluate how each potential investor would fit on the board and how their presence shapes future strategic decisions.
How to Buy Companies That Aren't Profitable Yet
Q: What are the main levers used to bridge valuation gaps when a target is under pressure from growth slowdowns?
You combine structural terms like earn-outs, rollovers, and carve-outs with carefully negotiated retention packages, equity in the parent, and deferred payments. The hardest gaps are with financial sponsors, but effective negotiation hinges on credibility, relationship with management and investors, and a shared plan that aligns incentives across equity holders, employees, and buyers.
The Nordic Compounder Playbook: How Lagercrantz Bought 90 Companies and Never Sold One
Q: What makes the 85 autonomous companies work as a single ecosystem?
A light-touch centralized framework with strong local leadership, shared board-level governance, annual MD conferences, and deliberate structure to add energy and ambition while preserving core strengths and brands.
The Nordic Compounder Playbook: How Lagercrantz Bought 90 Companies and Never Sold One
Q: How do you maintain pricing discipline amid a PE-driven market?
Prices have remained fairly stable; we finance the flywheel internally, avoid capital raises, and use conservative multiples (4-8x EBITDA) with earn-outs to align incentives across generations.

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This program centers on practical M&A execution, strategy, and governance, with a steady stream of practitioner guests who share real-world deal stories, diligence frameworks, and post-close integration playbooks. Key themes include pre-acquisition partnerships, cross-border transactions, culture-fit in integrations, and building repeatable M&A engines for large-scale roll-ups and private-equity-backed deals. A notable strength is the emphasis on actionable frameworks, named industry examples, and a culture-first approach to dealmaking that helps listeners translate lessons into their own pipelines and integrations.

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