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Jacob Reiner is a Senior Principal of A/B Consulting, an NYC-based strategy consultancy. He was previously the Head of Strategy & Corporate Development at Zoomo, and part of Oliver Wyman’s Private Capital team. A/B Consulting supports private equity firms across the US. “The firm delivers about 25 due diligence projects and 12 growth strategy projects per year. Inex One has become my go-to expert network provider”.
Expert networks are central to growth strategy and M&A due diligence projects. James Agres would know. As the founder of 2nd St Strategy and formerly with McKinsey & Company and EY-Parthenon, James has delivered more than 150 such engagements over 15 years, for Private Equity and corporate clients. Today, he only uses Inex One for all expert calls and surveys. "The service is great, pricing is generally better, and the AI transcript chat saves a ton of time."
SilverTree Equity, a London-based, software-focused private equity firm, was dissatisfied with the limited custom-recruitment done by traditional expert networks. Inex One is now their go-to platform for critical due diligence. “Inex One makes our diligences simpler”, says Vincent Giraud of SilverTree Equity.
RPL is one of the leading providers of commercial due diligence and strategy consulting services to mid market private equity and corporate transactions. RPL uses Inex One as a preferred vendor. The RPL team enjoys the efficient tech platform and access to expert network specialists all over the world.
The corporate strategy and M&A team at Zalando uses Inex One for research. Zalando is a leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle, founded 2008 in Berlin. With more than 51 million active users they sell fashion and lifestyle products to customers in 25 countries. Lukas H. is leading Zalando’s Corporate Development team and has worked with Inex One on multiple occasions since 2019. This case study explores how Zalando uses Inex One’s platform to support M&A due diligence and strategy research processes.
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DNB has reduced expert network costs by more than 40% thanks to Inex One.
“It’s the perfect use case for AI”, says James Agres, founder of 2nd St Strategy and formerly with McKinsey and EY-Parthenon. For every expert call on Inex One, he gets a free recording and transcript. Then he uses the Inex One transcript chat to analyze them, extract tables of information and quotes.
For Mason Adair, an experienced product leader, good strategy starts with understanding the voice of the customer. With a background spanning product research and strategy in roles including McKinsey and BCG, Mason has supported many of the world’s largest corporations. He knows the power of customer insights.