[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":571},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-aesus-advisory-now-runs-on-entropia":3,"blog-related-en-aesus-advisory-now-runs-on-entropia":187},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"coAuthors":174,"date":175,"description":176,"extension":177,"image":178,"meta":179,"navigation":180,"path":181,"seo":182,"stem":183,"tags":184,"__hash__":186},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Faesus-advisory-now-runs-on-entropia.md","Aesus Advisory now runs all deals on Entropia","Pierre-Louis",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":170},"minimark",[10,22,25,33,36,39,42,45,51,54,57,60,63,69,72,75,78,84,87,90,93,96,99,102,108,111,114,117,120,126,129,132,135,138,141],[11,12,13,14,21],"p",{},"The following article is an interview with ",[15,16,20],"a",{"href":17,"rel":18},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fgabriel-dagay\u002F",[19],"nofollow","Gabriel d'Agay",", founding partner of Aesus Advisory.",[23,24],"hr",{},[26,27,29],"h5",{"id":28},"gabriel-before-entropia-how-did-you-manage-your-data-rooms",[30,31,32],"strong",{},"Gabriel, before Entropia, how did you manage your data rooms?",[11,34,35],{},"Before Entropia, we used fairly standard solutions.",[11,37,38],{},"On larger deals, we used traditional providers like Datasite, mainly because counterparties or lawyers requested it.",[11,40,41],{},"On smaller transactions - we do a lot of small cap work - we mostly used SharePoint. But SharePoint for setting up a data room, it's... not satisfactory at all. It's complicated to use, complicated to manage access rights, and above all there's no visibility: no tracking, very few features. Worse: at the end of a deal, when you want to close the file, download the entire data room properly and transfer it, well... it's impossible.",[11,43,44],{},"It can work for very small deals, but it poses real legal risks, and operationally it's really painful.",[26,46,48],{"id":47},"what-triggered-you-to-look-for-an-alternative",[30,49,50],{},"What triggered you to look for an alternative?",[11,52,53],{},"In reality, we were rather passive. Resigned, like much of the market.",[11,55,56],{},"And then, scrolling through LinkedIn, we came across Entropia promising a new world in the data room universe, which hasn't evolved in far too long.",[11,58,59],{},"We reached out, had a meeting within a few days, and saw it was heading in the right direction. We saw a simple, clear interface with features designed to facilitate deals, whereas too often data rooms are sources of friction, even tension, between parties.",[11,61,62],{},"Populating a data room is long, painful for executives, for teams, for everyone, and takes weeks. Having a tool that streamlines this process means tension saved on the deal.",[26,64,66],{"id":65},"what-convinced-you-during-that-first-demo",[30,67,68],{},"What convinced you during that first demo?",[11,70,71],{},"First, there was the overall approach, very focused on simplicity and usage.",[11,73,74],{},"We also saw real effort on the Q&A side, which is often the other nightmare of data rooms. On traditional solutions, it's very poorly managed, to the point where bankers end up exporting Excel spreadsheets to have executives answer questions manually.",[11,76,77],{},"We felt Entropia was taking the opposite approach to traditional data rooms on many fronts, with thinking driven by design and actual usage, and that resonated with us.",[26,79,81],{"id":80},"concretely-what-changed-in-your-daily-work",[30,82,83],{},"Concretely, what changed in your daily work?",[11,85,86],{},"Today, we use Entropia on all our transactions, including multi-target deals with different counterparties and auditors depending on the targets.",[11,88,89],{},"Access management by stakeholder type is a real strength, for example. It's become super simple for us to manage each party's rights to the right documents, without ambiguity.",[11,91,92],{},"In our buy-side work, we often approach executives who have never led a sale process. In that case, we're the ones organizing the data room for them. Having a tool we can provide to our clients whether we're on sell-side or buy-side, that their lawyers and accountants can use immediately, without dragging them through endless quotes or archaic processes with forms to fill out manually... well, it's great.",[11,94,95],{},"Everyone's happy to have a tool that's simple to use, and on our end, it allows us to keep visibility on what's happening across all our data rooms, and ultimately save everyone time and energy.",[11,97,98],{},"Day to day, features like index management or file renaming save time. But not just time, it's especially always those tension points: when you're in a transaction and you receive documents that aren't properly named, it drives you crazy, it's unauditable. So being able to make data more readable, having ultimately a more \"human\" data room, it improves the work of all stakeholders, on both buyer and seller sides.",[11,100,101],{},"On AI too, Entropia's approach seems very sound to us. Making work easier without ever removing control. On topics as sensitive as those we deal with around transactions, no one wants a decision made automatically by an AI. Save time, yes. Lose control, no.",[26,103,105],{"id":104},"and-budget-wise-what-impact",[30,106,107],{},"And budget-wise, what impact?",[11,109,110],{},"The real issue for us isn't so much the price level as clarity and predictability. What's frustrating with legacy players is that we regularly end up with unexpected fees, lines that are hard to understand, and it creates discussions that add friction to our client relationship, for nothing!",[11,112,113],{},"So at Aesus, we chose an annual Entropia license. It becomes an integrated work tool for us. We open data rooms in Sell but also in Buy-side, even pre-LOI, there's no longer an issue.",[11,115,116],{},"The subscription allows us to use the data room very early on, from pre-deal phases, to centralize information, secure exchanges, control access, and gradually get counterparties used to a structured framework. Whereas there are still people doing a \"pre data room\" on SharePoint, and then they'll move everything to a data room later...",[11,118,119],{},"And above all, it allows us to handle the data room cost issue very cleanly with our clients. Costs are anticipated, controlled, and discussed upfront. They go through us, with no nasty surprises at the end of the transaction.",[26,121,123],{"id":122},"if-you-had-to-convince-a-peer-what-would-you-tell-them",[30,124,125],{},"If you had to convince a peer, what would you tell them?",[11,127,128],{},"I'd tell them first to focus on the time and energy saved. To save their juniors' and lawyers' time to spare them administrative work that serves no purpose.",[11,130,131],{},"Today, an investment banker's performance no longer rests solely on their network or negotiating ability, but also on how they work. We're at a time when it's important to improve our productivity with the right tools.",[11,133,134],{},"A slow, complicated, or poorly structured data room penalizes the entire process. Conversely, a fluid tool like Entropia improves overall productivity.",[11,136,137],{},"At Aesus, there are two partners and we'll close about ten transactions this year. That's no accident. We've put in place the right tools - including Entropia as an integral part of our stack - that allow us to be what you might call \"augmented investment bankers.\"",[11,139,140],{},"Using effective tools allows us to have sharper processes, close more deals, and work more intelligently.",[142,143,144,149,152,162],"blockquote",{},[11,145,146],{},[30,147,148],{},"About Aesus Advisory",[11,150,151],{},"Aesus Advisory is an independent M&A boutique advising entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors on acquisitions, fundraisings, and exits. We combine the discipline of investment banking with the agility and pragmatism of entrepreneurship. Our focus is on execution, precision, and trust.",[11,153,154],{},[155,156,157,158],"em",{},"255 rue Saint Honoré, 75001 Paris - ",[15,159,161],{"href":160},"mailto:contact@aesusadvisory.com","contact@aesusadvisory.com",[11,163,164],{},[155,165,166],{},[15,167,168],{"href":168,"rel":169},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aesusadvisory.com\u002F",[19],{"title":171,"searchDepth":172,"depth":172,"links":173},"",2,[],null,"2026-01-19","Gabriel d'Agay, founding partner of Aesus Advisory, explains how his boutique found the data room alternative it was looking for.","md","\u002Fblog\u002Faesus-advisory-entropia.png",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Faesus-advisory-now-runs-on-entropia",{"title":5,"description":176},"blog\u002Fen\u002Faesus-advisory-now-runs-on-entropia",[185],"customers","w7Bh23NZX0pRJtIZE5fM-0NQQVzfmriqUOj201TafdI",[188,344,453],{"id":189,"title":190,"author":6,"body":191,"coAuthors":333,"date":335,"description":336,"extension":177,"image":337,"meta":338,"navigation":180,"path":339,"seo":340,"stem":341,"tags":342,"__hash__":343},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fbnp-paribas-cib-chose-entropia.md","BNP Paribas CIB Customer Story",{"type":8,"value":192,"toc":327},[193,196,201,204,211,214,221,224,231,235,238,245,248,255,258,283,286,289,293,296,303,306,313,317,324],[11,194,195],{},"Elliot Seiss is an Associate at BNP Paribas CIB. After several deals run on the market's legacy data rooms, his team chose Entropia. We took a moment with him to review his experience of the platform.",[197,198,200],"h2",{"id":199},"immediate-onboarding-from-banker-to-seller","Immediate onboarding, from banker to seller",[11,202,203],{},"Onboarding, first. For Elliot, it happened without a hitch. The platform is intuitive and builds on standard office software conventions, which makes for an immediate ramp-up.",[142,205,206],{},[11,207,208],{},[155,209,210],{},"\"The onboarding was very easy. The platform is intuitive, it follows the codes of data rooms. You find your way around immediately. It works like the folder logic on a computer: drag, copy, paste. No change in the way we work.\"",[11,212,213],{},"The real-world test is the autonomy of the people around. Elliot's intern took the platform in hand on his own, without any formal onboarding. \"I quickly showed him how it worked. He was up and running fast.\" On the seller side, the test is even more telling. A team discovering the world of data rooms got fully autonomous on the platform without any prior training.",[142,215,216],{},[11,217,218],{},[155,219,220],{},"\"When clients themselves start working on the data room, that's a good sign. It shows it's easy to use. And for us, it's doubly valuable: the client is satisfied, and it saves us time.\"",[11,222,223],{},"On the classic pain points of competing platforms — file sizes, heavy uploads, slow downloads — Elliot doesn't find them on Entropia.",[142,225,226],{},[11,227,228],{},[155,229,230],{},"\"I haven't run into constraints linked to file size or upload and download performance, which is a significant time saver. Drag-and-drop is very fast. All the tasks that take time elsewhere are quick on Entropia.\"",[197,232,234],{"id":233},"entropia-ai-nothing-comparable-on-the-market","Entropia AI: \"nothing comparable on the market\"",[11,236,237],{},"On AI, Elliot goes further and openly compares Entropia to the rest of the market.",[142,239,240],{},[11,241,242],{},[155,243,244],{},"\"As of today, I don't see any equivalent on the market. The historical leaders do have some AI features, but here we're on another level. On redaction, on Q&A assistance, on search within the data room.\"",[11,246,247],{},"What he points to, beyond the depth of the features, is the quality of integration. Not a chatbot bolted on to the right side of the screen.",[142,249,250],{},[11,251,252],{},[155,253,254],{},"\"The AI offered isn't cosmetic: it's built directly into the workflows and delivers tangible productivity gains.\"",[11,256,257],{},"What Elliot describes is our product philosophy from day one: AI isn't layered on top, it's designed and integrated into every workflow. The Entropia data room embeds AI agents for:",[259,260,261,265,268,271,274,277,280],"ul",{},[262,263,264],"li",{},"document renaming,",[262,266,267],{},"file placement in the index,",[262,269,270],{},"IRL tracking,",[262,272,273],{},"redaction,",[262,275,276],{},"data room analysis,",[262,278,279],{},"Q&A response assistance,",[262,281,282],{},"…",[11,284,285],{},"A set of agents deeply embedded in the platform, saving time without you having to think about it.",[11,287,288],{},"To this is added the connection to third-party AI platforms (Claude, ChatGPT, Legora, Rogo, etc.) via the MCP server that Entropia was the first data room in the world to release, in February 2026.",[197,290,292],{"id":291},"service-a-decision-factor-in-its-own-right","Service: a decision factor in its own right",[11,294,295],{},"Then there's service, which Elliot brings up unprompted:",[142,297,298],{},[11,299,300],{},[155,301,302],{},"\"The quality of customer service is a key criterion in our selection process. As soon as I have an issue, or even just want to validate something, I call. And there's that responsiveness.\"",[11,304,305],{},"And the support reaches beyond the strict product perimeter.",[142,307,308],{},[11,309,310],{},[155,311,312],{},"\"When there was an issue coming from BNP's side, you were there to support us, to find a solution with the IT teams. This level of support, including on topics involving third parties, is particularly valuable and is a real differentiator. It matters a lot.\"",[197,314,316],{"id":315},"in-summary","In summary",[142,318,319],{},[11,320,321],{},[155,322,323],{},"\"In short, three things stand out: smooth and intuitive onboarding, a significant lead on AI features with measurable time savings, and a particularly high level of service.\"",[11,325,326],{},"Thank you Elliot. It's teams like yours that push us to this level.",{"title":171,"searchDepth":172,"depth":172,"links":328},[329,330,331,332],{"id":199,"depth":172,"text":200},{"id":233,"depth":172,"text":234},{"id":291,"depth":172,"text":292},{"id":315,"depth":172,"text":316},[334],"Elliot Seiss","2026-05-26","Effortlessly intuitive, AI above all other providers, decisive service. The three reasons BNP Paribas CIB chose Entropia.","\u002Fblog\u002Fentropia-bnp-paribas.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fbnp-paribas-cib-chose-entropia",{"title":190,"description":336},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fbnp-paribas-cib-chose-entropia",[185],"PUmsuLb3u-yQMRTPBul01Hr6kATmstDdXk6MaO7wnpg",{"id":345,"title":346,"author":6,"body":347,"coAuthors":442,"date":444,"description":445,"extension":177,"image":446,"meta":447,"navigation":180,"path":448,"seo":449,"stem":450,"tags":451,"__hash__":452},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fla-data-room-comme-avantage-concurrentiel.md","The data room as a competitive advantage",{"type":8,"value":348,"toc":435},[349,353,356,359,362,366,369,372,375,379,382,385,388,392,395,398,402,405,408,413,415],[197,350,352],{"id":351},"when-tool-selection-becomes-a-competitive-edge","When tool selection becomes a competitive edge",[11,354,355],{},"Arcéane is a national investment bank made up exclusively of consultant-negotiators and former company executives. Its positioning is its strength: senior teams who guide business owners from first contact through to closing, embedded in the regions to stay close to their clients.",[11,357,358],{},"Every project is led end-to-end by a pair of senior consultants, acting with sharper judgment and greater speed.",[11,360,361],{},"That positioning has a direct consequence on tool selection. Senior consultants working closely alongside business owners cannot afford to spend their time on low-value tasks. That time is either unbilled, or billed for nothing.",[197,363,365],{"id":364},"choosing-the-best-tools-on-the-market","Choosing the best tools on the market",[11,367,368],{},"Arcéane had long managed its data rooms with an in-house solution.",[11,370,371],{},"When the teams started using Entropia, the difference was immediate. \"There's no comparison with the previous tool. The ease of use, the intuitiveness, the ergonomics, whether internally or on the client side.\"",[11,373,374],{},"The data room is a core part of Arcéane's service offering: it is not rebilled to the client. It functions as a genuine internal work tool, but also as a reflection of the firm's standards and way of working, since it is directly visible to clients and external counterparties.",[197,376,378],{"id":377},"freeing-up-high-value-time","Freeing up high-value time",[11,380,381],{},"The primary benefit is operational. Time-consuming tasks such as setting up the data room, managing access, and organizing documents are now handled in a fraction of the time.",[11,383,384],{},"By streamlining these phases of the process, we free up time for the team to focus on what actually drives the value of our work: origination, proximity to executives, and deal execution.",[11,386,387],{},"At Arcéane, AI is integrated where it enables time savings without compromising on standards. Entropia fits that logic: automating repetitive tasks so teams can concentrate on what genuinely creates value in an M&A transaction — a deep understanding of the shareholder-executive's priorities, anticipating sticking points, structuring options, and driving a rigorous process execution with one goal in mind: a successful outcome.",[197,389,391],{"id":390},"a-recruiting-argument","A recruiting argument",[11,393,394],{},"Arcéane is actively hiring across its regional offices. The tools made available to consultants are part of what makes the model attractive. When a candidate discovers them, they immediately understand they'll be able to work faster, to a higher standard, and with better execution — for example setting up a data room in a few clicks, without relying on a shared Drive or drowning in heavy documentation exchanges.",[11,396,397],{},"Entropia is one of those concrete signals that speaks to how Arcéane works.",[197,399,401],{"id":400},"shared-values-responsiveness-and-agility","Shared values: responsiveness and agility",[11,403,404],{},"Beyond the product itself, what I take away is the combination of responsiveness and agility. Whether migrating old data rooms or handling remote access management while traveling, the Entropia team was there every time. When I had an urgent request on the road, support resolved it in two minutes. That level of service responsiveness is undeniable, and it's valued.",[11,406,407],{},"That responsiveness also made the collaboration feel natural from the start. Agility in decision-making and in execution is a defining trait of Arcéane, one clients recognize. What we found at Entropia, at its core, is that same agility in decision-making, in running the process, and in getting things done that we strive to embody for our own clients.",[11,409,410],{},[30,411,412],{},"Mouna Selmi, Président, Arcéane",[23,414],{},[142,416,417,422,425,428],{},[11,418,419],{},[30,420,421],{},"About Arcéane",[11,423,424],{},"Arcéane is an independent advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, financing advisory, and financial engineering for SMEs. For 20 years, Arcéane has advised family-owned businesses, owner-executives of SMEs and mid-caps, and entrepreneur-acquirers.",[11,426,427],{},"The firm employs 20 professionals across 5 regions in France (Paris, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, and Bordeaux), and is a member of the GCG global network. To date, the teams have completed over 400 transactions.",[11,429,430],{},[15,431,434],{"href":432,"rel":433},"https:\u002F\u002Farceane.com\u002F",[19],"arceane.com",{"title":171,"searchDepth":172,"depth":172,"links":436},[437,438,439,440,441],{"id":351,"depth":172,"text":352},{"id":364,"depth":172,"text":365},{"id":377,"depth":172,"text":378},{"id":390,"depth":172,"text":391},{"id":400,"depth":172,"text":401},[443],"Mouna Selmi","2026-03-18","Why Arcéane chose Entropia for every deal. An interview with its president, Mouna Selmi.","\u002Fblog\u002Fscreenshot-2026-03-14-at-18.36.56.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fla-data-room-comme-avantage-concurrentiel",{"title":346,"description":445},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fla-data-room-comme-avantage-concurrentiel",[185],"c0WToSwfnxK8DmdJvqhB-sB15VFgH432HlbSRUuMalY",{"id":454,"title":455,"author":6,"body":456,"coAuthors":560,"date":562,"description":563,"extension":177,"image":564,"meta":565,"navigation":180,"path":566,"seo":567,"stem":568,"tags":569,"__hash__":570},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Feiger-cf-runs-on-entropia.md","Data room as an extra credibility signal",{"type":8,"value":457,"toc":553},[458,465,468,471,477,480,494,497,503,506,509,515,529,532,534],[459,460,462],"h3",{"id":461},"context",[30,463,464],{},"Context",[11,466,467],{},"Eiger CF is an independent M&A advisory firm working with senior executives on transactions involving demanding auditors with high standards around security, information structure, and clarity.",[11,469,470],{},"The data room is central to that trust relationship.",[459,472,474],{"id":473},"challenges",[30,475,476],{},"Challenges",[11,478,479],{},"We needed a solution that could:",[259,481,482,485,488,491],{},[262,483,484],{},"project a modern, professional image from the first login",[262,486,487],{},"be easy to use for internal teams and auditors alike",[262,489,490],{},"accelerate transaction preparation without compromising rigor",[262,492,493],{},"offer a clear, predictable pricing model suited to an independent boutique",[11,495,496],{},"Legacy solutions were expensive and forced us to request a new quote for every mandate. The subscription-based solutions we had tested felt overly complex and hard to navigate.",[459,498,500],{"id":499},"solution",[30,501,502],{},"Solution",[11,504,505],{},"Entropia quickly became the obvious choice.",[11,507,508],{},"After a few minutes of testing, we were won over by the modern interface and pragmatic feature set, which let us structure information quickly and work efficiently with auditors, without unnecessary friction.",[459,510,512],{"id":511},"results",[30,513,514],{},"Results",[259,516,517,520,523,526],{},[262,518,519],{},"stronger credibility with auditors and executives",[262,521,522],{},"smoother document exchanges and reviews from the IM phase onward",[262,524,525],{},"significant time savings on data room preparation and management",[262,527,528],{},"cost control with ROI reached from the second or third data room opened",[11,530,531],{},"Entropia has become both an image asset and an efficiency lever for our boutique.",[23,533],{},[142,535,536,543,546],{},[537,538,540],"h6",{"id":539},"about-eiger-cf",[30,541,542],{},"About Eiger CF",[11,544,545],{},"Eiger Corporate Finance is an independent M&A advisory firm based in Geneva and Lyon, helping business owners navigate strategic projects involving growth, succession, and transformation.",[11,547,548],{},[15,549,552],{"href":550,"rel":551},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eiger-cf.com\u002F",[19],"eiger-cf.com",{"title":171,"searchDepth":172,"depth":172,"links":554},[555,557,558,559],{"id":461,"depth":556,"text":464},3,{"id":473,"depth":556,"text":476},{"id":499,"depth":556,"text":502},{"id":511,"depth":556,"text":514},[561],"Jean-Baptiste Baret","2026-02-28","Jean-Baptiste Baret, Founding Partner at Eiger CF, explains how Entropia became the obvious choice.","\u002Fblog\u002Feigercf-entropia.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Feiger-cf-runs-on-entropia",{"title":455,"description":563},"blog\u002Fen\u002Feiger-cf-runs-on-entropia",[185],"xAWBZtUbElJUbXJo7_suJQ04gc0v3od94Ur1cgeUe6Y",1781207725869]