Ama Partners: stress-free data room management

Ama Partners is an M&A advisory boutique based in Bordeaux, owned 100% by its two partners. That ownership independence is what guarantees their clients unbiased analysis, and the same standard extends to the tools they use. They have just closed a disposal run on Entropia. We took a moment with Quentin to review how it went.

Reliability, above all

M&A processes are intense. In the final stretch of a deal, the smallest bug in the tool can become a real problem, for every party involved. Reliability is the first criterion Quentin puts forward, and the verdict is clear:

"Everything went well. Not one issue with the platform, not a single bug. Our processes are intense: the slightest problem with the tool isn't pleasant for anyone. Here, everything was smooth."

Behind reliability sits a list of criteria any seasoned M&A team knows by heart. The built-in Q&A deserves a mention. A few months ago it wasn't a market standard. Today, a team running transactions daily expects a native, fluid Q&A, with permission management that holds up under load.

"What matters to us in particular is a Q&A module built into the data room, clear and simple admin management, security, and a solution that responds without bugs."

Entropia goes one step further: an AI agent takes the rough work off the sell-side by preparing draft answers sourced from the documents in the data room, as internal notes the team validates or corrects. The team stays in control. It simply saves valuable time on research and analysis to get a first draft of answers ready for review.

Service, a selection criterion in its own right

On a well-run deal, support gets noticed by how rarely you need it. Ama Partners called on it just once, at the end of the process, on an archiving question.

"We needed support once, right at the very end, at the archiving stage. The responsiveness was perfect."

AI put to the test of a live deal

Entropia also makes the difference through its AI features, included in the plan. On this deal, the Ama Partners team relied mainly on two of them: Q&A assistance and the redaction agent.

"I used the redaction agent, it worked perfectly. The experience was genuinely impressive."

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Encrypted archives, generated in minutes

Every closing ends with building the data room archives. The market has grown used to physical USB drives, and Entropia offers them for those who need them. But their logistics add stress at the end of a deal. On this deal, Ama Partners generated its encrypted, password-protected archives directly on the Entropia platform and downloaded them straight away, in minutes. Every party could retrieve its own version instantly and store it, lawyers included.

"There was no physical drive on this closing. We generated the archives in the platform and everyone retrieved their own."

Conclusion

A first deal closed without a hitch, and the next ones are already under way: Ama Partners is currently running two new transactions on Entropia. The analysts are very satisfied with their experience, and so are the end clients.

"At Ama Partners, we put several data room providers in competition with one another so we can offer our clients the highest quality of support. The Entropia teams showed responsiveness and professionalism throughout the mandate. We congratulate them on the quality of their tool and will be glad to work together again on future transactions."

Thank you Quentin.

About Ama Partners

Founded in 2010, Ama Partners is an independent advisory firm specialising in corporate finance transactions: disposals, acquisitions, fundraising, and capital reorganisation (LBO, MBO, OBO).

The firm supports the executives and shareholders of SMEs and mid-market companies, in France and abroad, at every stage of the company's development, with more than 150 transactions completed since its creation.

Ama Partners claims total independence, the guarantee of unbiased analysis and negotiation, and draws on a network of senior advisors covering every sector.