[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":586},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-aurignac-finance-chose-entropia":3,"blog-related-en-aurignac-finance-chose-entropia":175},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"coAuthors":159,"date":161,"description":162,"detail":163,"extension":164,"featured":163,"image":165,"imageSize":166,"meta":167,"navigation":168,"path":169,"railTitle":166,"seo":170,"stem":171,"summary":166,"tags":172,"unlisted":163,"updatedAt":166,"video":166,"videoWebm":163,"__hash__":174},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Faurignac-finance-chose-entropia.md","Aurignac Finance chooses Entropia for a defence deal","Pierre-Louis Corteel",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":151},"minimark",[10,22,25,28,37,42,45,52,56,59,66,69,76,80,83,90,93,99,103,106,113,116,123,126,129],[11,12,13,14,21],"p",{},"For 20 years, ",[15,16,20],"a",{"href":17,"rel":18},"https:\u002F\u002Faurfi.com\u002F",[19],"nofollow","Aurignac Finance"," has advised owners and executives of small and medium-sized companies, major international groups and financial investors on their corporate finance transactions. Its core sectors include aerospace and defence (where confidentiality requirements are among the most demanding on the market), industry, energy transition and healthcare.",[11,23,24],{},"For a defence deal closed this month, the team ran its data room on Entropia. On this mandate, the client wanted a sovereign data room, hosted in France or in Europe. Entropia met that requirement.",[11,26,27],{},"Karim Ouabdellah, Associate, oversaw the setup alongside the partner and the VP in charge of the deal. Lawyers, the client and the counterparties then worked in it through to closing. He tells us about it.",[29,30,31],"blockquote",{},[11,32,33],{},[34,35,36],"em",{},"\"Switching data room providers isn't an obvious move once you have your habits. But once you've worked on Entropia, I think it's hard to go back to anything else!\"",[38,39,41],"h2",{"id":40},"a-first-deal-with-no-access-issues-to-handle","A first deal with no access issues to handle",[11,43,44],{},"On a live deal, emails from counterparties who can't log in or can't find a document are part of the daily routine. Not this time.",[29,46,47],{},[11,48,49],{},[34,50,51],{},"\"This is the first time I didn't receive a single email from a counterparty saying: I can't log in, I can't find this document. Not one.\"",[38,53,55],{"id":54},"a-data-room-designed-for-the-people-who-work-in-it","A data room designed for the people who work in it",[11,57,58],{},"Karim was onboarded by Entropia's support team at the start of the deal. In practice, he thinks he could have skipped it.",[29,60,61],{},[11,62,63],{},[34,64,65],{},"\"Even if I had never used a data room before, I don't think I would have needed the onboarding. Everything is intuitive. You can tell this data room was built for the people who actually work in it.\"",[11,67,68],{},"He points to how intuitive the features are, down to the small details of day-to-day data room management: keyboard shortcuts to rename a document or preview it instantly, the advanced index management tools, and so on.",[29,70,71],{},[11,72,73],{},[34,74,75],{},"\"On Entropia, not once did I think a feature was poorly designed. Everything is built to save time and take mental load off your plate.\"",[38,77,79],{"id":78},"redaction-and-search-where-other-tools-fall-short","Redaction and search: where other tools fall short",[11,81,82],{},"Assisted redaction exists elsewhere. On Entropia, it actually works.",[29,84,85],{},[11,86,87],{},[34,88,89],{},"\"On other solutions, one time out of two or three, automatic redaction masks the wrong things. So you end up doing everything by hand. On Entropia, I only used the AI redaction assistant. It was fast, it found the right elements in the right places, and all I had to do was approve.\"",[11,91,92],{},"Same story for search: by querying the data room in natural language, he found the passages he was looking for, including in poorly scanned documents.",[11,94,95],{},[15,96,98],{"href":97},"\u002Fproduct#smart-preparation","Learn more about Entropia's AI features",[38,100,102],{"id":101},"highly-responsive-support-and-a-product-change-shipped-on-his-request","Highly responsive support, and a product change shipped on his request",[11,104,105],{},"Karim contacted support once, about a password-protected PDF the counterparties couldn't open.",[29,107,108],{},[11,109,110],{},[34,111,112],{},"\"What I appreciated is that not only was the issue handled very quickly, but the support team asked whether I had ideas to improve how this kind of situation is handled… and shipped them within the week!\"",[11,114,115],{},"He also notes the pace of updates. It's true that we ship fast, taking every user's feedback into account. We release a new version of the application every week.",[29,117,118],{},[11,119,120],{},[34,121,122],{},"\"You see the upgrades happen in real time. You rely on user experience to improve the product.\"",[11,124,125],{},"Thank you to Karim and the Aurignac Finance team for their trust on a deal where confidentiality is non-negotiable.",[127,128],"hr",{},[29,130,131,139,142,145],{},[132,133,135],"h6",{"id":134},"about-aurignac-finance",[136,137,138],"strong",{},"About Aurignac Finance",[11,140,141],{},"Aurignac Finance is a small and mid-cap M&A advisory firm founded 20 years ago in Paris. The team advises owners and executives of small and medium-sized companies, major international groups and financial investors on tailor-made corporate finance transactions: divestments, acquisitions and build-ups, structured finance and carve-outs, for French and international companies valued between €10 and €200 million.",[11,143,144],{},"As the exclusive member in France of Mergers Alliance, the global leading network of independent M&A advisors, Aurignac Finance offers its clients privileged access to counterparties in France and abroad. Its DNA: \"Serve and enable\".",[11,146,147],{},[15,148,150],{"href":17,"rel":149},[19],"aurfi.com",{"title":152,"searchDepth":153,"depth":153,"links":154},"",2,[155,156,157,158],{"id":40,"depth":153,"text":41},{"id":54,"depth":153,"text":55},{"id":78,"depth":153,"text":79},{"id":101,"depth":153,"text":102},[160],"Karim Ouabdellah","2026-10-08","No access issues, AI redaction that works, support that ships fixes within the week. Karim Ouabdellah, Associate at Aurignac Finance, on a defence deal run on Entropia.",false,"md","\u002Fblog\u002Faurignac-finance-defense.png",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Faurignac-finance-chose-entropia",{"title":5,"description":162},"blog\u002Fen\u002Faurignac-finance-chose-entropia",[173],"customers","3DR2JB9fm-ma5wVycEg-K0-ERW0srX-9AoA0kg1-rDw",[176,321,477],{"id":177,"title":178,"author":6,"body":179,"coAuthors":310,"date":312,"description":313,"detail":163,"extension":164,"featured":163,"image":314,"imageSize":166,"meta":315,"navigation":168,"path":316,"railTitle":166,"seo":317,"stem":318,"summary":166,"tags":319,"unlisted":163,"updatedAt":166,"video":166,"videoWebm":163,"__hash__":320},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fama-partners-runs-on-entropia.md","Ama Partners: stress-free data room management",{"type":8,"value":180,"toc":303},[181,189,193,196,203,211,218,221,225,228,235,239,242,249,253,257,260,267,271,274,281,284,286],[11,182,183,188],{},[15,184,187],{"href":185,"rel":186},"https:\u002F\u002Fama-partners.com\u002F",[19],"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.",[38,190,192],{"id":191},"reliability-above-all","Reliability, above all",[11,194,195],{},"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:",[29,197,198],{},[11,199,200],{},[34,201,202],{},"\"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.\"",[11,204,205,206,210],{},"Behind reliability sits a list of criteria any seasoned M&A team knows by heart. The built-in ",[15,207,209],{"href":208},"\u002Fproduct","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.",[29,212,213],{},[11,214,215],{},[34,216,217],{},"\"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.\"",[11,219,220],{},"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.",[38,222,224],{"id":223},"service-a-selection-criterion-in-its-own-right","Service, a selection criterion in its own right",[11,226,227],{},"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.",[29,229,230],{},[11,231,232],{},[34,233,234],{},"\"We needed support once, right at the very end, at the archiving stage. The responsiveness was perfect.\"",[38,236,238],{"id":237},"ai-put-to-the-test-of-a-live-deal","AI put to the test of a live deal",[11,240,241],{},"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.",[29,243,244],{},[11,245,246],{},[34,247,248],{},"\"I used the redaction agent, it worked perfectly. The experience was genuinely impressive.\"",[11,250,251],{},[15,252,98],{"href":97},[38,254,256],{"id":255},"encrypted-archives-generated-in-minutes","Encrypted archives, generated in minutes",[11,258,259],{},"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.",[29,261,262],{},[11,263,264],{},[34,265,266],{},"\"There was no physical drive on this closing. We generated the archives in the platform and everyone retrieved their own.\"",[38,268,270],{"id":269},"conclusion","Conclusion",[11,272,273],{},"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.",[29,275,276],{},[11,277,278],{},[34,279,280],{},"\"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.\"",[11,282,283],{},"Thank you Quentin.",[127,285],{},[29,287,288,294,297,300],{},[132,289,291],{"id":290},"about-ama-partners",[136,292,293],{},"About Ama Partners",[11,295,296],{},"Founded in 2010, Ama Partners is an independent advisory firm specialising in corporate finance transactions: disposals, acquisitions, fundraising, and capital reorganisation (LBO, MBO, OBO).",[11,298,299],{},"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.",[11,301,302],{},"Ama Partners claims total independence, the guarantee of unbiased analysis and negotiation, and draws on a network of senior advisors covering every sector.",{"title":152,"searchDepth":153,"depth":153,"links":304},[305,306,307,308,309],{"id":191,"depth":153,"text":192},{"id":223,"depth":153,"text":224},{"id":237,"depth":153,"text":238},{"id":255,"depth":153,"text":256},{"id":269,"depth":153,"text":270},[311],"Quentin Mirebeau","2026-06-09","Zero bugs, encrypted archives generated in minutes, billing with no surprises, and AI that actually works. Quentin Mirebeau, Director at Ama Partners, looks back on the Entropia experience.","\u002Fblog\u002Fama-partners-cover.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fama-partners-runs-on-entropia",{"title":178,"description":313},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fama-partners-runs-on-entropia",[173],"a3s4NXRtWH15hP81FpKT7_D20E4hH1yMHuaMUQMWUUM",{"id":322,"title":323,"author":324,"body":325,"coAuthors":466,"date":468,"description":469,"detail":163,"extension":164,"featured":163,"image":470,"imageSize":166,"meta":471,"navigation":168,"path":472,"railTitle":166,"seo":473,"stem":474,"summary":166,"tags":475,"unlisted":163,"updatedAt":166,"video":166,"videoWebm":163,"__hash__":476},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fbnp-paribas-cib-chose-entropia.md","BNP Paribas CIB Customer Story","Pierre-Louis",{"type":8,"value":326,"toc":460},[327,330,334,337,344,347,354,357,364,368,371,378,381,388,391,416,419,422,426,429,436,439,446,450,457],[11,328,329],{},"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.",[38,331,333],{"id":332},"immediate-onboarding-from-banker-to-seller","Immediate onboarding, from banker to seller",[11,335,336],{},"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.",[29,338,339],{},[11,340,341],{},[34,342,343],{},"\"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.\"",[11,345,346],{},"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.",[29,348,349],{},[11,350,351],{},[34,352,353],{},"\"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.\"",[11,355,356],{},"On the classic pain points of competing platforms — file sizes, heavy uploads, slow downloads — Elliot doesn't find them on Entropia.",[29,358,359],{},[11,360,361],{},[34,362,363],{},"\"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.\"",[38,365,367],{"id":366},"entropia-ai-nothing-comparable-on-the-market","Entropia AI: \"nothing comparable on the market\"",[11,369,370],{},"On AI, Elliot goes further and openly compares Entropia to the rest of the market.",[29,372,373],{},[11,374,375],{},[34,376,377],{},"\"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.\"",[11,379,380],{},"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.",[29,382,383],{},[11,384,385],{},[34,386,387],{},"\"The AI offered isn't cosmetic: it's built directly into the workflows and delivers tangible productivity gains.\"",[11,389,390],{},"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:",[392,393,394,398,401,404,407,410,413],"ul",{},[395,396,397],"li",{},"document renaming,",[395,399,400],{},"file placement in the index,",[395,402,403],{},"IRL tracking,",[395,405,406],{},"redaction,",[395,408,409],{},"data room analysis,",[395,411,412],{},"Q&A response assistance,",[395,414,415],{},"…",[11,417,418],{},"A set of agents deeply embedded in the platform, saving time without you having to think about it.",[11,420,421],{},"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 December 2025.",[38,423,425],{"id":424},"service-a-decision-factor-in-its-own-right","Service: a decision factor in its own right",[11,427,428],{},"Then there's service, which Elliot brings up unprompted:",[29,430,431],{},[11,432,433],{},[34,434,435],{},"\"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.\"",[11,437,438],{},"And the support reaches beyond the strict product perimeter.",[29,440,441],{},[11,442,443],{},[34,444,445],{},"\"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.\"",[38,447,449],{"id":448},"in-summary","In summary",[29,451,452],{},[11,453,454],{},[34,455,456],{},"\"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.\"",[11,458,459],{},"Thank you Elliot. It's teams like yours that push us to this level.",{"title":152,"searchDepth":153,"depth":153,"links":461},[462,463,464,465],{"id":332,"depth":153,"text":333},{"id":366,"depth":153,"text":367},{"id":424,"depth":153,"text":425},{"id":448,"depth":153,"text":449},[467],"Elliot Seiss","2026-05-26","Effortlessly intuitive, AI above all other providers, decisive service. The three reasons BNP Paribas CIB chose Entropia.","\u002Fblog\u002Fbnp-paribas-cover.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fbnp-paribas-cib-chose-entropia",{"title":323,"description":469},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fbnp-paribas-cib-chose-entropia",[173],"dvaC8a46HUje0BeirO2I24DTj_9i4ml8qYO9hOjyhe8",{"id":478,"title":479,"author":324,"body":480,"coAuthors":575,"date":577,"description":578,"detail":163,"extension":164,"featured":163,"image":579,"imageSize":166,"meta":580,"navigation":168,"path":581,"railTitle":166,"seo":582,"stem":583,"summary":166,"tags":584,"unlisted":163,"updatedAt":166,"video":166,"videoWebm":163,"__hash__":585},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fla-data-room-comme-avantage-concurrentiel.md","The data room as a competitive advantage",{"type":8,"value":481,"toc":568},[482,486,489,492,495,499,502,505,508,512,515,518,521,525,528,531,535,538,541,546,548],[38,483,485],{"id":484},"when-tool-selection-becomes-a-competitive-edge","When tool selection becomes a competitive edge",[11,487,488],{},"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.",[11,490,491],{},"Every project is led end-to-end by a pair of senior consultants, acting with sharper judgment and greater speed.",[11,493,494],{},"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.",[38,496,498],{"id":497},"choosing-the-best-tools-on-the-market","Choosing the best tools on the market",[11,500,501],{},"Arcéane had long managed its data rooms with an in-house solution.",[11,503,504],{},"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.\"",[11,506,507],{},"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.",[38,509,511],{"id":510},"freeing-up-high-value-time","Freeing up high-value time",[11,513,514],{},"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.",[11,516,517],{},"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.",[11,519,520],{},"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.",[38,522,524],{"id":523},"a-recruiting-argument","A recruiting argument",[11,526,527],{},"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.",[11,529,530],{},"Entropia is one of those concrete signals that speaks to how Arcéane works.",[38,532,534],{"id":533},"shared-values-responsiveness-and-agility","Shared values: responsiveness and agility",[11,536,537],{},"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.",[11,539,540],{},"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.",[11,542,543],{},[136,544,545],{},"Mouna Selmi, Président, Arcéane",[127,547],{},[29,549,550,555,558,561],{},[11,551,552],{},[136,553,554],{},"About Arcéane",[11,556,557],{},"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.",[11,559,560],{},"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.",[11,562,563],{},[15,564,567],{"href":565,"rel":566},"https:\u002F\u002Farceane.com\u002F",[19],"arceane.com",{"title":152,"searchDepth":153,"depth":153,"links":569},[570,571,572,573,574],{"id":484,"depth":153,"text":485},{"id":497,"depth":153,"text":498},{"id":510,"depth":153,"text":511},{"id":523,"depth":153,"text":524},{"id":533,"depth":153,"text":534},[576],"Mouna Selmi","2026-03-18","Arcéane chose Entropia for every deal. Mouna Selmi, its president, explains why.","\u002Fblog\u002Farceane-cover.png",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fla-data-room-comme-avantage-concurrentiel",{"title":479,"description":578},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fla-data-room-comme-avantage-concurrentiel",[173],"HeiNYq5o6Ef5JwfftJ89qeIK1mpFmFIqcwI3AJPjXYM",1793087452018]