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Deals

A. Mergers & Acquisitions

Run your deal marketing before the room opens

Stop emailing teasers and IMs blind. Share them securely, control access and see which buyers are engaging before you open the data room.

B. Mergers & Acquisitions

New to your shortlist. Proven in dealmaking

Weighing up a data room provider you haven’t used before? 5 questions Indian deal teams should ask, plus 21+ years of track record to test them against.

Uncertainty can stall a launch. It shouldn’t stall preparation

A mandate waiting any source of uncertainty doesn’t have to sit still. You can open a preparation room now to get documents organised and diligence-ready.

D. Deals

Sector depth used to be a differentiator. Now it’s the price of entry

Renewables M&A has tightened. Why sector specialist advisors are pulling ahead of generalists, and what funding, buyers and policy demand on live deals.

E. Deals

AI is winning the data room but the relationship is still yours

AI is proving itself in the data room, but origination and judgement stay human. What advisors and corporates are telling us about risk, value and fees.

F. Technology

AI virtual data rooms: Why prompt-first dealmaking is the future of transactions

AI is changing how transactions are prepared, managed and executed. Learn why AI virtual data rooms and prompt-first dealmaking represent the future of deals.

G. Europe

Europe's scissors market: EMEA M&A hit a record half for value in H1 2026 while deal volume falls

There were 9,445 announced deals in EMEA worth €783bn in H1 2026. Volume fell 10%. Value rose 51.8%. Capital concentrated into fewer, larger transactions.

H. Deals

Certification as Currency: How AS9100, ITAR, and NADCAP Are Repricing Mid-Market Industrial Deals

Precision manufacturing M&A multiples reached 10.1x EV/EBITDA per Capstone Partners. Why AS9100, ITAR, and NADCAP evidence sets the price in your data room.

Procure

A. Procure

Transparency is essential for nearly half of infrastructure procurement teams. Proving it is the harder part

48% of transport procurement leaders now rate transparency essential. Yet only 53% of government agencies are very or entirely transparent externally.

B. Procure

What Europe’s PPP track record teaches about allocating risk

54% of EMEA respondents rate risk allocation on their latest transport project 'very effective', up from 26%. Why Europe leads and what could erode it.

C. Procure

Procurement teams now put risk-sharing ahead of insurance. But contracts alone won't deliver it

78% now cite financial risk-sharing as key to effective risk allocation, overtaking insurance. What it means for transport procurement teams.

D. Procure

ESG has gone quiet in procurement. Is it embedded in your process or just off the agenda?

ESG dropped to last place as a risk allocation priority. New survey data and expert views on whether it’s being embedded in procurement or sidelined.

E. Procure

Roads are back on top for 70% of transport executives, but the projects look different

70% of transport executives now rank roads in their top sectors for investment growth, up from 51%. The type of project behind it is changing.

F. Procure

78% now see risk-sharing as key to allocation, but contracts alone won't deliver it

78% now cite financial risk-sharing as key to effective risk allocation, overtaking insurance. What it means for transport procurement teams.

G. Procure

Asia-Pacific leads the infrastructure growth forecasts. Can its procurement processes keep up?

54% of executives expect Asia-Pacific to see the biggest rise in transport activity. Can procurement tools, skills and risk practice keep up?

H. Procure

Australia’s transport pipeline is changing. Procurement needs to adapt

Only 9% of transport executives expect ANZ to see the largest growth. Brisbane 2032 and a US$8.3bn Qube deal show where the next wave is forming.

Pathfinders

A. Pathfinder

Why South Africa Premier law firm Webber Wentzel trusts Ansarada

Riyaad Cruywagen, Deputy Managing Partner at Webber Wentzel, shares how balance, resilience and technology come together in a career built on corporate law.

B. Pathfinder

Tamela - Customer success story

Tshepisho Makofane, Tamela Holdings, shares how South Africa's resilience and untapped potential fuel his advisory work.

C. Pathfinder

Colliers - Customer success story

In agribusiness, deals don't happen in boardrooms, they happen on properties. Rawdon Briggs, Head of Agribusiness at Colliers, knows this better than most.

D. Pathfinder

Ditiro Capital - Customer success story

Since founding the firm in 2019, Madichaba has relied on Ansarada to bring structure to the chaos of first-time fund management.

E. Pathfinder

PSG Capital - Customer success story

Logan relies on Ansarada's user-friendly virtual data rooms and enhanced AI capabilities to maintain the confidentiality and efficiency.

F. Pathfinder

Morgan Shaw Advisory - Customer success story

With over thirteen years in M&A Leigh knows that supporting people through life-altering transactions requires both powerful technology and genuine partnership.

G. Pathfinder

Waco International - Customer success story

Waco International standardises processes from IPO to audits for always-on M&A deal readiness

H. Pathfinder

Vista Point Advisors

Michael Lyon, Founder and Managing Director at Vista Point Advisors, specialises in M&A with a unique value proposition and clear differentiation.

Product Updates

A. Product Updates

Bulk upload Q&A answers from Excel in Procure

Import prepared answers into Procure two-way Q&A workflows in bulk, reducing manual re-entry while preserving existing review, approval and disclosure controls.

B. Product Updates

Restore redacted documents in bulk

Restore redacted documents in bulk from Manage Documents, with flexible options for replacing originals, saving admin-only copies or downloading restored files.

C. Product Updates