CLIENT STORY · M&A ADVISOR

About Clipperton

Clipperton is a leading international investment bank dedicated to technology, with expertise that spans the full M&A advisory spectrum, from mandate origination to transaction execution. Its teams in Paris, Munich, Berlin, New York and Amsterdam advise tech companies, founders and investors across a wide range of software verticals.

The situation

In an increasingly competitive tech advisory market, access to reliable, proprietary, firsthand market insights, beyond what public databases and AI tools provide, is a meaningful differentiator. Clipperton identified the need for a qualitative intelligence layer to complement the team’s sector knowledge and public data.

Whether preparing a pitch in a niche software segment, building out an information memorandum, or anticipating buyer questions, the Clipperton team needed a fast, reliable source of primary intelligence that could operate at the pace of live deal processes.

How we worked together

Dedale is activated for specific mandates and pitches, providing sector and sub-segment-level analyses and targeted expert interviews with customers, vendors, and senior industry practitioners. The insights are synthesized into concise briefs that give the Clipperton team fresh angles at each stage of the deal cycle.

Dedale’s qualitative intelligence layer, covering customer satisfaction, competitive positioning, and market dynamics, directly strengthens information memoranda ahead of LBO or debt raise processes. For pitch preparation, Dedale provides proprietary market data and insights that help Clipperton back its sector view with primary evidence in the context of competitive processes.

On sell-side mandates, Dedale has also delivered full-scope vendor due diligence work.

Use cases covered

• ‍Pitch preparation: proprietary market intelligence to differentiate in competitive processes‍
• Sell-side materials: VDD support for LBO or debt raise‍
• Thematic deep dives: firsthand insight on specific sub-segments‍
• Pre-meeting intelligence: targeted expert briefs ahead of client interactions

“Our clients expect us to know their market as well as they do. Dedale gives us direct access to customers and practitioners, which sharpens our pitches and makes our sell-side materials more convincing to buyers.”
Nicolas von Bülow - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Clipperton

The outcome

Dedale supports Clipperton as a recurring primary data and insight resource, activated mandate by mandate, at the pace and specificity the deal requires.

The result is an advisor team that walks into pitches and client meetings with firsthand intelligence on the sub-sectors it covers and delivers sell-side materials that are grounded in real market and customer data. In a market where every advisor has access to the same public databases and AI tools, Dedale provides the proprietary intelligence layer that creates a genuine competitive edge.