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Management Consultant • Senior Advisor
Damian Schmidt
M&A Track Record
Exemplary, see more details here
2016
HEG - 1.69 bEUR
STRATO - 0.6 bEUR
2016
Data4 Group
Data Center / Collocation
Preparatory assessment of the European data center / collocation market, development and trends, first-sight technical DD (with ADL).
Web Hosting / Managed Hosting
Advising a broad range of PE and institutional investor teams on hosting and cloud computing market development, potential M&A targets and post-merger strategy, including a comparison of EU / UK / US pricing strategies, discussing new entrants and technological disruption potential.
2015/16
OVH - 250 mEUR stake
2015
home.pl - 135 mEUR
Server Hosting / Private Cloud / Public Cloud
Preparatory assessment / pitch to PE companies for Due Diligence work (with ADL).
Particularly comparing EU and US markets and trends in different hosting market segments.
Web Hosting / SaaS
Senior Advisor to a PE transaction team, participating in the DD, technical DD
and overall asset evaluation.
2013
HEG - 509 mEUR
2009
STRATO - 275 mEUR
Web Hosting
Senior Advisor to a PE transaction team.
Participating in cross-checking VDD including own market research, assisting in building up buyer's side DD model.
Also participated in DD / evaluation work on 2010's HEG transaction (256 mEUR)
Web Hosting / Cloud Storage
In full charge of the seller side VDD, management presentations and
Q&A sessions as CEO of the company.
First exposure to major PE companies.