Independent business consultancy for transformation processes.

Each of their experts contributes more than 15 years of experience in automotive (OEM, supplier, engineering), industrial goods, business- & consumer-services.

They get the transformation going:
+ Post-Merger Integration / 100 days „Lean Integration“
+ Reorganization
+ Turnaround / Value Generation / Optimization
+ Carve-out
+ Buy & Build
+ M&A processes (origination, execution, post-closing, value creation, exit preparation).

Their Focused Review identifies and prioritizes fields of action „You don’t have to turn every stone, before you get it rolling.“

The Hardt Group GmbH
(former Unternehmensberatung Dr. Carsten Friedrichs)

Sprung from Scandinavian tech innovation and M&A industry professionals in 2011, Valu8 has become a leading target and buyer sourcing tool for European private company data.

Valu8 aggregates a large range of premium data sources of company, financial and ownership data for more than 60 million European companies. Using advanced AI technology, they enrich their structured data sets selectively with unstructured data sources e.g. web descriptions, keywords and LinkedIn company data, enabling a powerful, searchable company database for their customers.

Their founders and team have a heritage from the M&A industry and understand each user with a pro-active approach, using their customers’ feedback to constantly improve their product offer over time.