Kison Patel
DealRoom
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Kison Patel
Founder and CEO
DealRoom
What led you to a career in the deal-making industry?
I spent 10 years as an M&A advisor for both the buy-side and sell-side. During that time, I saw all the shortcomings and inefficiencies of the M&A process with no great tools to use as a solution. That prompted me to start building my own tool, DealRoom.
Tell us about your experience and what was different during the Covid-19?
During lockdown we had a slowdown of client acquisitions and had to work with some of our clients who were really affected by COVID-19 to help them adjust. Many of their processes had to be reconfigured for a digital first approach. Coming out of it we were able to continue our growth as companies are ramping up to do more M&A. We’ve been lucky to come out of it in a pretty positive way.
Recent most memorable deal I worked on....
Emerson and AspenTech deal for 11B, a large complex deal, where two additional business lines will be carved out of the parent company and integrated into the subsidiary.
Profile:
Kison is the Founder and CEO of DealRoom, a project management software for complex financial transactions. He has over a decade of experience as an M&A advisor and developed DealRoom after experiencing first-hand a number of deep-seated, industry-wide inefficiencies and challenges. Through developing technology, educational content and industry trainings, Kison aims to bring better process solutions to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values and competition.
Location: DealRoom, Chicago, IL, United States.
