Capture the real operating model of a target in days. Identify synergies and risks before closing — and drive the integration on ground-truth data.
Financial due diligence is a science. Operational due diligence is still guesswork. You review management presentations, tour facilities, and interview a handful of executives — then make a multimillion-euro decision based on a surface-level understanding of how the target actually operates. The real processes, the real dependencies, the real tool landscape — that only becomes visible during integration, when it's too late to renegotiate. Traditional operational DD takes 6–8 weeks, well beyond most exclusivity periods.
How it works
Work within DD access protocols
Holo deploys within the confidentiality framework of the deal. Interview invitations go to pre-approved employees at the target, with full data isolation and access controls.
Interview across the real organization
In 30-minute AI-guided conversations, employees describe what they actually do — not the management deck version. Processes, tools, dependencies, workarounds, and key-person risks are captured at every level.
Structure into an operational map
Holo extracts entities, relationships, and patterns across all interviews, producing a structured operational map: real process flows, tool usage (including shadow IT), team dependencies, and bottlenecks.
Validate and negotiate
Your deal team can validate every management claim against ground-truth data. Material risks surface before closing — giving you leverage to adjust valuation, negotiate reps & warranties, or walk away.
What you get
5 days
Average time to complete an operational DD — vs. 6–8 weeks traditionally
100+
Employees interviewed in a single DD engagement, on average
70–75%
Average participation rate at the target, without manual follow-up
“The target's management told us their supply chain was 'fully automated.' Holo's interviews with warehouse teams revealed it was actually run by 3 people using a combination of SAP, Excel, and WhatsApp. The 'automation' was a macro written by someone who left in 2021. That finding alone changed our valuation by €8M and our integration approach entirely.”
Nicolas F.
Operating Partner, Mid-market PE fund, €2B AUM
Case study
A PE fund was evaluating a €200M acquisition target in the healthcare services sector. The exclusivity period was 4 weeks, and the fund needed an operational assessment alongside the financial DD. Traditional operational DD would have taken 6-8 weeks — well beyond the timeline.
Holo conducted 38 interviews across the target's 4 main operational departments in 5 days, working within the DD access protocols. The operational map revealed 4 material risks not visible in the data room: a critical dependency on a single IT contractor for all system integrations, a regulatory reporting process that was manually compiled each quarter (compliance risk), a customer service workflow that relied on an unsupported legacy system, and a procurement process with undocumented sole-source relationships. The fund used these findings to negotiate specific reps and warranties and adjusted its valuation model accordingly.