Maria Rosenstand Bruun: How AI Could Reshape Financial Due Diligence in Mid-Market Deals

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Summary In this episode of the AI Pathfinder podcast, host Steve Budd speaks with Maria Bruun, founder and CEO of Seecon, about the transformative potential of AI in financial due diligence for private equity firms. Maria shares her extensive background in M&A and highlights the inefficiencies in traditional due diligence processes and her current purpose to build an AI business to redefine financial due diligence and deal preparation. The conversation explores how AI can automate data gathering, enhance analysis, and ultimately streamline the due diligence workflow. Maria emphasises the importance of human insight in interpreting data and discusses the challenges of adopting new technologies in a conservative industry. The episode concludes with a vision for the future of financial due diligence, where AI plays a central role in preparing companies for successful exits. Takeaways AI can significantly enhance the efficiency of financial due diligence processes Automation can reduce manual errors and speed up data gathering Human insight is still crucial for contextualising financial data Competitive advantages can be gained by leveraging AI in deal evaluations.

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