Sealk
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Sealk was a Paris-based startup founded in 2018 by CEO Hugo Le Houarner. It built an advanced artificial intelligence search engine for dealmakers: a powerful new way to conduct company and mergers-and-acquisitions transaction research. Sealk's AI simplified deal origination research so dealmakers could easily screen potential targets, prospect new markets and build buyer lists, combining private and public data sources for visibility into more than 50 million companies. It raised about €1.5 million (roughly $1.65 million) in funding. In September 2024, Datasite, a Minneapolis-based SaaS platform for executing strategic transactions, completed its acquisition of Sealk for undisclosed terms, keeping Sealk as a standalone solution.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
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- Company founded
Sealk is founded in Paris by Hugo Le Houarner to give dealmakers AI-powered company and M&A transaction research.
- Acquired by Datasite
On September 4, 2024, Datasite completes its acquisition of Sealk; Sealk continues to be offered as a standalone solution, accelerating Datasite's AI and M&A search capabilities.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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