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Midaxo’s M&A Intelligence Platform and SmartCloud’s SmartRoom data room will interoperate, giving deal teams one connected path from strategy through diligence to integration, and a faster, safer, smarter way to run it.
Midaxo, the M&A platform that helps corporate development and M&A teams manage the full deal lifecycle, and SmartCloud, a leading provider of secure virtual data rooms and deal workflow technology, have announced a strategic partnership. The partnership connects the two platforms through product interoperability, so the dealmakers, corporate development teams, and private equity professionals who rely on them can use both without giving up the tools they already have in place.
The hardest part of a transaction is rarely any single stage, but rather the transition between them. Deal teams often rely on specialist tools at each step, and those tools were never built to hand off to one another. The result is fragmented data, security gaps, and reporting scattered across systems—most acutely at diligence and integration, the two stages where the cost of losing the thread is highest.
"Most data rooms are islands. They do their job during due diligence, and then the deal moves on without them," said Rich Tobin, VP of Partnerships at Midaxo. "We built Midaxo so the whole deal lives in one place, and when a team chooses SmartRoom, a best-in-class dedicated data room, it becomes part of that—connected to everything before and after it, including the integration and value creation that standalone rooms never reach."
Midaxo and SmartCloud share a common belief: that dealmaking should be easier, more connected, and more secure, with smarter tools that help teams focus on the deal, not the process. Both companies have built their reputations on deep domain expertise, long-standing customer trust, and a keen eye toward advances being made with AI and intelligent automation. Making their tools work together is a natural next step.
Midaxo runs the deal lifecycle end to end on its own, from pipeline through close, post-merger integration and value realization. Under the partnership, teams that want a dedicated virtual data room at the diligence stage can use SmartRoom inside that workflow rather than alongside it. Divestiture and carve-out teams get the same connection, with the heavier document controls a sale demands (deeper Q&A workflow and document-level redaction) plus NDA handling and controlled buyer lists through SmartExchange.
"Customers don't care about specific bells and whistles. They care that they don't have to re-upload the same documents, re-answer the same diligence questions, or chase down the same status updates across three different tools," said Stefanie Picariello, Chief Customer Officer at Midaxo. "The deal team's experience gets simpler as what's powering it gets more capable."
For SmartCloud, the partnership extends what data room customers can reach without leaving the tool they already trust.
"Midaxo and SmartCloud together bring what no data room provider offers natively: pipeline management, divestiture and carve-out execution, and post-merger integration built for corporate development teams," said Jeff Kalina, Executive Vice President at SmartCloud. "Our customers get a connected path from sourcing through close and beyond, with one secure home for their documents."
Both companies remain independent, and product lines, licensing and customer commitments are unchanged. Customers can continue to use either platform on its own or connect the two.
To learn more, visit our partnership page.
About Midaxo
Midaxo provides an end-to-end, purpose-built cloud platform for corporate development and M&A. From sourcing through value realization, Midaxo gives deal teams a single system of record, advanced project management, workflow automation, and AI-driven insight to run a consistent, repeatable deal process. Learn more at midaxo.com.
About SmartCloud
SmartCloud and its core applications, SmartRoom and SmartExchange, serve the document and buyer-engagement layer of the deal process. SmartRoom delivers secure virtual data rooms trusted for high-stakes transactions worldwide. SmartExchange manages NDA handling, controlled buyers lists, and a dedicated deal portal for structured buyer outreach and engagement. Learn more at smartroom.com.
