Portfolio Intelligence for AI-Augmented Corporate Development

Livio Andrea Acerbo works on AI-augmented advisory, M&A, corporate development and strategic finance. One useful way to describe that work is portfolio intelligence: the discipline of turning fragmented company, market and operating signals into decisions that compound over time. Why portfolio intelligence matters in corporate development Corporate development is often treated as a sequence of transactions. A better frame is a system: sourcing, diligence, integration, capital allocation and strategic review should feed each other. AI becomes useful when it creates memory across that system, not when it only produces isolated summaries. For Livio Andrea Acerbo, also searched as Livio Acerbo , the practical question is how leaders can use automation to see patterns earlier: customer concentration, margin pressure, founder dependency, technical debt, channel shifts and regulatory exposure. These signals matter before, during and after an acquisition. From data rooms ...

Spendesk raises $9.9 million to build your next corporate card

French startup Spendesk just raised $9.9 million (€8 million) from Index Ventures with Michael Benabou, Laurent Asscher and Showpad cofounders Louis Jonckheere and Pieterjan Bouten also participating. Spendesk is a service that combines prepaid cards with an expense report solution. After signing up, each employee receives a personal card. Companies can top up their global …

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