Your Strategy Upgrade. Our DNA.
Our Strategic Mandate
Success in M&A and other strategic partnerships is no coincidence. It’s the result of strategy, built on comprehensive and objective analysis, allowing for dynamic adaptations.
At MADiscover, our unique combination of big data, AI, and human expertise delivers exactly that. Dynamic landscapes full of actionable insights.
Our purpose:
Strategy as The Foundation.
The most critical task in M&A is screening. Our purpose is to enable strategy-driven decisions by guaranteeing the seamless, lossless translation of your strategy into comprehensive and objective market insights.
Our promises:
The Foundation of Objectivity.
We ensure your M&A strategy is amplified, not compromised, by fusing three core assets of screening – big data, AI, and human expertise.
M&A Screening Redefined
From Data To Strategy
Strategic fit is evaluated from individually defined angles and priorities, supported by financial metrics. The result: unique market insights that are decisive for better acquisitions and strategic partnerships.
No market is too large or too complex to be fully mapped according to the criteria set by our clients. By combining predictive and AI algorithms, we provide the most objective way to quantify strategic fit. We at MADiscover eliminate biases rooted in personal networks and preferences, or limited research capacity.
Strategies evolve, as externalities are increasingly dynamic and adaptable – and so are our results. When priorities shift or new criteria emerge, our MADiscover Landscapes adapt accordingly, ensuring your insights reflect the latest strategic context.
The Minds Behind MADiscover

Dr. Mai Anh Dao
Co-Founder & CEO
As the CEO of MADiscover, Mai Anh leads MADiscover’s client strategy and ensures the platform’s development remains aligned with the strategic challenges M&A teams face in practice. She is an avid customer focused person and has quickly established herself as trusted advisor for acquirers from various industries.
Before dedicating her time to MADiscover she has been a widely acknowledged scientific researcher. Her research has been recognized with awards including honors from the Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy.
Dr. Wieland Alge
Co-Founder & CFO
Wieland is a multiple entrepreneur in internet security and digitalization technologies. He has also led several M&A transactions from screening, over integrating, to selling businesses.
Wieland has more than 25 years of experience founding and running startups and scaleups. He won the EY entrepreneur of the year award back in 2008.


Dr. Florian Bauer
Co-Founder
Florian is Professor of Strategy at University of Bristol Business School. His research focuses on organizational transformation processes, growth strategies, and M&A, with publications in leading academic journals. This research foundation ensures MADiscover’s platform remains grounded in evidence-based insights on strategic decision-making, incorporating findings on cognitive biases, strategic fit assessment, and organizational complementarity.
We take our core principles very seriously to deliver our promises to our customers.
But not only that. We are radically welcoming to new team members and share our fanatical team-playing attitude. Change is not something we tolerate, we actively looking forward to become bigger, better, faster, more. If this is indeed your type of beer, do not hesitate to apply!
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permanent full-or-part-time | MADiscover / Innsbruck“We don’t build tools for the sake of technology. We build intelligence that drives strategic decisions. Where strategy meets data – and people make the difference.”

Mai Anh Dao
CEO & Co-Founder