Making the Next Corporate Move Easier to Consider: 'Company Executives' Ally Room' Launches 'Company Casual Interviews'
M&A Succeed has launched 'Company Casual Interviews', a service allowing business owners considering M&A to watch video pitches from acquiring companies and request informal meetings, lowering the barrier to M&A discussions.
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M&A Succeed Inc. (Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / President: Yeon-sil Kim), a Visional Group company operating the corporate-exclusive M&A platform 'M&A Succeed' (https://ma-succeed.jp/), will launch 'Company Casual Interview' on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
This is the second installment of the 'Company Executives' Ally Room', which provides decision-making materials for all business owners to think about their own and their company's careers and confidently choose their company's next move. This service allows business owners to learn about the faces and passions of acquiring companies in advance through video, and directly converse with companies they are interested in.
This service allows companies promoting M&A to broadcast their management philosophy, M&A policies, and post-acquisition visions through video content, enabling business owners to apply for casual interviews.
In these interviews, business owners can progress conversations at their own pace, providing the optimal encounter for the careers of both the owner and the company.
*Company Executives' Ally Room Part 1: 'Company Value Trends' (https://ma-succeed.jp/buy/search)
A service where you can anonymously check M&A market prices and trends of industry peers just by selecting three criteria: 'Industry, Location, and Sales'. You can grasp online at any time how companies similar to yours are evaluated and what kind of companies are interested.
Background of Service Provision
There is a reality where approximately 260,000 business owners over the age of 60 have 'undecided' business successions, and in 2024, there were about 63,000 business closures and dissolutions, roughly half of which were profitable closures. While expectations for M&A as a means of liquidating capital to protect companies and employment are rising, its utilization remains limited compared to the reality that companies without determined successors account for more than half of the total.
Behind this lies structural issues inherent in the M&A process. Traditionally, the selling and buying sides could only disclose their company names and faces and have direct interviews after entering formal M&A procedures. Furthermore, while there have been public-offering type mechanisms that disclose buyer information first, they centered on text information, failing to adequately convey the warmth of the management philosophy and vision, making it difficult to reach a clear judgment of 'Can we work together with this company?'.
Because of this, the resolution of acquiring companies does not improve, making it difficult to move to the next step with peace of mind. Consequently, good encounters themselves are hard to come by, resulting in lost opportunities.
'Company Casual Interview' is a mechanism where acquiring companies broadcast their management passion and vision via video, and business owners can begin their consideration after knowing their potential M&A partner in advance. By making the 'face' and 'passion' of acquiring companies visible, it creates a sense of security and conviction, aiming to realize a more open and fair M&A market.
About 'Company Casual Interview'
■ 3 Features of the Service
(1) 'Personality' and 'Passion' Conveyed Because it's Video
The representatives and management teams of participating companies (acquiring companies) speak about their passion for M&A in their own words. Through video content, they directly deliver to business owners 'what kind of person is leading this company' and 'with what attitude do they face the business', which are hard to convey through text overview materials or existing public offering information.
(2) Start a Conversation from the Moment of Interest
By incorporating the concept of 'casual interviews' widely established in the HR recruitment world into the M&A domain, we built a mechanism where business owners can easily start a conversation after learning the acquiring company's management philosophy and vision in advance. The design ensures a conversation starts only when you feel 'I want to hear a little more', allowing you to proceed to the next step by your own will.
(3) Conversations that Start with 'Getting to Know'
Because there is no need to make an immediate M&A decision, it is possible to casually start a conversation at the stage of 'I'm not considering it concretely right now, but if there's a company like this, I'd like to hear them out'. It ultimately aims to be a catalyst for broadening future options for business owners.
[Differences from Previous M&A Processes]
■ Viewing 'Company Casual Interviews'
'Company Casual Interview' is a service where companies promoting M&A can broadcast their management philosophy, M&A policies, and post-acquisition visions through video content, and business owners can apply for casual interviews. Companies considering selling should watch from the site below.
See details
Advance Examples of Participating Companies (Acquiring Companies)
Upon the release of this service, we are publishing case studies of two companies participating in advance as acquiring companies.
■ Micronity Inc.
See details
⚫︎ Mr. Narutoshi Ebihara, Executive Officer, Head of Alliance Strategy Dept., Micronity Inc.
Our mission is 'Inheriting, Connecting, and Spinning Software.' ...
This is the second installment of the 'Company Executives' Ally Room', which provides decision-making materials for all business owners to think about their own and their company's careers and confidently choose their company's next move. This service allows business owners to learn about the faces and passions of acquiring companies in advance through video, and directly converse with companies they are interested in.
This service allows companies promoting M&A to broadcast their management philosophy, M&A policies, and post-acquisition visions through video content, enabling business owners to apply for casual interviews.
In these interviews, business owners can progress conversations at their own pace, providing the optimal encounter for the careers of both the owner and the company.
*Company Executives' Ally Room Part 1: 'Company Value Trends' (https://ma-succeed.jp/buy/search)
A service where you can anonymously check M&A market prices and trends of industry peers just by selecting three criteria: 'Industry, Location, and Sales'. You can grasp online at any time how companies similar to yours are evaluated and what kind of companies are interested.
Background of Service Provision
There is a reality where approximately 260,000 business owners over the age of 60 have 'undecided' business successions, and in 2024, there were about 63,000 business closures and dissolutions, roughly half of which were profitable closures. While expectations for M&A as a means of liquidating capital to protect companies and employment are rising, its utilization remains limited compared to the reality that companies without determined successors account for more than half of the total.
Behind this lies structural issues inherent in the M&A process. Traditionally, the selling and buying sides could only disclose their company names and faces and have direct interviews after entering formal M&A procedures. Furthermore, while there have been public-offering type mechanisms that disclose buyer information first, they centered on text information, failing to adequately convey the warmth of the management philosophy and vision, making it difficult to reach a clear judgment of 'Can we work together with this company?'.
Because of this, the resolution of acquiring companies does not improve, making it difficult to move to the next step with peace of mind. Consequently, good encounters themselves are hard to come by, resulting in lost opportunities.
'Company Casual Interview' is a mechanism where acquiring companies broadcast their management passion and vision via video, and business owners can begin their consideration after knowing their potential M&A partner in advance. By making the 'face' and 'passion' of acquiring companies visible, it creates a sense of security and conviction, aiming to realize a more open and fair M&A market.
About 'Company Casual Interview'
■ 3 Features of the Service
(1) 'Personality' and 'Passion' Conveyed Because it's Video
The representatives and management teams of participating companies (acquiring companies) speak about their passion for M&A in their own words. Through video content, they directly deliver to business owners 'what kind of person is leading this company' and 'with what attitude do they face the business', which are hard to convey through text overview materials or existing public offering information.
(2) Start a Conversation from the Moment of Interest
By incorporating the concept of 'casual interviews' widely established in the HR recruitment world into the M&A domain, we built a mechanism where business owners can easily start a conversation after learning the acquiring company's management philosophy and vision in advance. The design ensures a conversation starts only when you feel 'I want to hear a little more', allowing you to proceed to the next step by your own will.
(3) Conversations that Start with 'Getting to Know'
Because there is no need to make an immediate M&A decision, it is possible to casually start a conversation at the stage of 'I'm not considering it concretely right now, but if there's a company like this, I'd like to hear them out'. It ultimately aims to be a catalyst for broadening future options for business owners.
[Differences from Previous M&A Processes]
■ Viewing 'Company Casual Interviews'
'Company Casual Interview' is a service where companies promoting M&A can broadcast their management philosophy, M&A policies, and post-acquisition visions through video content, and business owners can apply for casual interviews. Companies considering selling should watch from the site below.
See details
Advance Examples of Participating Companies (Acquiring Companies)
Upon the release of this service, we are publishing case studies of two companies participating in advance as acquiring companies.
■ Micronity Inc.
See details
⚫︎ Mr. Narutoshi Ebihara, Executive Officer, Head of Alliance Strategy Dept., Micronity Inc.
Our mission is 'Inheriting, Connecting, and Spinning Software.' ...