About MANDA Institute
A Leptis Magna Capital company, building the future of European business valuation and M&A.
- A generation of founders built Europe's economy. Now they need a dignified way out.
- Europe's small and mid-sized businesses are its backbone, and a large share of the owners who built them are approaching retirement. Too often those businesses are overlooked by big M&A institutions, sold below their worth, or quietly wound down. We think every owner deserves better.
- Average age of SMEs approaching succession
- Source: European Commission SME Performance Review
- Where passion meets purpose.
- MANDA Institute was founded by Bn. E. Burnik, founder of both MANDA Institute and Leptis Magna Capital, to address a structural failure in Europe's M&A market.
- A large cohort of baby-boomer SMB owners who built their businesses over decades are approaching succession. But businesses in the €1M to €25M EBITDA range are systematically stranded: slightly too big for individual buyers starting out, slightly too small for private-equity firms with larger minimum cheque sizes. Many owners end up forced to break their companies apart and sell the pieces separately, destroying value they spent a lifetime creating.
- MANDA exists to give that underserved middle a real path to a full, fair exit. We operate as an AI-first platform where advanced AI agents do the analytical work. Every client-facing valuation is reviewed and approved by a human before it is final.
- Every founder who built something real deserves a dignified way out. That conviction is the founding purpose of MANDA Institute.
- Our mission
- To ensure every European SME owner achieves the exit they deserve, preserving legacies, protecting employees, and keeping great businesses in good hands.
- Backed by Leptis Magna Capital
- MANDA Institute is a Leptis Magna Capital company, pairing institutional M&A discipline with technology built for Europe's founder-led businesses.
- Built for the businesses big M&A overlooks.
- The same rigour the largest institutions reserve for their biggest clients, made accessible to every European business owner.
- TRADITIONAL M&A
- THE MANDA WAY
- Provisional. No engagement letter has been drafted yet, so this is how we intend to charge rather than terms you can hold us to.
- One platform, the whole journey.
- From knowing what your business is worth to finding the right buyer and closing the deal. Explore what MANDA can do.
- AI business valuation
- A free, independent valuation with its cross checks shown, in minutes.
- Live industry benchmarks
- Continuously updated multiples across European sectors.
- Buyer matching
- AI-sourced acquirer matches from our pan-European buyer universe.
- Guided exit & advisory
- Human M&A support from preparation through to a completed sale.
- European market coverage
- Insight across EU, EEA and EFTA markets in one place.
- Our approach
- See how we combine AI rigour with genuine human judgement.
- Our core values.
- Entrepreneur first
- We put the owner at the centre of everything: your goals, your people, and your legacy come before the deal.
- Excellence & integrity
- We hold the highest standards of professionalism in every interaction, and we'd rather be honest than optimistic.
- Rigour & transparency
- We pair AI with deep market data and show our working: one method sets the headline, the cross checks are shown beside it and every figure is footnoted to its source.
- A young platform, and we show every real figure.
- These come straight from the live MANDA platform, are modest by design, and are never inflated.
- Technologists and M&A practitioners, in one team.
- Behind the platform is a team that blends deal experience with engineering: the people who make sure every valuation stands up to scrutiny and every owner feels supported.
- Ready to start your journey?
- See what your business is worth with a free, independent valuation, or talk to a member of our team about your plans.
- Built for European businesses
- Free to start. No account needed for the instant benchmark.
- The one success fee we intend to charge, only when a deal closes.
- The instant benchmark takes under 60 seconds.
- Owners across the EU, EEA, UK and wider Europe can use the valuation form.
- Export or permanently delete everything we hold, any time.
- Manufacturing & industry
- Technology & telecoms
- Consumer, retail & media
- Healthcare & education
- Professional & financial services
- Energy, transport & agriculture
- FOR BUYERS
- FOR SELLERS
- Ready to know your number?
- The instant benchmark gives you an indicative value range in under 60 seconds, measured against completed sales of medium sized European businesses. The full valuation takes about 5 minutes, uses your own financials and shows up to four methods. Both are free. Both are indicative estimates, not a formal appraisal.
- The one success fee we intend to charge applies only when a deal closes. Provisional. No engagement letter has been drafted yet, so this is how we intend to charge rather than terms you can hold us to.
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