The data room as a competitive advantage
Why Arcéane chose Entropia for every deal. An interview with its president, Mouna Selmi.
Pierre-Louis
When tool selection becomes a competitive edge
Arcéane is a national investment bank made up exclusively of consultant-negotiators and former company executives. Its positioning is its strength: senior teams who guide business owners from first contact through to closing, embedded in the regions to stay close to their clients.
Every project is led end-to-end by a pair of senior consultants, acting with sharper judgment and greater speed.
That positioning has a direct consequence on tool selection. Senior consultants working closely alongside business owners cannot afford to spend their time on low-value tasks. That time is either unbilled, or billed for nothing.
Choosing the best tools on the market
Arcéane had long managed its data rooms with an in-house solution.
When the teams started using Entropia, the difference was immediate. "There's no comparison with the previous tool. The ease of use, the intuitiveness, the ergonomics, whether internally or on the client side."
The data room is a core part of Arcéane's service offering: it is not rebilled to the client. It functions as a genuine internal work tool, but also as a reflection of the firm's standards and way of working, since it is directly visible to clients and external counterparties.
Freeing up high-value time
The primary benefit is operational. Time-consuming tasks such as setting up the data room, managing access, and organizing documents are now handled in a fraction of the time.
By streamlining these phases of the process, we free up time for the team to focus on what actually drives the value of our work: origination, proximity to executives, and deal execution.
At Arcéane, AI is integrated where it enables time savings without compromising on standards. Entropia fits that logic: automating repetitive tasks so teams can concentrate on what genuinely creates value in an M&A transaction — a deep understanding of the shareholder-executive's priorities, anticipating sticking points, structuring options, and driving a rigorous process execution with one goal in mind: a successful outcome.
A recruiting argument
Arcéane is actively hiring across its regional offices. The tools made available to consultants are part of what makes the model attractive. When a candidate discovers them, they immediately understand they'll be able to work faster, to a higher standard, and with better execution — for example setting up a data room in a few clicks, without relying on a shared Drive or drowning in heavy documentation exchanges.
Entropia is one of those concrete signals that speaks to how Arcéane works.
Shared values: responsiveness and agility
Beyond the product itself, what I take away is the combination of responsiveness and agility. Whether migrating old data rooms or handling remote access management while traveling, the Entropia team was there every time. When I had an urgent request on the road, support resolved it in two minutes. That level of service responsiveness is undeniable, and it's valued.
That responsiveness also made the collaboration feel natural from the start. Agility in decision-making and in execution is a defining trait of Arcéane, one clients recognize. What we found at Entropia, at its core, is that same agility in decision-making, in running the process, and in getting things done that we strive to embody for our own clients.
Mouna Selmi, Président, Arcéane
About Arcéane
Arcéane is an independent advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, financing advisory, and financial engineering for SMEs. For 20 years, Arcéane has advised family-owned businesses, owner-executives of SMEs and mid-caps, and entrepreneur-acquirers.
The firm employs 20 professionals across 5 regions in France (Paris, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, and Bordeaux), and is a member of the GCG global network. To date, the teams have completed over 400 transactions.