About​ us

introduction​

Smart Zebra Solutions was founded in 2022 and offers smart and trusted advisory services in Hungary and several countries in Europe. Smart Zebra Solutions provides services that gives our clients significant value. We use our long-term Big Four knowledge and experience combined with a flexible and customer-focused approach.

We can provide a wide range of financial advisory services and other (such as tax due diligence or structuring, legal advisory or real estate valuation) together with our extended network of independent consultants.


Kornél Makrai

Founder, Managing Director

kornel.makrai@smart-zebra-solutions.eu

 

Kornél is the founder and managing director of Smart Zebra Solutions Hungary

He has gained his latest experience at a multinational accounting and advisory firm in Budapest, where he has been responsible for the financial due diligences being the head of Transaction Advisory Services team. During this time Kornél led buy-side and vendor-side due diligence projects in various industries, e.g. real estate, software development, biotechnology, transportation, food manufacturing. Kornél achived a decent track record in complex cross-border transactions as well

Before joining Grant Thornton Hungary in 2019, Kornél worked in the Transaction Advisory Services team at Grant Thornton London. He was involved in various due diligence engagements, primarily in real estate and professional services industries, mainly from private equity clients

Prior to that, Kornél worked for Deloitte and EY in Budapest over nine years, where he gained extended experience in due diligences and financial audit in several industries

Kornél also has worked in several business planning and business plan review projects

 

 

Our recent projects

 

Hungary based private healthcare service provider

Sell-side negotiations, financial advisory support, marketing

Nov 2024 –

Hungary based private investor

Business valuation

Mar 2025

Hungary based horticulture company owners

Financial models and business valuation

Dec 2024-Feb 2025

Hungary based private equity

MEIP test for one of the portfolio companies in Hungary

April 2025

Hungary based machine manufacturing company owners

Sell-side financial advisory, investor presentations and sell side marketing support

March 2024 – May 2025

Hungary based industrial industrial maintenance and automation company owner

Sell-side negotiations, financial advisory support and vendor side due diligence and closing

Oct 2023 – May 2025

Hungary based tourism-leisure service provider company

Financial models and business valuation for two operating companies

Apr-May 2025

Hungary based private healthcare service provider

Financial model preparation for an international group

May 2024

Hungary based online healthcare platform provider

Financial model preparation

July-Aug 2023

Germany based Venture Capital Fund

Buy side financial due diligence of a Hungary/US based online marketing platform provider company

Jan-Feb 2024

Hungary based food manufacturer

Financial model, business valuation and due diligence support

July 2023

Hungary based industrial automation company

Sell-side negotiation support 

Dec 2022 – July 2023

Hungary based private healthcare service provider

Financial model preparation

May 2023

Central Europe based private equity

Buy side due diligence of a renewable energy portfolio in Hungary

March 2023

Germany based Venture Capital Fund

Buy side financial due diligence of a Germany/US based software company

Jan-Feb 2023

Hungary based coaching company

Sell side support

November 2022

CEE based real estate investor group

Financial vendor due diligence of an asset portfolio of 300 M EUR in several Hungarian SPVs

Sept-Oct 2022

CEE based real estate investor group

Financial vendor due diligence of an asset portfolio in Hungarian SPV

Sept-Oct 2022

CEE based manufacturer company

Financial due diligence of confidential targets. Hungary based group operating in packaging industry

Sept-Oct 2022

Singapore based private equity

Financial due diligence of confidential targets. Hungary based software developer company.

Sept-Oct 2022

Germany based agriculture and feed product laboratory

Bidding support of confidential targets. Major Hungary based private laboratory.

July 2022

Denmark based renewable energy provider

Financial due diligence of confidential targets. Operating solar energy park in Hungary.

Apr-May 2022

 

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