Transaction Support & Investment Readiness
Independent commercial due diligence for buyers, and transaction-readiness support for businesses preparing for the scrutiny of a deal process.
The greatest risk in many transactions sits several layers beneath the headline assumption - the point no one thought to challenge.
Deal teams engage us when a transaction is approaching commitment and the management presentation is no longer sufficient. Founders and companies engage us from the other side of the table, preparing for the same level of scrutiny before the process begins.
Our purpose-built AI tools expand the volume and depth of evidence we can examine and accelerate execution without compromising the standard applied to the work.
Our Approach
Commercial due diligence, done properly, is an investigation rather than a market-sizing exercise. The initial questions establish the starting point, but the scope follows the evidence as new risks, dependencies, and assumptions emerge.
For businesses preparing for a transaction, we build the investor narrative and diligence materials around how different investor classes assess risk, return, and execution credibility. The objective is to ensure that the evidence exists, the assumptions are defensible, and the answers are ready before the questions are asked.
The most useful due diligence we have done is the kind where the answer was no, and the client had the evidence to back that call.
Who This is for
PE and VC deal teams
PE and VC deal teams needing an independent commercial read before commitment
Founders and acquirers entering a sector
Founders and deal teams that need to understand the market, competitive landscape, and commercial risks quickly and with rigour
Companies preparing for a raise or a sale
Businesses from seed stage through pre-IPO preparing for a fundraise or sale process where the narrative, financial case, and diligence materials must withstand investor scrutiny
Our Transaction Support & Investment Readiness Capabilities
Commercial Due Diligence
An independent commercial assessment at the point of commitment, designed to identify the structural risks that could change the investment decision rather than validate the management case.
Governance & Regulatory Risk Assessment
An assessment of the governance, regulatory, and compliance risks embedded in the structure and operations of a business, particularly in complex or highly regulated sectors.
Vendor Due Diligence & Sell-Side Support
The diligence process conducted from the seller's side, so the issues a buyer is likely to identify are understood, addressed, and presented clearly before the process begins.
Investment Readiness & Transaction Preparedness
Investor narratives, diligence materials, financial analysis, and reporting frameworks prepared to the standard expected by institutional investors, from seed stage through pre-IPO.
Synergy Assessment & Validation
Independent testing of the synergies supporting a transaction case, distinguishing those with a credible path to delivery from those that exist only as assumptions in the model.
How We Engage
Project-Based Engagements
A defined mandate, clear scope, and fixed deliverable, with most engagements completed within 3 to 10 weeks. AI-supported screening across public filings, transaction databases, and competitor information helps accelerate execution without reducing the depth of the work.
Commercial due diligence for a specific transaction
Governance and regulatory risk assessment
Investment readiness ahead of a raise or sale
Strategic Retainer
Ongoing support across a transaction pipeline or a multi-round fundraising process, with the work adapting as priorities, investors, and diligence requirements evolve.
Continuous diligence support across a deal pipeline
Readiness support across multiple funding rounds
Investor reporting and communication frameworks
Sectors We Cover
Our work is grounded in the sectors we know deeply. Domain knowledge changes the questions worth asking and the answers worth trusting, so every engagement is led by people who understand the industry, not just the discipline. Whichever sector you operate in, the work is shaped by how that market actually behaves, where the value sits, where the risks hide, and what a credible case looks like to the people you are trying to convince.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Your team knows the deal and, by that stage, understandably wants it to succeed. That is not a criticism; it is a natural consequence of sustained focus on a transaction. We bring an independent view, with no internal position to defend and a mandate to identify the risks that could change the investment case rather than reinforce it.
Vendor due diligence is the same investigation conducted in the seller’s interest. A buyer or investor is likely to identify the issues eventually. Finding them first allows the business to address them, prepare the supporting evidence, or explain them on its own terms rather than react to them during the process. That difference can materially affect valuation, negotiation leverage, and the time required to complete the transaction.
The output is an independent view that can be taken to the investment committee or board, supported by documented evidence and reasoning. In practice, that means either greater confidence to proceed at the right price and on the right terms, or a defensible basis for walking away.
Tell us which side of the transaction you are on and how far the process has progressed. Buy-side work before commitment typically requires commercial due diligence. Sell-side work before the process begins calls for vendor diligence and transaction readiness. A fundraise requires an investor narrative, financial case, and diligence materials. Each mandate is scoped differently.
Fees vary according to the scope and type of engagement, the depth of analysis, the size and complexity of the target, and the number of markets involved. A focused risk review and a full commercial due diligence exercise across several geographies are materially different mandates. We define the scope and provide a complete quote before the engagement begins.
Ready to Work?
The first conversation is about the transaction in front of you: the deal approaching commitment, the process about to open, or the raise that needs to survive institutional scrutiny.