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due diligence.
What investors actually check, how to organise a data room, the references that move the deal, and the diligence questions that catch founders flat-footed.
- 01what vcs actually check in due diligence (and how to be ready)10 min
A founder's checklist for investor diligence — the documents they'll ask for, the references they'll call, and the questions that catch teams flat-footed.
#due-diligence#data-room#references#fundraising - 02how to set up a data room for investor diligence (founder's checklist)10 min
A complete data room checklist for seed and Series A diligence — what to include, how to organise it, what to leave out, and the small touches that signal a prepared founder.
#data-room#diligence#fundraising#checklist - 03the diligence questions that catch founders off-guard (and how to be ready)9 min
The specific diligence questions that founders fumble most often — about churn, hires, co-founder dynamics, financial bumps — and how to answer each crisply.
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