Due Diligence & Deal Intelligence
The Due Diligence Playbook: From LOI to IC Memo
A comprehensive playbook for running commercial due diligence from letter of intent through investment committee presentation.
Key Takeaways
- No. 01Commercial diligence that earns IC trust shows the committee not just the bull case but the evidence that the bear case was stress-tested.
- No. 02The day-one task after LOI is not sourcing experts — it is defining the three or four thesis questions that determine whether the deal works.
- No. 03Expert research should be triangulated against secondary data in the IC memo, not presented as a separate slide deck of call summaries.
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