The Analyst · AI-native due diligence

Every claim in the data room. Checked before you meet.

The Analyst is an AI-native diligence engine that reads everything a founder submits - deck, financials, contracts, cap table, code - cross-validates every claim against source documents and external data, and delivers a risk dashboard with an evidence-based valuation range. Before your first meeting, not after your fourth week.

ANALYST REPORT · DF-2607-A · APPLIED AI / INFRA · PRE-SEED DOCUMENTS INGESTED: 84 · CLAIMS EXTRACTED: 212 · 193 VERIFIED 11 FLAGGED
Claim verificationSAMPLE OF 212
VERIFIED
"ARR of US$410k, growing 38% QoQ"MATCHED: STRIPE EXPORT + BANK STATEMENTS · VARIANCE < 2%
FLAGGED
"2-year contract signed with Fortune 500 logistics customer"DOCUMENT IS A NON-BINDING LOI · TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE CLAUSE · NO REVENUE COMMITTED
VERIFIED
"Founding CTO previously scaled infra at exited YC company"MATCHED: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY + EXIT FILING + 2 REFERENCE CALLS
FLAGGED
"US$14B serviceable addressable market"TOP-DOWN ESTIMATE · BOTTOM-UP RECONSTRUCTION SUPPORTS US$2.1B SAM
UNVERIFIABLE
"Proprietary model outperforms GPT-class baselines by 31%"NO BENCHMARK ARTIFACTS PROVIDED · REQUESTED FROM FOUNDER
VERIFIED
"Clean cap table, no convertible overhang"MATCHED: REGISTRY EXTRACT + SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENTS
Risk profile0 = LOW · 100 = HIGH
Financial integrity12
Team & background18
Legal & contracts44
Market sizing71
Technology & IP38
Cap table & structure9
TOP RISK: MARKET-SIZE CLAIM UNSUPPORTED. RECOMMEND PARTNER QUESTION ON BOTTOM-UP SAM AND EXPANSION LOGIC.
Valuation assessmentEVIDENCE-BASED
A$5.2M
RANGE A$4.1M – A$6.3M PRE-MONEY · CONFIDENCE: MODERATE
Stage-comparable rounds (n=31)A$5.6M
Revenue multiple (verified ARR)A$4.9M
Scorecard vs. cohortA$5.1M
FOUNDER ASK: A$9.0M PRE-MONEY - 73% ABOVE EVIDENCE-BASED MIDPOINT. NEGOTIATION HEADROOM IDENTIFIED.
ILLUSTRATIVE REPORT · ANALYST OUTPUT IS DECISION SUPPORT, REVIEWED BY THE INNOVATION.NET INVESTMENT TEAM - NOT FINANCIAL PRODUCT ADVICE OR A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR OWN DILIGENCE
How it works

From data room to risk dashboard in hours, not weeks.

01 · Ingest

Reads everything

Deck, financial model, bank and payment exports, contracts, cap table, registry filings, code repositories, customer references - every document the founder consents to share.

02 · Extract

Every claim, itemised

The engine converts the founder's narrative into discrete, testable claims - typically 150–300 per company - each tagged to the document that made it.

03 · Validate

Cross-checked to source

Each claim is tested against primary evidence: revenue vs. payment data, contracts vs. their actual clauses, team history vs. filings and references, market size rebuilt bottom-up.

04 · Deliver

Dashboard + valuation

A risk dashboard, flagged-claims register, evidence-based valuation range, and suggested partner-meeting questions - reviewed by a human analyst before it reaches you.

What it validates

Six diligence workstreams. One pass.

Financial

Revenue & runway truth

Claimed ARR/MRR reconciled against payment-processor and bank data; burn, runway and cohort retention rebuilt from source rather than the founder's model.

Legal

Contracts as written

LOIs vs. binding agreements, termination clauses, exclusivity traps, IP assignment gaps, and unregistered encumbrances - read clause by clause.

Market

TAM/SAM rebuilt bottom-up

Founder market claims reconstructed from unit economics and addressable-customer counts. Top-down slideware gets flagged, not repeated.

Team

Backgrounds verified

Employment history, exits, qualifications and director records checked against filings and structured reference calls run by our team.

Technology

Code & IP reality

Repository analysis for real engineering activity, dependency and licence risk, and whether "proprietary AI" is proprietary - benchmark artifacts requested where claims exceed evidence.

Structure

Cap table & round

Registry-verified ownership, convertible and SAFE overhang, ESOP position, and how the proposed round terms compare with stage-matched precedents.

Why funds want this

Your associates stop being document readers and start being investors.

Typical early-stage DD effort
3–6 weeks
Of associate and partner time per serious opportunity - most of it document verification
Analyst first report
< 48 hours
From data-room access to reviewed risk dashboard and valuation range
Consistency
Every deal
Same 6 workstreams, same evidence standard, on every company in your memo - comparable across the portfolio pipeline

Every company in your Monday memo arrives pre-scored. Full Analyst reports unlock per deal - so by the time you take a partner meeting, you already know which claims held, which didn't, and what the round is actually worth.

Trust & boundaries

Built to be relied on - by being honest about its limits.

Founder consent

Nothing runs without it

Founders explicitly consent to Analyst review when joining the network. They see which claim categories were flagged - and can respond with evidence before your meeting.

Human in the loop

Analyst-reviewed, always

Every report is reviewed by our investment team before release. The engine marks claims it cannot verify as UNVERIFIABLE rather than guessing - silence is a signal, not a gap.

Decision support

Augments your judgment

Valuations are evidence-based ranges with stated methods and confidence, not prices. The Analyst tells you where to dig - the investment decision, and final diligence, stay yours.

The founders bring the story. The Analyst brings the evidence.

Analyst pre-scores are included in every Fund membership memo. Full reports unlock per opportunity. See it run on this week's deal flow.

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