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# Due Diligence

> Perform comprehensive analysis of deal documents and investment materials to support a clear, evidence-backed investment decision.

### Overview

Due Diligence is a workflow for performing comprehensive analysis of deal documents and investment materials to support a clear, evidence-backed investment decision.

It supports a structured diligence process — document review, financial and market analysis, risk identification, and investment recommendation — in one streamlined workflow.

**What you get:** a structured table of extracted diligence findings and deal metadata you can review, edit, and export.

<Tip>
  To set up the workflow (creating sessions, uploading documents, running a workflow, and exporting), see [Setting Up a Workflow](/workflows/setting-up-a-workflow) for a comprehensive guide.

  This page focuses on what's specific to **Due Diligence**.
</Tip>

### When to use Due Diligence

Use this workflow when you need a consistent first-pass (or repeatable) diligence review of an investment opportunity, including:

* Organizing deal materials and extracting key company and deal facts
* Assessing financial performance and revenue quality
* Evaluating market size, positioning, and competitive dynamics
* Identifying legal/regulatory, operational, and deal-structure risks
* Summarizing key risks, mitigants, and an investment recommendation

### Step-by-step usage

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select the template">
    Navigate to **Workflows** > **Template gallery** and select **Due Diligence**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Upload deal materials">
    Upload investment materials and deal documents (pitch deck, data room exports, financials, contracts, cap table, term sheet, legal documents).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Upload supporting materials (optional)">
    Upload supporting market research, customer evidence, and product/tech documentation.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the workflow">
    Click **Run** to begin extraction and analysis.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review extracted fields">
    Review extracted fields and edit anything that is incorrect or incomplete.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export results">
    Export results (CSV or Excel) for IC memos, reporting, or downstream workflows.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Inputs

* **Required:** access to [alk.wamiri.com](http://alk.wamiri.com)
* **Required:** stable internet connection
* **Required documents:** deal and company materials (as available)
* **Optional:** market reports, customer references, product/architecture docs, diligence checklists

### What's specific to Due Diligence

1. **Separate facts from judgments.**
   Keep extracted facts (numbers, terms, entity details) distinct from assessments (quality, risks, recommendations). This makes review and auditability easier.
2. **Be explicit about assumptions.**
   If an analysis relies on assumptions (e.g., normalized margins, growth drivers, churn estimates), state them clearly in the relevant assessment fields.
3. **Recommendation is advisory.**
   The investment recommendation is decision support — final approval remains with the investment committee.

### Standard fields (default columns)

| Field                         | Description                                                                                                                         | Field Type | Task Type      |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------- |
| **Company Name**              | Legal/operating name of the company under review.                                                                                   | Text       | Extraction     |
| **Legal Entity**              | Registered legal entity details (jurisdiction, registration number where available).                                                | Text       | Extraction     |
| **Cap Table Summary**         | High-level summary of ownership, major shareholders, ESOP/options, and any preference stack notes.                                  | Text       | Extraction     |
| **Financial Analysis**        | Summary of performance (revenue, gross margin, EBITDA/burn, runway), trends, unit economics, and key drivers.                       | Text       | Analysis       |
| **Revenue Quality**           | Assessment of revenue durability and quality (concentration, churn/retention, contract terms, billing/collections, one-offs).       | Text       | Assessment     |
| **Market Assessment**         | Market size, growth, competitive landscape, positioning, and differentiation.                                                       | Text       | Assessment     |
| **Management Assessment**     | Assessment of leadership/team (experience, execution ability, incentives, gaps).                                                    | Text       | Assessment     |
| **Technology/Product**        | Product and technology assessment (maturity, roadmap, scalability, security, technical risks).                                      | Text       | Assessment     |
| **Customer Analysis**         | Customer evidence (segments, top customers, pipeline, feedback, references, NPS, renewal dynamics).                                 | Text       | Analysis       |
| **Legal/Regulatory Risks**    | Key legal and regulatory exposures (litigation, IP, data protection, licensing, compliance).                                        | Text       | Risk           |
| **Deal Terms Analysis**       | Analysis of proposed terms (valuation, structure, liquidation preference, governance, protective provisions, conditions precedent). | Text       | Analysis       |
| **Key Risks**                 | Top risks identified across financial, market, operational, legal, and deal structure.                                              | Text       | Risk           |
| **Risk Mitigants**            | Specific mitigants for each key risk (terms, covenants, milestones, diligence follow-ups, insurance, operational controls).         | Text       | Mitigation     |
| **Investment Recommendation** | Recommendation (e.g., proceed, proceed with conditions, hold, decline) with concise rationale.                                      | Text       | Recommendation |

### Customising due diligence columns

You can tailor columns to match your investment committee checklist.

* Add columns for ESG considerations, valuation comps, cohort analysis, pipeline quality, security review outcomes, reference call notes, and post-investment plan.
* Rename columns to be explicit (for example, "Revenue concentration (top 5)").
* Keep column names clear and unambiguous to improve extraction quality.

### Important Notes

* Always cross-check key numbers and deal terms against source documents.
* If a field is consistently wrong, simplify the column name or add a short instruction to the column prompt.
* Track open questions and unresolved items in the relevant assessment/risk fields.

## Related articles

* [Setting Up a Workflow](/workflows/setting-up-a-workflow)
* [How To Add Custom Columns](/workflows/setting-up-a-workflow#how-to-add-custom-columns)

## Need help?

If you run into issues, contact the Wamiri support team at [support@wamiri.com](mailto:support@wamiri.com). Include:

* What you were trying to do
* What happened instead
* Any error messages
* Steps to reproduce
* Screenshots or recordings (if available)