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Generator für Due-Diligence-Checklisten
A due diligence checklist generator produces a structured list of the areas to investigate before an investment, acquisition, vendor selection, or partnership. Pick the type of deal and it returns the core diligence categories — financials, legal, customers, team, and market — plus items specific to that deal type, such as a cap table for an investment or a security posture for a vendor. Investors, founders, and corporate teams use it to make sure no critical area is overlooked and to structure a data-room request. Diligence failures usually come from a missed area rather than a missed detail, so a checklist that forces coverage of every dimension is cheap risk reduction. Expand each item with the specific questions and documents you need, and adapt it to the deal. It is a guide, not a substitute for professional advisers.
How to use
- Choose your options above
- Click Generate
- Copy your result
Detailed instructions
- Choose the type of deal.
- Click Generate to produce the checklist.
- Expand each item with specific questions and documents.
- Scale the depth to the size of the deal.
Use Cases
- •Preparing diligence for an investment or acquisition
- •Structuring a data-room request
- •Evaluating a major vendor or partner
- •Running a consistent diligence process across deals
- •Making sure no critical area is overlooked
Tips
- →Treat each item as a heading to expand, not a box to tick.
- →Pay special attention to customer concentration.
- →Bring in advisers for legal, financial, and tax work.
- →Adapt the depth to the deal’s size and risk.
FAQ
why use a checklist for diligence
Most diligence failures come from a whole area being overlooked, not a single missed detail. A checklist forces coverage of every dimension — financial, legal, commercial, and people — which is a cheap, reliable way to reduce risk.
how do i expand each item
Treat each as a heading and attach the specific questions and documents you need under it. Scale the depth to the size of the deal; a small vendor needs less than a major acquisition.
does this replace professional advice
No. It is a structured starting framework. Significant deals warrant lawyers, accountants, and other advisers for the financial, legal, and tax work — use the checklist to organise that effort, not replace it.
How do I expand each checklist item?
Turn each line into specific questions and documents to request — under "financials," ask for audited statements, the cap table, customer concentration, and burn rate, then verify rather than take answers on trust. The generated checklist gives the categories; your job is to dig into each one and confirm the evidence behind every claim.
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