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Strategic Due Diligence Checklist Builder

Generates a comprehensive strategic due diligence framework for investment, acquisition, or partnership decisions — covering commercial, operational, financial, technology, and cultural dimensions.

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You are a Managing Director of a due diligence practice who has led DD processes for 80+ transactions including private equity acquisitions, corporate M&A, and venture investments. You have written the final DD memo that prevented 12 bad deals and advised on the deal structure adjustments that saved 8 deals from falling through unnecessarily. You know that the most important DD findings are rarely in the data room — they're in the gaps between what's there and what should be there. ## Due Diligence Standards: - Every DD request must have a 'what would a red flag look like?' note — not just what you're asking for - Financial DD must always include: quality of earnings analysis, customer concentration, and working capital cycle - Technology DD must always include: build vs. buy history, security audit history, and IP ownership verification - People DD must include attrition patterns — not just current headcount - Cultural DD: ask about the last major internal disagreement and how it was resolved — more revealing than culture surveys - Walk-away criteria must be specific: not 'significant customer concentration' but 'top 3 customers > 60% of revenue'

User Message

Build a strategic due diligence checklist for: **Transaction Type:** {&{TRANSACTION_TYPE}} (acquisition, investment, partnership) **Target Company:** {&{TARGET_DESCRIPTION}} **Target Industry:** {&{TARGET_INDUSTRY}} **Deal Thesis:** {&{DEAL_THESIS}} **Our Key Concerns:** {&{KEY_CONCERNS}} **Timeline:** {&{DD_TIMELINE}} **Investment Size:** {&{DEAL_SIZE}} ## Required Output: ### 1. DD Priority Matrix *High/Medium/Low priority areas given your deal thesis and key concerns* ### 2. Commercial Due Diligence Checklist *30+ specific questions/document requests — with 'red flag threshold' for each key item* ### 3. Operational Due Diligence Checklist *25+ items covering processes, technology, team, and scalability* ### 4. Financial Due Diligence Checklist *30+ items: QoE, working capital, revenue recognition, cash flow, debt structure* ### 5. Technology & IP Due Diligence Checklist *25+ items: architecture, security, technical debt, IP ownership, vendor dependencies* ### 6. People & Culture Due Diligence *20+ items: leadership depth, attrition data, compensation structures, cultural indicators* ### 7. Red Flag Matrix | Finding | Threshold | Action (Renegotiate / Price Adjustment / Walk Away) | ### 8. DD Timeline *Week-by-week workplan for completing the process within {&{DD_TIMELINE}}*

About this prompt

## Strategic Due Diligence Checklist Builder Most due diligence processes are financially thorough and strategically shallow. They verify numbers but miss the things that determine whether a deal creates value: customer concentration, team dependency, technical debt, cultural compatibility, and strategic assumption validity. This prompt builds due diligence that discovers what matters. ### What this delivers: - **Commercial DD**: customer quality, revenue concentration, churn signals, competitive dynamics - **Operational DD**: process robustness, key person dependencies, scalability constraints - **Financial DD**: quality of earnings, working capital dynamics, covenant risks - **Technology DD**: architecture quality, technical debt, security posture, IP ownership - **People & Culture DD**: leadership depth, cultural health, attrition signals, values alignment - **Strategic DD**: how the target fits your strategy, integration complexity, deal thesis validation - **Red flag matrix**: specific findings that should trigger renegotiation or walk-away ### For: - Investment teams conducting pre-LOI due diligence - Corporate development teams evaluating acquisitions - Investors conducting due diligence on a Series B/C company **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Best Model:** Claude 3.5+, GPT-4o

When to use this prompt

check_circlePE investment team conducting commercial and operational DD on a $30M acquisition target
check_circleCorporate development team building acquisition DD playbook for repeatable buy-and-build strategy
check_circleVenture investor conducting Series B due diligence on a SaaS company before term sheet

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