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What's inside the guide
What you'll learn:
What investors scrutinise
Key diligence areas
The nine areas VCs and institutional investors dig into during diligence - from your pitch deck and cap table through to IP ownership, contracts, compliance and tax readiness.
Where founders lose time
Common gaps that delay rounds
The most common gaps - unassigned IP, undocumented equity promises, missing HMRC notifications - and how to close them before they're raised.
How to walk in prepared
Build your data room
How to build a clean, structured data room that acts as a single source of truth for ownership, so diligence speeds up instead of stalling your raise.
"The platform gives us the flexibility to evolve as we grow; whether it’s incentivising leaders, bringing in new franchisees, or managing investment rounds. It means we can focus on execution, knowing the equity side is handled properly."
Tim Slesinger
CEO · easyStorage
