DealProof delivers independent, decision-grade risk verification on private deals in five business days — so investors can catch the deals that should die on day one, before committing to full-scope diligence.
Every Screen follows the same rigorous framework. Every finding is sourced to a document, a registry, or a public filing — so the verdict holds up to scrutiny by your investment committee.
Identity, ownership chain, sanctions, federal and state litigation, regulatory history, and prior-deal track record.
Waterfall analysis, fee alignment, control rights, covenants, related-party exposure, and lockup anomalies.
Projection plausibility by asset class, stress testing, capital-stack realism, and consistency against claimed track record.
Opinion-letter quality, IRS audit exposure, incentive sunset risk, and permitting red flags surfaced before they cost you.
Jurisdiction risk, operator bandwidth, concentration exposure, and external dependencies that can sink an otherwise sound deal.
One-page Screen Summary for your IC memo. Five- to seven-page Red Flag Report with every finding traceable to its source.
From intake to verdict in one business week — with every finding verified through independent review layers before a verdict issues.
A structured intake form — deal basics, project owner, your intended check size, and the documents you already have. Five minutes to complete.
Background, structural, financial, and tax-regulatory checks run in parallel. Every finding sourced. Each score passes through independent review layers before the verdict is set.
Delivered by noon on day five. One-page verdict summary, seven-page detailed report, and a twenty-minute delivery call if you want to walk the findings.
Full legal, financial, and technical diligence is expensive — and too often it is commissioned on deals that a focused red-flag review would have screened out first. We invert the sequence.
Our price does not change based on the verdict. We are paid for rigor, not for telling you what you want to hear.
Every private deal before full diligence. Use us early and often.
When the Screen says Advance, we go deep — with quantified negotiation levers.
If the Screen returns Advance and you upgrade within ninety days, your Screen fee applies in full against the Dossier engagement. The Screen pays for itself the moment you advance.
Legal and financial DD typically begins after the deal has enough momentum that investors are already committed to spending $25K+ on review. The Screen is a deliberate pre-DD filter — designed to answer "should I even commit resources to full DD?" rather than "what do I need to fix in this deal?" The Screen credits toward a Dossier if you advance, so you don't pay twice.
You retain full decision authority. The Screen is informational — not investment advice, not a tax or legal opinion. Liability is contractually capped at the fee paid for that specific Screen. Every finding is sourced, so if we flagged a risk and you chose to proceed anyway, the record is clear on both sides.
In v1: commercial real estate, energy (solar, battery storage, wind with standard ITC/PTC structures), infrastructure, hotels, and M&A acquisitions with tax-credit overlay. We decline crypto, early-stage operating companies, novel or exotic tax structures, and international deals with critical offshore components — for now.
Every Screen runs through independent review layers before a verdict is issued, and our fee is flat regardless of the outcome — we are paid the same whether a deal is a Drop or an Advance. Referral sources play no part in scoring or the final verdict. Our reputation depends on calling deals correctly, not generating upsells.
Intake takes five minutes. We respond within one business day to begin the five-day clock.
Every field is reviewed by hand. We respond within one business day to confirm intake and begin the five-business-day clock.
Your entity and the person we’ll deliver the report to. We collect high-level deal context first, then the deal specifics and documents. Your authorization to share the documents is confirmed at the end.
Enough to frame the engagement. The five-business-day clock starts when full documents are received in the next step.
Drop a data room link or upload directly. The five-business-day clock starts the next business day after the minimum set is received and you’ve confirmed authorization to share (Step 4). Files transmit encrypted to our secure vault.
A final acknowledgment before we begin. Your intake is reviewed within one business day.