Services
One AI-driven engagement, from the red flags to the exit.
Every FirstSounding engagement includes the full analysis and the full report, produced by AI models fine-tuned for due diligence and approved by a practitioner. There are no tiers, and the analysis is not sold in parts. The complete analysis is delivered for a fixed fee.
Sources
Data room
Every document, every page
Market and third-party data
Demand, traffic, comparables, courts, liens
Review
Practitioner check
Every finding, before delivery
Specialists
Forensic, regulatory, contracts
The report
Six deliverables, from the red flags to the exit.
- 01
Red-flag report
Every material finding, ranked by dollar impact, cited, and reviewed. Delivered within three business days of access.
- 02
Price-impact ranges
Each finding sized as an EBITDA and valuation range and mapped to a remedy, so it can go straight into the negotiation.
- 03
Follow-up list
Documents to request and questions to ask, ranked by the dollar impact of the finding behind each one.
- 04
LOI assumption table
Each assumption in the LOI marked confirmed, weakened, or broken, with the supporting finding.
- 05
Growth potential
The current customer profile, adjacent customer groups, synergies, and concrete opportunities to expand.
- 06
Exit analysis
Comparable historical exits, the types of acquirers behind them, the growth that preceded each sale, and current buyer interest.
The analysis
Methodology.
- 01
Cross-source reconciliation
Every number tied across the CIM, model, financials, tax returns, bank statements, and contracts.
- 02
Forensic review
Document tampering, ledger anomalies, related-party flows, period-end spikes, and double-pledged collateral.
- 03
Outside-in verification
The data room's claims tested against market data, reviews, traffic, and headcount, and against court, lien, and regulatory records where they exist.
- 04
QoE pre-read
Revenue, cohorts, concentration, and margins rebuilt from transaction-level data.
Out of scope
Data room summaries, document Q&A, and clause extraction are not offered as standalone services. They support our analysis and are included in the fixed fee.
Discuss a transaction under LOI.
Share the sector, the deal size, and the end of exclusivity. We respond within one business day with an assessment of fit and the proposed scope of the report.