M&A Due Diligence
Structured deal intelligence from LOI to value realization
Run parallel due diligence workstreams — financial quality, people risk, customer concentration, systems integration — in one governed platform with post-close value realization tracking.
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M&A Models
Post-Close
Tracking
Scored
Synergies
Challenges We Solve
Common pain points that structured decision models eliminate.
Synergy Overestimation
80% of M&A deals fail to deliver projected synergies. Model synergy capture rates against historical baselines, integration complexity, and cultural distance.
Integration Chaos
Day 1 readiness is a scramble of spreadsheets. Score readiness across people, systems, customers, and operations in one structured, scored assessment.
Hidden People Risk
Key talent walks within 18 months of close. Model retention risk by role criticality, flight propensity, comp gaps, and cultural distance before you sign.
Revenue Quality Questions
Topline looks great until you examine customer concentration and churn. Analyze revenue quality, earnings sustainability, and working capital traps.
Use Cases
How leaders use DecisionLedger to make better decisions.
Runs parallel due diligence workstreams across financial quality, people risk, and customer concentration — scoring each dimension and tracking progress in one governed platform.
Due diligence cycle compressed from 12 weeks to 6 with structured scoring
Uses the synergy value model to stress-test projected cost and revenue synergies against historical M&A baselines, quantifying capture probability for board presentation.
Synergy estimates backed by data, not optimistic projections
Runs the people risk retention model before close to identify flight-risk key talent in the target company, modeling retention bonus scenarios by role criticality.
Retained 95% of critical talent through targeted retention packages
Measurable Impact
Based on platform benchmarks across early adopters.
Due Diligence Cycle
Synergy Accuracy
Integration Readiness
Value Realization
Connects With
Featured Models
Pre-built decision models ready to run with your data.
Ma Customer Concentration
Measures dependency on top customers, identifies single points of failure, and estimates revenue downside if key accounts churn or re-price.
Ma Day1 Readiness
Checks operational go-live readiness (payroll, benefits, IT access, finance close, customer support) and highlights blockers.
Ma Integration Plan
Produces a sequenced workplan (workstreams, dependencies, owners, milestones) with risk-adjusted timelines and Day 1 through Day 100 priorities.
Ma People Risk Retention
Scores turnover/key-person risk, identifies critical roles, and recommends retention actions with estimated cost vs retention uplift.
Ma Quality Of Earnings
Detects earnings noise (one-time add-backs, unusual expenses, revenue recognition anomalies) and outputs a diligence risk score plus drivers.
Ma Revenue Quality Churn
Forecasts renewal probability, churn, cohort retention curves, and revenue at risk based on contract terms and customer behavior.
Ma Synergy Value
Quantifies cost and revenue synergies, one-time integration costs, timing (ramp), and net present value by scenario.
Ma Value Realization
Tracks synergy capture vs plan over time, flags variance drivers, and updates confidence that the deal thesis will be achieved.
How It Works
Three steps to structured, auditable decisions.
Structure Due Diligence
Run parallel workstreams — financial quality, people risk, customer concentration, systems integration — all scored and tracked in one platform.
Model & Stress Test
Score synergy capture probability, model integration timelines, stress test revenue assumptions, and quantify earn-out triggers.
Track Value Realization
Post-close, monitor synergy capture, integration milestones, and retention outcomes against deal model predictions.
80% of acquisitions fail to deliver projected synergies. The common thread? Nobody stress-tested the assumptions before the LOI was signed.
Dataroom spreadsheets
Due diligence in Excel with no scoring framework or structured risk assessment
Consultant-run due diligence
$500K+ engagements that deliver a PDF, not a living model you can update post-close
No post-close tracking
Synergy projections filed away after closing — never compared to actual results
Siloed workstream tracking
Financial, people, and integration DD in separate tools with no unified scoring