POTENTIABuilding a due-diligence process your portfolio founders would thank you for
Most diligence processes are designed entirely from the checker's point of view — what does the fund need to know, how fast, how cheaply. Rarely is the question asked: would the founder, if they saw exactly how this was done, feel it was fair?
That's not a soft, feel-good metric. Founders talk to other founders, and a fund's diligence reputation follows it into every future deal it wants to see. A process that's respectful and transparent doesn't just avoid legal risk — it becomes a small, quiet competitive advantage in a market where founders increasingly get to choose who they take money from.
Consent-based checks pass this test almost by construction: the founder saw the request, agreed to it, and can see what was connected. Whatever the outcome of the diligence, the process itself doesn't need to be hidden from the person it was about.
See how a consent-based check actually works.