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Featured Case Study Sep 2026 · 6 min read

What a Buy-Side Quality of Earnings Actually Finds

A buyer was looking at three franchised select-service hotels in the Upper Midwest — 342 keys, $14.9M of revenue, presented at $4.9M of adjusted EBITDA.

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Case Study Sep 2026

What a Buy-Side Quality of Earnings Actually Finds

A buyer was looking at three franchised select-service hotels in the Upper Midwest — 342 keys, $14.9M of revenue, presented at $4.9M of adjusted EBITDA.

Deal Support 6 min
Case Study Feb 2026

Buy-Side Diligence on a $12M IT Services Acquisition

A mid-sized IT services firm was acquiring a smaller competitor for $12M and needed to confirm the target financial health before wiring the money.

Deal Support 2 min
Case Study Jan 2026

Startup-Savvy Diligence for a VC Fund

A VC fund investing $5M–$10M in early-stage startups was tired of diligence reports that focused only on the numbers — it needed a partner who understood how startups actually fail.

Deal Support 2 min
Case Study Jan 2026

Protecting an Angel Investor in a $1M E-Commerce Deal

An angel investor considering a $1M investment in an e-commerce startup needed to validate reported sales figures and profitability claims before committing capital.

Deal Support 2 min
Case Study Dec 2025

Independent Validation for an $8M Manufacturing Expansion

Investors considering an $8M investment in a manufacturing expansion wanted independent validation of the business's financial stability and growth projections before committing capital.

Deal Support 2 min
Case Study Nov 2025

Two-Week Diligence Rescue for an AI Marketing Scale-Up's Series B

A rapidly scaling AI-driven marketing startup raising a $15M Series B was in a time crunch — investors were pushing back hard on the accuracy of projected user growth.

Deal Support 2 min
Case Study Sep 2025

Preparing a B2B SaaS Startup for Its $10M Series A

A B2B SaaS startup with $2M ARR needed its financial data organized into a clear, consistent story investors could test — and trust.

Deal Support 2 min
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