AI-enabled due diligence for investors

Due diligence built around the evidence.

Technical, operational, environmental and general due diligence for private equity, venture capital and accelerators — AI-enabled and expert-led. We scope each engagement from your terms of reference, build findings around supporting evidence, and review material conclusions before they reach you — so your investment team can see the risks that matter and the evidence behind them.

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See the deal before the deal sees you.

  • Scoped from your terms of reference
  • AI-assisted analysis
  • Findings traced to source evidence
  • Expert-reviewed before release

Approach

Your transaction sets the scope. The evidence sets the conclusions.

No two transactions carry the same risks, so we don't force them through one template. Every engagement starts from your terms of reference — or the questions your investment committee needs answered — and follows the same disciplined path from scope to report.

  1. 01

    Scope

    We translate your terms of reference into defined workstreams, evidence requirements and the questions the diligence must answer.

  2. 02

    Evidence

    We request, log and review documents, data, management interviews and, where in scope, site observations. Gaps are recorded, not glossed over.

  3. 03

    Analysis

    Structured procedures test management's representations against the evidence: reconciliations, consistency checks and technical review.

  4. 04

    Review

    Material findings are reviewed before inclusion in the final report, including their evidence basis, severity and transaction implications.

  5. 05

    Findings

    Each finding sets out what was claimed, what the evidence shows, how strong that evidence is, and why it matters to the transaction.

  6. 06

    Report

    A decision-ready report, prioritised by when issues need resolving — before close, after close or under monitoring. The investment decision stays with you.

Illustrative finding

What a Delvara finding looks like.

Every finding carries its own chain of evidence, so your team can test it rather than take it on trust.

Illustrative example Workstream: Environmental & EHS · Scope ref. 3.2
Management claim

“All effluent discharges are within permit limits.”

Management presentation, p. 14
Source evidence

  • Discharge permit, condition 4.2: chemical oxygen demand (COD) limit of 250 mg/L.

    Doc 07, p. 3

  • Monthly laboratory results, January to December.

    Doc 22, sheets 1–12
Finding

COD exceeded the permit limit in 5 of 12 months, peaking at 410 mg/L. No regulator correspondence or corrective-action plan was provided in the data room.

Severity
High
Evidence confidence
High for the exceedances: a consistent twelve-month laboratory series. Medium for regulatory exposure: regulator correspondence was not provided.
Transaction implication
Potential enforcement exposure and effluent-treatment upgrade costs not reflected in the investment case.
Recommended action
Request regulator correspondence and an upgrade cost estimate before close; consider contractual protections with legal counsel.
Timing
Pre-close
Review status
Reviewed
Entirely fictional. This example does not describe any real Delvara or third-party engagement. Severity definitions are agreed for each engagement. Discuss your transaction

What we assess

Technical, operational, environmental and general due diligence.

Diligence on what a financial model can't show you. Your terms of reference decide which workstreams apply to each engagement.

Technical
Asset condition and remaining life, maintenance regime, capacity and reliability, and the capital expenditure a buyer is likely to inherit.
Operational
Processes, utilities and power resilience, supply-chain dependencies, key-person risk and readiness to scale.
Environmental & EHS
Permits and compliance status, emissions and effluent, waste management, and health and safety systems.
ESG
Environmental and social policies, management systems and performance against relevant standards agreed within the engagement scope.
General due diligence
Multi-workstream diligence scoped to your terms of reference, giving investors one coordinated, evidence-led view of a target. Financial, legal and tax matters outside our direct remit are flagged for your specialist advisers.
Operations behind the business plan
Whether assets, processes, operational capacity and execution capability can support the material assumptions in the business plan.Where included in the agreed scope.

How we use AI

AI supports the work. Professional judgement remains human.

Delvara is AI-enabled. We use AI-assisted analysis within a structured, evidence-led workflow that carries each engagement from scope and evidence through analysis, review and reporting. AI helps us examine more of the evidence, more consistently. It does not make the judgements.

AI and structured workflow support

  • AI-assisted review and organisation of documents and data
  • Scope requirements and the questions they need to answer
  • Evidence received, outstanding and unavailable
  • The evidence supporting material findings
  • Review of material findings before reporting

People decide

  • What the evidence means
  • How material each issue is
  • What it implies for the transaction
  • What to recommend
  • What goes into the final report

No conclusion reaches a client without human review.

Confidentiality

Built for confidential transactions.

Confidential transaction materials are handled under the terms agreed for each engagement. This website is intended only for general information and initial scoping enquiries.

Please do not submit confidential deal information or documents through this website.

About

Founder-led. Evidence-driven.

Delvara keeps scoping, analysis and review close to the person accountable for the work, so the reasoning behind material findings can be explained, tested and defended.

Valentine Akponor

Founder

Environmental and industrial diligence professional with experience across technical assessment, EHS, regulatory compliance, sustainability and supply-chain risk in industrial sectors.

Contact

Start with a scoping call.

Tell us about the transaction in general terms. We'll be in touch to arrange a call on scope, timing and approach.

Requesting a call does not create an engagement. Engagements begin only under separately agreed written terms.

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