What the founder did not tell you. Found before signing, not after.
A scored reputation report on the CEO you are vetting before close. 24-hour turnaround, $249 per lookup. The first one is free. Built for deal teams, not compliance teams.
First lookup is free. No card needed.
Who this is for
Built for deal partners who own the IC paper.
You are a Deal Partner, Investment Director, or Operating Partner at a mid-market or upper-mid-market PE firm. You own the IC paper. Your diligence stack covers QofE, legal, commercial, environmental, and management referencing. The part that traditionally slips is what the internet has on the CEO that the seller did not mention: old lawsuits, foreign-language press, social-media history, regulatory actions, forum threads. One buried story can torch the deal post-close or sink the next fundraise. You want a one-day, one-named-person reputation report you can attach to the IC paper, scored on a defensible scale, with every public source listed.
What reputation due diligence needs to do.
Four things deal teams ask for before they add a reputation check to the IC checklist.
A report you can attach to the IC paper
A scored 0-to-100 reputation report on one named person, delivered within 24 hours and formatted for your investment committee. Every source listed and linked.
Eight languages, one English summary
Public sources across legal, regulatory, professional, media, and foreign-language press in eight languages. Everything summarised in English so your deal team can read it in five minutes.
Pre-LOI speed, not post-close speed
Standard investigative firms charge $15,000 to $100,000 and take 2 to 6 weeks. We charge $249 and deliver in 24 hours. Run a sweep on every shortlisted hire, not only the founder.
Pack pricing for the whole shortlist
Per-lookup pricing and packs so your deal team or talent team can scale without renegotiating. Single lookup $249, pack of 10 for $1,999, pack of 250 for $24,999.
How Reputation Scorecard helps
Due Diligence Lookups: the layer between a records check and a $50K investigative retainer.
Standard background-check vendors return a list of records. We return a full reputation picture: scored, sourced, and ready for your deal committee. We sit between the $99 records check and the $50,000 investigative retainer. Use us for every shortlisted hire and every pre-LOI screen. Use the investigative firms for the final deep-dive on whoever survives.
One lookup costs $249. Pack of 10 costs $1,999. Pack of 250 costs $24,999 ($99.99 each). Your first lookup is free with no card, so you can read the report before you commit.
See Due Diligence LookupsWhat each lookup includes
- One full reputation report per lookup, delivered within 24 hours
- A 0-to-100 score across eight reputation pillars with the evidence behind every score
- Public-records sweep: legal, regulatory, professional, media, and social sources
- Foreign-language coverage in eight languages with English summaries on everything
- A written summary your deal committee can read in five minutes
- Every public source listed and linked so your IC paper has an evidence trail
- Bulk pack pricing: cost per lookup drops from $249 to $99.99 as you buy more
Single lookup $249. Pack of 10 for $1,999 ($199.90 each). Pack of 50 for $7,499. Pack of 250 for $24,999 ($99.99 each). First lookup free, no card.
Three ways deal teams use reputation due diligence.
Real scenarios from the people this service was built for.
The pre-LOI screen
You are 48 hours from sending an LOI. You run a lookup on the CEO and the COO. The CEO comes back clean; the COO has a 2018 regulatory action in Germany the seller did not flag. You renegotiate the management package or you walk. Either way you found out before the LOI, not after the close.
The shortlist vetting on the next CEO hire
You are replacing the founder post-close with three external candidates. You buy a pack of 10 lookups for $1,999 and run all three candidates plus the two internal back-ups. The pack covers the next deal too.
The post-close surprise prevention
Six months after close you run a fresh lookup on the CEO before the next board meeting. Nothing has changed. Now you have evidence the diligence was not a one-off photograph; it is a working layer that protects the earn-out.
Questions deal teams ask before buying.
Is this a background check under FCRA in the United States?
No. We do not provide consumer reports under the US Fair Credit Reporting Act. We are not a Consumer Reporting Agency. Our reports are reputation intelligence built from public sources, intended for business purposes such as deal due diligence and executive search. If you need a formal FCRA-compliant background check for a US hire, use a registered Consumer Reporting Agency alongside our report, not instead of it.
Does the person you are checking have to consent under GDPR?
We process only public sources under the legal basis of legitimate interests. You, as the buyer, must keep your own legitimate interests assessment for your use case. We give you the evidence trail; you keep the assessment record.
How is this different from specialist due-diligence firms?
Specialist due-diligence firms do deep investigative work at $15,000 to $100,000 per report and 2 to 6 weeks turnaround. Our reports cost $249 and are ready in 24 hours. Use us for shortlist and pre-LOI screens; use them for the final deep-dive on whoever survives.
What sources do you check, and what do you not check?
We check public web, public news, public legal and regulatory records, public social profiles, public forums, and public foreign-language press in eight languages. We do not check private databases, credit files, school records, medical data, or anything that requires the subject's consent.
Can the subject of a report ask to see it or have it deleted?
Yes. Under GDPR the subject has rights including access, correction, and erasure. We respond to all data-subject requests within 30 days. If your subject contacts us, we will tell them you commissioned the report. Plan your communications and legal advice on that basis.
Use this report responsibly. Our reports are reputation intelligence built from public sources. They are not consumer reports under the US Fair Credit Reporting Act, and we are not a Consumer Reporting Agency. For GDPR and FCRA details, see the full legal note on Due Diligence Lookups. If your intended use is unclear, take legal advice before buying.
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