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Industrial PE deal — 30 customer/supplier calls in 2 weeks
Due Diligence Research
Buy-side and sell-side diligence built on primary research. Combines customer calls, channel checks, management references and competitive panels into a single 2-week sprint, with longer timelines for complex targets.
- Turnaround
- 2-week sprint
- Pricing
- From $6,000 USD
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When To Use
Use cases- +Pre-LOI commercial diligence on a strategic acquisition
- +Sell-side prep before going to market
- +Quarterly portfolio refresh for PE-owned companies
- +Pre-IC validation for VC funds writing $5M+ cheques
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What You Get
Deliverables- +20–40 primary interviews across customers, channel and ex-employees
- +Optional management reference checks bolted on
- +Findings deck with 4–6 thesis-level reads
- +Anti-thesis section explicitly listing what could break the deal
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Sample Expert Profiles
Illustrative screening targets03.2
Tech PE bolt-on — 15 ex-employee interviews + 8 customer refs
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Mid-market healthcare CDD — payor panel + provider survey
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Cross-border VC growth round — channel + management refs
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Why Choose FieldSignal
MNPI · attestations · auditStart with a scope agreed around your decision and direct access to the researcher. Review expert profiles before scheduling. Calls include sourcing, screening and the transcript. Every call runs under the FieldSignal compliance framework — experts must be 6+ months removed from companies they discuss, no MNPI may be requested or shared, all calls are monitored, and the full audit trail is retained for 7 years.
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Related Services
3 suggestions01.4
MANAGEMENT REFERENCE CHECKS
Turnaround · 5–10 days
Off-list reference calls with former colleagues, customers and partners of target executives.
01.5
CUSTOM INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS
Turnaround · 2–6 weeks
Multi-methodology engagements combining calls, panels, surveys and desk research.
01.3
EXPERT SURVEYS
Turnaround · 2–4 weeks
Targeted surveys across 20–200 screened industry participants.