Due diligence failures are rarely caused by a lack of available information. They are caused by information that wasn't requested, requests that weren't followed up, findings that weren't escalated, and decisions made on an incomplete picture. CheckFlow's due diligence checklist templates give every assessment a systematic, documented structure — every workstream assigned to a named owner, every request tracked to a response, every finding recorded with its evidence, and the completed record archived for the investment committee, the board, or the regulator.
Whether you’re running venture capital, private equity or M&A due diligence, the financial, legal and IT workstreams of a deal, an assessment of a target’s management team, operational due diligence on a fund manager before you commit, due diligence on a commercial property purchase, preparing your own data room for a fundraise, or checking a business partner, an insurer or a customer, each template makes sure the right questions are asked and the answers are captured. Browse the templates below, or open the process guide for each due diligence type.
Venture Capital Due Diligence Checklist
Business Partnership Detailed Due Diligence
Company Insurance Policies Due Diligence Process
Customer Due Diligence Process
Mergers & Acquisitions Due Diligence Process
Legal Due Diligence Checklist
IT Due Diligence Checklist
Management Due Diligence Checklist
Operational Due Diligence (ODD) Checklist
Post-Merger Integration Checklist
Private Equity Due Diligence Process
Financial Due Diligence Checklist
Commercial Property Due Diligence Checklist
Investor Data Room Checklist
Each template below includes a detailed process guide covering the assessment type, what every workstream involves, and how to produce a complete and defensible due diligence record. Click any template to read the full guide.
A structured VC due diligence framework covering team assessment, market validation, technology evaluation, financial review, legal and IP review, and reference checks — before a term sheet is signed.
A systematic assessment of potential business partners — covering financial health, operational capability, regulatory compliance, reputational review, and contractual risk analysis.
A structured due diligence process for insurance product selection and provider evaluation — covering coverage analysis, exclusion review, claims history assessment, and broker qualification.
A compliance-grade customer due diligence process covering KYC requirements, identity verification, beneficial ownership, sanctions screening, and risk classification for AML compliance.
A comprehensive merger and acquisition due diligence framework covering financial, legal, operational, commercial, HR, and IT workstreams — structured for parallel execution across a deal team.
The buyer’s legal workstream on one target: the legal request list and the data room Q&A, corporate records and ownership, material contracts and change of control, IP and data protection, disputes and employment, regulatory approvals, the red-flag report and the deal documents.
The buyer’s IT workstream on one target before signing: the IT request list and the data room, systems and data, infrastructure and cloud contracts, security and past incidents, licences, the IT team and technical debt, the integration cost, a red-flag report and the decision.
Assess a target company’s leadership team before an acquisition or investment: key roles, leadership interviews, track record, background and regulatory checks, references, contracts and incentives, key-person risk, culture and gaps, then the findings, a 100-day people plan and the decision.
An investor’s review of one fund manager before a commitment: the DDQ, governance, ownership and fund documents, valuation, the administrator and cash controls, trade and back-office processes, compliance and the regulator’s register, cyber and business continuity, service providers confirmed directly, the visit and background checks, then the ODD rating and the monitoring date.
Integrating an acquired business from signing to the first 100 days after completion: the integration office, Day 1 readiness, TUPE transfers for UK asset deals, people, customers, finance and IT workstreams, synergy tracking and the 100-day sign-off.
A rigorous private equity portfolio assessment covering management team evaluation, market sizing, competitive positioning, financial model validation, and exit scenario analysis.
The buy-side financial workstream of a deal: quality of earnings and normalised EBITDA, revenue and proof of cash, the net working capital peg, net debt and debt-like items, locked box leakage, tax exposures and the forecast, ending in a findings report the deal lead signs off.
A buyer’s due diligence on a commercial property in the US or England and Wales: title and survey or CPSE enquiries and searches, leases, rent roll and estoppels, Phase I environmental assessment, building condition and zoning, through to investment committee approval and closing.
The company side of a fundraise: plan the data room, assemble corporate records and the cap table, US or UK filings, financials, contracts and people, then run staged access, the Q&A log, version control and close-out.
Due diligence across multiple workstreams — legal, financial, operational, technical — running in parallel across a deal team that spans firms and time zones requires a coordination layer that email cannot provide. CheckFlow assigns every workstream to a named owner, tracks every request to a response, and makes the overall completion status visible to the deal lead in real time.
The due diligence finding that surfaces six months after a deal closes — "I think someone raised that in the call, but I'm not sure if it was captured" — is the finding that should have been in the report. CheckFlow requires every finding to be documented with the supporting evidence at the time it is identified, creating the contemporaneous record that investment committees and regulators require.
Due diligence processes that can be marked complete with sections still outstanding because of time pressure produce incomplete assessments and avoidable risk. CheckFlow's required task completion prevents progression past a phase until every mandatory check in that phase is documented as complete or explicitly waived with a recorded rationale.
Describe the process in a sentence and the AI checklist generator drafts the phases and tasks for you.
Due diligence is the structured investigation of a counterparty, asset, or transaction before making a significant commercial decision — most commonly an investment, acquisition, business partnership, or customer acceptance. It typically covers multiple workstreams in parallel: financial (reviewing financial statements, projections, and obligations), legal (reviewing contracts, IP ownership, litigation, regulatory licences), operational (assessing the business model, processes, and management capability), commercial (validating market size, competitive position, and customer relationships), and HR and IT in more comprehensive reviews. The purpose is to verify that what is being represented is accurate, to identify risks that affect the value or terms of the transaction, and to create a documented record that supports the decision and satisfies governance requirements.
KYC (Know Your Customer) due diligence is the compliance-grade process by which regulated businesses verify the identity of their customers and assess the risk they represent for money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations. Required under Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations in most jurisdictions, KYC covers identity verification (confirming the customer is who they claim to be, using official documentation), beneficial ownership (identifying the individuals who ultimately own or control a corporate entity), sanctions screening (checking against government and international sanctions lists), politically exposed person (PEP) screening, and risk classification (assigning a risk rating that determines the level of ongoing monitoring required). Higher-risk customers require Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) — a more comprehensive process with additional verification and more frequent review.
M&A due diligence typically runs across six parallel workstreams: financial due diligence (audited financial statements, management accounts, cash flow, working capital, debt, and financial projections), legal due diligence (corporate structure, contracts, IP ownership, litigation, regulatory licences), commercial due diligence (market size and growth, competitive position, customer concentration, pricing power, and market risks), operational due diligence (business model, key processes, management team, and scalability), HR due diligence (organisational structure, key people dependencies, employment contracts, pensions, and culture), and IT due diligence (systems architecture, data security, technology debt, and scalability). The depth of each workstream is calibrated to the deal size, risk profile, and available time. When the leadership team is central to the value of the deal, the Management Due Diligence Checklist runs that assessment as its own workstream, and the Legal Due Diligence Checklist runs the legal workstream in full, from the request list and the data room review to the red-flag report and the deal documents. The IT Due Diligence Checklist does the same for the IT workstream, from the IT request list to the integration cost and a red-flag report.
Every CheckFlow template is fully customisable. Add sector-specific checks — regulated industry requirements for financial services or healthcare targets, technical review sections for technology acquisitions, or environmental and social governance (ESG) workstreams for impact investors. Adjust the information request list to reflect the target's business model, add or remove workstreams based on deal complexity, and set the required completion thresholds for each phase. Templates can also be version-controlled so that lessons from completed deals are incorporated into future processes.
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