Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) often dominates early-stage pitch decks and growth conversations. But when it comes to GMV in due diligence, buyers treat it very differently. For marketplaces, transaction-based SaaS platforms, fintech intermediaries, and D2C aggregators, GMV is rarely accepted at face value. In practice, GMV in due[…]
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“Due diligence” used to mean a financial deep-dive plus a legal checklist until a few years ago. Today, diligence is closer to a multi-disciplinary risk-and-explainability exercise – financial quality of earnings, operational controls, cybersecurity posture, third-party/vendor risk, and, increasingly, sustainability disclosures. Private equity and deal teams are also[…]
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There’s nothing quite like the tension in a boardroom during M&A due diligence. The numbers may look good. The pitch sounds polished. But then comes the due diligence checklist – and that’s where the real deal begins. Nearly 60% of executives cited inadequate due diligence as the primary[…]
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