LP15 · Independent sponsors, search funds and acquisition entrepreneurs

Use a small evidence check before a small team carries a large diligence burden.

Aperture can independently test one material seller, target or counterparty proposition without requiring the buyer to build a broad research function.

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Where the factual boundary appears

Situations where a defined independent evidence check may fit

A lean deal team needs outside evidence capacity.

One seller claim is driving the thesis.

Ownership, customer, supplier or operating history needs corroboration.

The team wants to know whether broader diligence is justified.

Illustrative situation

A target’s “major customer” claim needs a closer look

You are considering a business acquisition. A presentation describes several organisations as major customers, but the supporting material includes old pilot projects.

Which customer relationships are current, contracted and relevant to the acquisition assumption?

What we would examine: Compare the authorised data-room evidence, dates, contracting entities and representations. Distinguish a historical trial from a current relationship.
What you could receive: An acquisition-assumption review with claim-to-source comparisons and questions for your transaction advisers.

How a finding could read, if the evidence supported it

The supplied record supports an earlier pilot. It does not establish a current recurring contract or the revenue attributed to that customer.

Why this helps: Your team can direct further diligence to the assumption that matters to the proposed deal.

This is an illustration, not a completed client assignment or a finding about a real organisation. The actual evidence determines the result.

What Aperture can test

Keep the first scope narrow enough to answer the real decision question.

Seller and target claims

Ownership and principals

Operating history

Typical evidence scope

Seller and target claims
Ownership and principals
Operating history
Public-source contradictions
Focused evidence memo

Professional boundary

Aperture supplies the evidence layer. The professional decision remains where it belongs.

Aperture complements, rather than replaces, legal, accounting, tax and investment advisers.

Every matter remains subject to fit, lawful-use, jurisdiction, conflict, capacity and confidentiality controls before acceptance.

Useful next routes

Go deeper only where it helps the decision.

Send one narrowly defined factual proposition. Start with the smallest responsible evidence scope.

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