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VC Pitch Deck Due Diligence Checklist: 35 Critical Verification Points

Before an Investment Committee signs a term sheet, every slide in your deck undergoes forensic scrutiny. Use this 35-point checklist to stress-test your pitch materials.

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Annual Recurring Revenue ($)

Monthly Net Cash Burn ($)

Current Cash in Bank ($)

Round Stage

Burn Multiple

Estimated Cash Runway

SVI v2 Health Score

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Critical Due Diligence Checkpoints

Every slide must satisfy these institutional verification thresholds to pass Investment Committee scrutiny:

TAM / SAM / SOM Derivation

Bottom-Up Proven

Bottom-up market sizing showing average contract value multiplied by verifiable reachable accounts.

Cohort Retention (Net Dollar Retention)

> 110% NDR

Enterprise SaaS must demonstrate > 105% NDR; consumer products require stabilized month-6 retention.

Freedom to Operate & IP Assignment

100% Executed

All founders, employees, and contractors must have executed comprehensive IP assignment agreements.

Cash Runway Runway Runway

>= 24 Months

Post-round cash runway must support at least 24 months of operation under conservative macro conditions.

Frequently Asked Due Diligence Questions

What should be included in a pitch deck due diligence checklist?

A complete checklist covers financial verification (QoE, burn multiple, NDR), corporate governance (cap table, founder vesting), IP ownership, and customer contract verification.

How does EstiloFlow automate the due diligence checklist?

Vantage extracts data points using multimodal vision OCR and routes them across 35 forensic verification nodes, highlighting discrepancies against market ground truth.