Forensic initial due diligence for venture capital
The deals your analysts miss aren't bad deals. They're buried ones.
Platonor runs adversarial forensic screening on every inbound pitch deck. It surfaces omitted competitors, unverified IP claims, and structural red flags in under 5 minutes.
Your analysts bring the judgment. Platonor brings the evidence they don't have time to find.
- CriticalCompetitor omissionCompetitor A ($20M Series A) absent from competitive landscape
- WarningPatent claimElectroadhesion filing unverifiable in EPO register
- WarningPilot LOICustomer A engagement unverified in available sources
- PassedFounder credentialsLabs A · Confirmed
Your fund reviews 500 decks a year. 400 are immediate passes. Fair enough.
per year
Fair enough.
at 4–8 analyst hours each
before a single partner meeting
But the 60–75 that make it to initial diligence? Each one takes 4–8 hours of analyst time. That is 300–500 hours per year on competitive research, market sizing, and patent checks, all before a single partner meeting.
Platonor's engine runs the forensic screen in under 5 minutes. Your analyst spends 25 minutes reviewing the output. You compress an 8-hour blind guess into a 30-minute surgical strike. Per deal. Every deal.
Two analysts. Same deck.
Different outcomes.
That gap is not about speed. It's about what you know walking into the room.
- Research
- Hours of Google, Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Finding
- Misses Competitor A ($20M Series A) the founder didn't mention
- The call
- Arrives with generic market questions
- Outcome
- No adversarial edge
- Research
- 5-minute algorithmic scan. 25-minute analyst review.
- Finding
- Competitor A ($20M Series A) surfaced with full funding history
- The call
- Founder called out on the omission in the first 5 minutes
- Outcome
- Deal assessed with surgical precision
Your analysts stop being manual data extractors. They start being what you hired them for.
Standard AI summarizes pitch decks. Platonor stress-tests them.
- INDeck, model, data room
- CROSS-REFERENCELive web, EPO, funding databases
- STRESS-TESTStage-calibrated rubric
- IC brief in under 5 min
Competitor omission detection
Cross-references claimed competitive landscape against live funding databases. Flags what the founder didn't include.
IP verification
Real-time EPO register lookup. Distinguishes granted from pending from withdrawn. No more "we have a patent" going unverified.
Market sizing audit
Bottom-up recalculation using actual unit economics. Flags the delta between founder TAM and structural reality.
Document cross-referencing
Maps numerical contradictions across deck, financial model, and data room. Runway claims vs. headcount math.
Stage-calibrated scoring
Pre-seed heuristics vs. Series A structural expectations. The rubric adjusts to what you should actually expect at each stage.
Founder gap analysis
Identifies missing commercial, technical, or operational leadership. Generates adversarial interview questions specific to the deal.
Not a summary.
An evidence-backed IC brief your analyst walks into the partner meeting with.
Every screen produces more than red flags.
- Forensic red-flag report01
- Weighted deal score02
- Evidence-backed IC brief03
- Founder interview cheat sheet04
- Firm mandate triggers05
- Full source audit trail06
Your deal flow contains non-public information.
That data deserves better than a US-headquartered hyperscaler. This is not just a compliance checkbox. It's the architecture.
AES-256-GCM application-layer encryption
Data is encrypted before it reaches the database. The database stores ciphertext only. Your deal flow is structurally invisible at rest.
Per-fund key isolation
Each fund operates under an isolated encryption key. No co-mingling, no cross-tenant reads. Your data exists in a vault that no other fund can access. That isolation is architectural, not policy.
Ephemeral AI processing
Models are never trained on your proprietary deal flow. Documents enter, forensic reports exit, nothing persists beyond your control. Standard enterprise AI terms apply and are contractually enforced.
Swiss jurisdiction
Geneva-based. GDPR and FADP compliant. Privacy by Design is an architectural constraint, not a compliance checkbox.
The diligence record doesn't die in a folder when you wire the check.
Portfolio monitoring, not fund administration. One platform from first screening to quarterly board review.
- Screen5-minute forensic scan, 25-minute analyst review.
- InvestMark a deal Invested. Initial metrics pre-fill from diligence; the screening brief seeds the portfolio summary.
- CollectBoard packs upload via secure founder portal. AI extracts runway and KPIs; your associate verifies in minutes.
- MonitorRunway, cap table, quarterly collection, all linked to your original diligence record.
Judge Platonor on your own deal flow.
Every deployment starts with a pilot run alongside your investment team, so your decision rests on real deals and real results, not a demo.
- 01Kick-off
Intro call
We start with an intro call with your investment team to walk through Platonor and agree how the pilot will run.
- 02~6 weeks on average
The pilot
Your team runs Platonor in its daily startup analysis and initial due diligence, on live deal flow.
- 03No lock-in
Your decision
Continue with Platonor, or walk away clean: request permanent deletion of your account at the end of the pilot.
Your team
- Uses the platform and engine every day to screen inbound startups
- Runs initial due diligence on live deals
- Tells us what works and what doesn’t
Platonor
- Secures your data under your fund’s own isolated encryption key
- Collects your team’s feedback throughout the pilot
- Ships fixes and improvements as fast as possible
No lock-in. If you don't proceed, ask us to permanently delete your account at the end of the pilot; deletion requests are executed within 24 hours.
What is Platonor?
Platonor is a forensic initial due diligence platform for venture capital funds. It runs adversarial screening on every inbound pitch deck and surfaces omitted competitors, unverified IP claims, and structural red flags in under 5 minutes. Your analysts bring the judgment; Platonor brings the evidence they don’t have time to find.
How long does a Platonor screen take?
The forensic scan runs in under 5 minutes. Your analyst then spends about 25 minutes reviewing the output, compressing 4–8 hours of manual initial diligence into roughly 30 minutes per deal.
What does Platonor check in a pitch deck?
Six things: competitor omissions against live funding databases, IP claims against the EPO register, market sizing via a bottom-up recalculation, numerical contradictions across the deck, financial model and data room, stage-calibrated scoring from pre-seed to Series A expectations, and gaps in the founding team.
How does Platonor verify patent claims?
Through a real-time lookup in the European Patent Office (EPO) register. Platonor distinguishes granted from pending from withdrawn filings, so a “we have a patent” claim doesn’t go unverified.
What does each screen produce?
A forensic red-flag report, a weighted deal score, an evidence-backed IC brief, a founder interview cheat sheet, firm mandate triggers, and a full source audit trail.
Does Platonor replace analysts or make investment decisions?
No. Platonor provides initial due diligence assistance; it does not provide investment advice. Your analysts review every output, and all investment decisions remain with your team.
How is our deal flow data protected?
Data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM at the application layer before it reaches the database, which stores ciphertext only. Each fund operates under its own isolated encryption key, with no cross-tenant reads. Platonor is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is GDPR and FADP compliant.
Is our data used to train AI models?
No. Models are never trained on your proprietary deal flow. Documents enter, forensic reports exit, and nothing persists beyond your control. Deletion requests are executed within 24 hours.
How does the pilot work?
It starts with an intro call with your investment team. During the pilot, which runs about 6 weeks on average, your team uses Platonor in its daily startup analysis and initial due diligence on live deal flow. Platonor secures your data, collects your team’s feedback, and ships fixes and improvements as fast as possible. Pilot access is allocated to qualified investment teams on a rolling basis.
What happens to our data if we don’t continue after the pilot?
At the end of the pilot you have the full right to request permanent deletion of your account. Deletion requests are executed within 24 hours. During the pilot, your data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM under your fund’s own isolated key.
Who is Platonor for, and how do we apply?
Institutional investment teams processing 100+ deals a year. Platonor is not self-serve: email support@platonor.com with your fund name, annual deal volume and website to apply for deployment.
Does Platonor help after we invest?
Yes. Mark a deal Invested and initial metrics pre-fill from diligence. Board packs upload through a secure founder portal, runway and KPIs are extracted for your associate to verify, and everything stays linked to the original diligence record.
The fund that caught that unicorn had the same deal flow you did. Their team just saw what yours missed.
Platonor is not self-serve.
Pilot access is allocated to qualified investment teams on a rolling basis.
Pilots start with an intro call and run about 6 weeks on average, inside your team's daily screening and initial due diligence. How the pilot works
Upload a deck from your active deal flow. Platonor returns a full forensic scan: competitor audit, market sizing, founder gaps, weighted score, in 5 minutes.
If we don't surface something your analysts missed, we'll say so.