M&A diligence built for PE deal teams.
Most diligence tools were built for compliance, not deal velocity. Anvil runs at the speed of transactions. Pre-LOI screens in two days. IC-ready outputs structured for the artifacts you actually hand to the committee. The same workspace standardized across every deal in the portfolio.
Built around how PE deals actually move.
Generic diligence platforms assume unlimited time and analyst capacity. PE deals have neither. The platform that earns a seat on the deal team has to compress the timeline, produce artifacts the IC can actually use, and carry its own institutional memory from deal to deal.
What PE teams tell us is broken.
Three engagement modes. One platform.
Anvil adapts to where you are in the deal. Pre-LOI, signed deal, or post-close execution, the workspace and the data carry through each stage.
A focused sprint to surface deal-killers before you commit. Stack inventory, security posture snapshot, and vendor map delivered in a composite score your deal team can use in the bid, not after it.
The full deep-dive on signed deals. Control assessments, SBOM analysis, policy comparison, vendor risk, personnel mapping, and integration cost modeling. Everything reps and warranties will turn on, captured with audit trail and evidence citations.
The same workspace that ran diligence now drives the integration. Findings auto-organize into a 4-phase remediation roadmap. Vendor dispositions logged. Tool consolidation tracked. The diligence artifact becomes the playbook through Day 100 and beyond.
The artifacts that PE deal teams actually need.
Every output Anvil produces is structured for a specific use case in the deal lifecycle. Not a generic compliance deliverable.
Every tool the target runs. Categorized, vendor-mapped, and scored for overlap with your portfolio stack.
License consolidation opportunities, redundant tooling identified, headcount impact quantified. The numbers your operating partner needs to defend the IRR.
Every inherited third-party relationship. Criticality scored, spend estimated, disposition recommendations ready before Day 1.
AI-scored assessments mapped to the frameworks that matter, with full evidence citations and gap descriptions already drafted.
CVE coverage across every software component. License risk classification and vulnerability severity breakdown. The technical risk view that does not fit in a data room.
Composite scoring, weighted risk components, executive summary, and full findings detail. The artifact you hand to the committee, the GP, or the board.
Findings, vendor dispositions, and cost estimates auto-organized into a 4-phase post-close plan. Diligence becomes the integration playbook without a rebuild.
Active diligence and portfolio integration status across all deals in one view. Operating partners and central teams both see what they need.
How PE engagements work.
PE engagements are scoped per deal based on deal size, diligence depth, and timeline. Single-fund shops running a handful of deals per year and multi-platform sponsors running parallel diligence workstreams both fit. The platform scales with the way you deploy capital.
Pricing is scoped per engagement based on deal size, depth, and timeline. Get in touch for a quote.
Common questions.
For a pre-LOI screen, same business day. The workspace is configured, the framework loaded, and the first outputs can begin the moment data room access is granted. For confirmatory diligence, we scope and configure to match the timeline. We do not spend the first week building the environment.
Yes. Each deal runs in its own isolated workspace. Separate workspaces per deal, with a firm-level view across active diligence and portfolio integrations. Deal teams see only their deal. Operating partners and central functions see across the portfolio.
Yes. A minority investment still warrants understanding the technical risk and integration surface, particularly if the thesis includes a path to control. The pre-LOI screen and a lighter confirmatory scope are well-suited to situations where you need a read without the access that a control deal provides.
You do. The diligence workspace, all findings, all evidence, and all outputs belong to the deal team and the firm. Export anytime. Full data portability with no lock-in provisions. The audit trail stays intact for reps and warranties purposes.
Yes. The portco can continue using Anvil post-close for vendor risk management and ongoing security posture tracking. The same workspace that held the diligence findings becomes the operating environment for the security function. Nothing is rebuilt from scratch. That transition is a conversation, not a re-implementation.
Walk through it on a live deal.
A 30-minute call. Bring a target you are evaluating or a deal you just signed. We will show you the platform, the lifecycle, and what the AI surfaces. No slideware.
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