From data roomto investment committee.

Pastel ingests the VDR, builds the deal ontology, and produces a brief your committee can defend. In 48 hours.

VDR · 4,612 docs
MSA_NorthStar.pdf
Cap_Table_v7.xlsx
QoE_Pack_FY25.pdf
Board_Deck_Q3.pptx
AR_aging_export.csv
Investment brief · ready
48h
17 material findings
  • CPI uplifts un-applied · $14.6M EV impact
  • Customer concentration · top 3 = 38% ARR
  • CoC clauses triggered in 14 of 312 MSAs

From VDR to committee brief. In four moves.

Three lenses on the deal. One brief.

Pastel categorises every material finding across the three angles your committee asks about.

Financial
Earnings quality, NWC manipulation, revenue recognition.
3 findings
high

Revenue leakage from un-applied CPI escalators

18 of 312 active MSAs carry a 5% mandated annual uplift, renewed at flat invoiced rates over the trailing 24 months. NRR overstated by ~3.1pts.

$1.24M ARR · $14.6M EV impact
high

Setup fees recognised at invoice, not deferred

$680K of one-time implementation fees recognised immediately upon billing across 41 enterprise deals. EBITDA overstated 14.2%.

Restate: -$1.88M EBITDA
medium

DSO compressed sharply pre-LOI

DSO dropped from 58 to 45 days across Q3-Q4 while DPO expanded from 32 to 47. Pattern suggests collection and payment timing engineered to inflate cash at close.

NWC peg revised +$1.7M

Every metric. Live from hour one.

EBITDA bridge, customer concentration, working capital, covenant headroom. The diligence dashboard updates as new documents land in the room.

  • Adjusted from reported, traceable to journals
  • Concentration thresholds checked against the LOI
  • Working capital trends versus the seller's peg
EBITDA bridge · reported to adjusted
FY2025 · $M
Reported
$14.2M
Adjusted
$11.6M
Adjustments
12

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