Capital & Deals
Engines · M&A screening and AI due diligence
Deal
For M&A screening and due diligence. DealEngine is designed to read a data room, find the issues that should slow a deal down, and cite each one to the document and page it came from.
What it does
What Deal
DealEngine is strategy1's engine for M&A screening and AI due diligence. AI agents build the target universe and synergy models and read a data room with read-only access, citing each red flag to its document, page and passage. A lawyer or CA Domain Fellow confirms every flag. You receive a red-flag due diligence memo and a confirmatory-DD task list.
strategy1 methods it applies
- Target screening
- Synergy model
- Red-flag scan of documents
- NPV / IRR
Each deliverable names the method it used.
- 01Target universe
- 02Synergy models
- 03Red-flag scan of documents
What goes in, what you receive
2 deliverables, one decision.
Every input is recorded with its source. Every plan ships with its red-team report.
What goes in
- 01Read-only access to your virtual data room under NDA and clean-team rules
- 02Company filings (MCA21)
- 03Licensed company and deal databases
- 04Court and regulatory records
Engine
DealEngine
- Strategist pod
- AI agents
- Calculation code we test ourselves
- Red team
Working from your Strategy Twin
What you get
- 0172-hour red-flag DD memo
- 02Confirmatory-DD task list
How the engine runs
Six stages. Three points where a person signs.
Every run follows the S1 Method. Humans hold the gates; AI does the heavy lifting between them.
Stage 01 of 06
Sense
- AI does
- Reads your documents and systems, and public market, competitor and regulatory data.
- People do
- A Forward Deployed Strategist frames the decision and the success metric with you.
- Output
- Problem brief and data inventory.
- Indicative time
- Hours
Times are indicative for a single Engine Sprint.
The agent team inside DealEngine
What each agent can and cannot do- 01Orchestrator
- 02Research
- 03Data & ontology
- 04Modelling & finance
- 05Domain specialist
- 06Red team
- 07Narrative
- 08Governance & audit
Controls
The rules this engine works under.
- 01Every red flag cites document, page and passage.
- 02A lawyer or CA Domain Fellow confirms every red flag before the memo goes out.
- 03Data-room access is read-only.
Strategy types served
1 strategy type delivered through DealEngine.
DealEngine is the engine behind AI due diligence. Each strategy page sets out the decision, what you receive and when that strategy fails.
Industries
Where Deal
The method stays the same; the model of your world changes.
Proof
Compression you can measure.
No case is published yet. A case goes live only with the client's written permission, and will show its baseline document, its artefacts and what happened next.
Questions
About Deal
What does DealEngine deliver?
DealEngine delivers: 72-hour red-flag DD memo and confirmatory-DD task list. Every input is recorded with its source in the evidence ledger, and every plan ships with its red-team report. Each deliverable names the method it used, such as target screening or synergy model.
Which strategy types does DealEngine cover?
DealEngine delivers 1 of strategy1's 26 strategy types: M&A screening & AI due diligence. It applies across Healthcare & wellness, Manufacturing, BFSI and Consumer. The method stays the same in each sector; the model of your world changes. Each strategy page sets out the decision, what you receive and when that strategy fails.
Who signs DealEngine's conclusions?
A lawyer or CA Domain Fellow confirms every red flag before the memo goes out. Every DealEngine run follows the S1 Method: the Strategy Council and a Domain Fellow sign the decision memo, and your named owner accepts each action before anything reaches your systems. Domain Fellows are chartered engineers, CAs, lawyers and sector veterans who sign the parts that carry professional liability.
How do I start with DealEngine?
Start with the free Strategy Readiness Scan, which takes 30–60 minutes and suggests an entry engine. The 72-Hour Strategy Bootcamp works one real problem to a working strategy in 3–5 days for a fixed fee. An Engine Sprint runs DealEngine at full depth in 1–3 weeks for a fixed fee, with your Bootcamp fee credited.
How does DealEngine keep AI due diligence reliable?
Every red flag DealEngine raises cites the document, page and passage it came from, so a reviewer can check it at the source. A lawyer or CA Domain Fellow confirms every red flag before the memo goes out. Access to your virtual data room is read-only and runs under NDA and clean-team rules, alongside company filings, licensed deal databases and court and regulatory records.
How we work
The rules every engine follows.
- 01
Every number traceable.
Each figure links to its source, date and confidence grade (A, B or C).
- 02
Every plan red-teamed.
Each strategy ships with its strongest counter-arguments and the conditions under which it fails.
- 03
Signed where it matters.
Domain Fellows, who are chartered engineers, CAs, lawyers and sector veterans, sign the parts that carry professional liability.
- 04
Nothing written without approval.
No decision reaches your systems until your named owner accepts it.
Bring one real decision.Leave with a signed plan.
A 72-Hour Bootcamp takes one problem your team would scope in weeks and works it to a decision memo your leadership signs. Fixed scope, fixed fee.