Question 1

What is due diligence readiness?

Accepted Answer

Due diligence readiness means your financials, tax position, and supporting documents are organized and defensible before investors or acquirers start reviewing them. Instead of scrambling once a data room request lands, your books, cap table, contracts, and tax records are already investor-grade. Figures keeps small businesses and startups diligence-ready year-round with a dedicated CFO and finance team for a flat $999 per month.

Question 2

What does financial due diligence involve for a startup?

Accepted Answer

Financial due diligence is the investor or acquirer's deep review of your numbers — revenue quality, margins, burn, cash flow, accounting policies, tax exposure, and the reliability of your financial statements. The cleaner and better-documented your books are going in, the faster diligence closes and the less it erodes your valuation. Figures prepares and maintains those materials so you walk into diligence ready, not reactive.

Question 3

How much does due diligence support cost?

Accepted Answer

Transaction advisory and quality-of-earnings firms typically charge $30,000–$75,000+ per engagement, billed per deal. Figures takes a different approach: a flat $999 per month for an ongoing CFO-led finance team that keeps you diligence-ready continuously — bookkeeping, monthly close, real-time tax planning, and data-room prep — with no hourly billing and no per-deal surprise fees.

Question 4

Should I hire a team to manage my investor due diligence?

Accepted Answer

If you're raising or selling and your books aren't already investor-ready, yes — a dedicated team prevents the last-minute scramble that delays rounds and spooks investors. Figures becomes that team: we own your financial data room, build investor-grade statements, plan tax in advance, and sit on diligence calls so founders can stay focused on closing instead of reconstructing spreadsheets.

Question 5

How is Figures different from a Big-4 or quality-of-earnings firm?

Accepted Answer

Big-4 and QoE firms are usually engaged per deal, on the buy-side, and bill tens of thousands for a one-time report. Figures is your ongoing, sell-side finance team: we keep your books, tax, and diligence materials ready every month so you're never starting from zero when a term sheet appears — with in-house IRS-authorized EAs and CPAs, for a flat $999 per month.

Question 6

How fast can you get us due diligence ready?

Accepted Answer

Onboarding takes about two weeks. We clean up your books, build investor-grade financials, organize your data room, and assign your dedicated CFO and finance team — then keep everything diligence-ready month over month so you're prepared whenever a round or sale comes up.

What you get	FiguresYour DD-ready finance team	DIY scrambleFounder + spreadsheets	Big-4 / QoE firmPer-deal engagement
Cost	$999 flat / month	Your nights & weekends	$30K–$75K per deal
Books kept investor-ready year-round	✓	—	—
Clean financials & data room prepared	✓	—	✓
Real-time tax planning before the round	✓	—	—
In-house EAs & CPAs (IRS authorized)	✓	—	✓
On your investor & diligence calls	✓	—	—
Ready before diligence starts, not during	✓	—	—
Time to get diligence-ready	Already ready	Weeks of scramble	3–6 weeks per deal
Ongoing commitment	Flat monthly — cancel anytime	None	Per-deal fees

Be ready for
investor due diligence.
Books, data room & tax —
before the term sheet.

Investor-ready books,
before the data room opens.

One price. Your CFO and finance team, included.

Up and running in two weeks. Supported all year.

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Be ready for investor due diligence. Books, data room & tax — before the term sheet.