Evaluation memory architecture.
A short orientation to the structural elements that distinguish DiligencePilot from a checklist or a prompt library: the criteria anatomy, the nine scoring blocks, the five-section library structure and the discipline-engineering that produced them.
Every criterion has a standard structure.
- Criterion number and name — a stable identifier inside the library.
- Applicability tag — ALL, context-specific or profile-specific.
- Deal-breaker status — YES or NO; deal-breaker criteria can independently turn an investment decision negative.
- Test question — the concrete question asked of the file.
- Evidence to look for — what would constitute a credible answer.
- Evidence tier tag — claim / document / external verification (per the Evidence Ladder).
200 criteria each; ten modules per section.
Foundational readings
Founder, product, market, customer, revenue, unit economics, sales channels, production, data and financial health.
Cap table & deep-review
Valuation, campaign demand, anchor, and deep-review layers (product, production, financial model, GTM, feasibility).
Second-pass controls
Equity structure, management, campaign psychology, customer/market/price validation, institutional fit, exit, portfolio fit.
Operational & integrity
Supply, certification, IP, false-traction detection, delivery benchmarks, growth feasibility, profitability bridge, statement depth.
Final gates
Investor psychology and final-gate controls — equity, valuation, demand, PR, management, resilience, competitor response, exit, committee quality.
Decision domains, not a single rubric.
Module scores roll up via context-specific weights into nine decision domains. The final score reads across nine dimensions rather than one.
Market & Competition
Investor relevance, market sizing, competitive positioning.
Product & Technology
Product maturity, technical readiness, IP and defensibility.
Revenue & Unit Economics
Revenue model, pricing, unit economics and traction reality.
Financial Health
Financial discipline, reporting, projection and runway.
Operations & Delivery
GTM, production, sales channels, supply, resilience.
Team & Governance
Founder quality, management, execution discipline, committee quality.
Valuation & Cap Table
Valuation fairness, dilution, equity structure, exit scenarios.
Context-Specific Core
The dominant question of the context (campaign, M&A fit, IPO readiness).
Public Footprint & Risk
External signal quality, PR risk, false-traction detection, expert gate.