From the course: Audit and Due Diligence Foundations
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DD beyond M&A
From the course: Audit and Due Diligence Foundations
DD beyond M&A
- To be diligent means to take care in doing one's work, and that's what due diligence is, taking care in analyzing parts of a company. While most people think of due diligence as a core part of mergers and acquisitions, of M&A, due diligence can be done for a number of other reasons. Checking the facts and assessing a business and its future potential makes due diligence useful for investors and buyers in any type of business. So who are some of the players that will perform a due diligence project and why? Well, first, there are people with cash to invest. These could be corporate investors, angel investors, venture capitalists, and private equity shops. In each of these cases, the parties performing the due diligence project are probably looking at writing a hefty check to invest in a business and help it grow or to acquire it outright. But before you get ready to jump out of a plane, you need to make sure you have a…
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