Due-Diligence for Business Brokers

Every broker has a deal they almost took.
The one with the lawsuit they found too late.

FoundFact checks things you don't have time to check. A 3-page cited brief: business registration, owner background, litigation flags. Delivered in 24 hours, before you commit to anything.

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Mandate Qualification Lens

High-level due diligence snapshot to assess mandate quality & risk

Target Sample Co, LLC
Sector · State Industrial · TX
Scale $12M · 35 FTE
Entity legitimacy
✓ Clear
Active entity in good standing (SOS)
Ownership clarity
✓ Clear
Single 100% owner identified
Financial signals
⚠ Review
Declining margin trend (2 yrs public data)
IRS tax liens
✓ Clear
No federal or state tax liens found
Litigation (co.)
! High
Active PACER contract dispute ($380k)
Litigation (owner)
⚠ Review
1 resolved county judgment (2021)
Bankruptcy history
✓ Clear
No bankruptcy filings on record
Reputation & BBB
✓ Clear
4.4★ avg rating; 0 unresolved complaints
Every finding cited with clickable PACER, SOS & registry source links

The problem

You already know this feeling.

A seller calls. You Google them. You check LinkedIn. You scan their reviews. An hour later you still aren't sure. Most of them don't close. That time is gone.

80%

of leads go nowhere

Most broker time is spent qualifying sellers and buyers who won't close. There's no fast way to find that out without first doing the work.

1–2h

wasted per intake

Manually checking Google, LinkedIn, Yelp, SOS registries, and news takes over an hour per target. At 5–15 intakes a month, that adds up fast.

Post-LOI

is too late for skeletons

Lawsuits, liens, and red flags found after you've committed to exclusivity don't just kill deals. They damage the client relationship too.

Three stacked FoundFact dossier briefs — Mandate Qualification, Buyer Risk, and Succession Readiness

The solution

A cited brief on any target — in 24 hours.

Send us a name and company. We return a structured 3-page brief with every finding linked to its original source. Read it, share it with a client, or file it for the record.

  • Not AI fluff. Every claim has a clickable source. No hallucinations. No guesses.
  • US public records only. State SOS, PACER federal courts, BBB, news, and review platforms.
  • Show it to anyone. Client-presentable. Clean format. Every source clickable.
  • The math is easy. At 10% on a $500K deal, a $99 dossier is 0.19% of one commission.
Your first dossier is free — no credit card required. See a real cited sample, then submit your first lead. Pay only when you're convinced.

Three research lenses

The right brief for every stage of a deal.

When you submit a request, you choose one lens. Each is built around a specific question you need answered at that stage.

Lens 1

Mandate Qualification

For seller intake. Is the business real, the owner credible, and the deal clean enough to pursue?

  • Business legal standing & state registration
  • Owner background, prior entities & litigation
  • IRS tax liens & state tax delinquency flags
  • Active lawsuits, PACER cases & judgments
  • Customer reputation trend (Google, Yelp, BBB)
  • News, media & adverse regulatory mentions
Lens 2

Buyer Risk

For buyer qualification. Is this buyer real, funded, and safe to access confidential information?

  • Prior acquisition history & business track record
  • Financial credibility & verified funding capacity
  • Bankruptcy & insolvency filings via PACER
  • Litigation exposure & past defendant judgments
  • Current corporate roles, affiliations & ownership
  • Competitor risk & conflicting business interest flags
Lens 3 Coming Soon

Succession Readiness

For pre-LOI and cross-border deals. Is this business transferable, and what succession risks will block or delay the deal?

  • Ownership structure & key-person dependency
  • Financial trend signals from public filings
  • Pending litigation & regulatory enforcement
  • UCC filings, encumbrances & asset liens
  • EU registry cross-checks for CEE-linked deals
  • Transfer readiness scorecard & closing risks

Why brokers trust it

Not AI fluff. Every claim has a source.

FoundFact doesn’t generate summaries. It pulls facts from public records and links every finding to the original source. If we can’t verify it, we don’t include it.

PACER federal & county court records State SOS corporate registries BBB complaint databases Published news & review platforms

Pricing

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One commission covers months of dossiers. Your first one is free — no strings attached.

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$99

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  • Choose Mandate, Buyer, or Succession lens
  • 3-page cited PDF in 24 hours
  • Clickable source for every finding
  • Client-presentable format
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  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom lens configuration available

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