Case study · From the Pluris libraryReceipt no. 6902
What sucked
Two early-stage investment funds, one private equity and one venture capital, were seeing deal flow grow faster than their analysts could keep up.
Each first-pass diligence review took 40 to 60 analyst hours: reading the data room, researching the company and writing up a view against the fund's criteria. With small teams, every extra hour of diligence meant a deal that never got a proper look.
What they built
Portfolio Leverage built DueDrill for two early-stage funds: a multi-model AI platform that scores a target across 16 categories and 214 fields against the fund's own rubric and produces an IC-ready memo for analysts to refine.
What changed
40-60 hrs → <4
Analyst hours per first-pass diligence, averaged across both funds.
3x
Deal-evaluation capacity with no added headcount.
16 categories, 214 fields
Scored against each fund's own weighted rubric in every review.
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