Now onboarding first clients

From Fragmented Data
to Deal Intelligence

AI-assisted workflows reconcile and structure fragmented financial data into QoE and transaction-ready analysis.

Built for lower middle-market transactions where speed, clarity, and cost discipline matter.

PDFs · Excel · Screenshots
Normalization & Reconciliation
QoE · NWC · Client Analysis

Workflow infrastructure currently being expanded with pilot clients.

Book a 20-min Call

Most lower middle-market diligence delays happen before analysis even begins. Deal teams lose weeks:

Rebuilding financials from raw accounting and billing exports
Reconciling inconsistent data sources
Tracing figures back to source documents
Normalizing messy accounting structures
QoE provider billing hours on data reconciliation, not insight

By the time the data is usable, deal timelines are already compressed, budget is partly consumed — and the risk of missing something material has increased.

Proprietary normalization workflows and AI-assisted reconciliation compress the data preparation layer: senior judgment is applied to QoE and financial analysis, not cleanup.

Raw Files
Structured Dataset
Reconciliation Layer
Deal Outputs
Stage 1 — Ingest

Raw Data In

We accept financial data in any format — no pre-cleaning required on your end.

PDF statements & financial reports
Excel exports from any accounting and billing system
Trial balances, GL detail, bank statements
Screenshots
Stage 2 — Normalize

Reconciliation & Structuring

Proprietary workflows reconcile and normalize data across sources — preserving traceability.

Cross-source reconciliation
Account normalization & mapping
Anomaly flagging
Structured, auditable dataset
Under Development
Stage 3 — Analyze

Transaction-ready Outputs

Senior-reviewed analysis built on clean inputs — delivered as IC-ready workbooks with clear findings.

Clean Monthly Financials
Quality of Earnings
Client & Revenue intelligence
Net Working Capital analysis

A full QoE delivered in days, at a fixed fee. Below what you'd pay a Big 4 firm. More rigorous than what most regional alternatives produce.

Core

Quality of Earnings

Normalized EBITDA, revenue quality, non-recurring items, and accounting irregularities — with a management team interview to understand what's really driving the numbers.

Usable Data

Data Normalization & Reconciliation

Fragmented source files reconciled into a structured, decision-ready dataset with full source traceability.

Output

Lender and IC Ready Deliverable

No 100-page decks. An Excel workbook and summary with QoE findings, key issues, and deal considerations — ready to present to your lender or investment committee.

Add-ons
Intelligence

Client & Revenue Analysis

Concentration risk, revenue stability vs. attrition, hidden customer dependencies. Structure raw billing files into usable revenue intelligence.

NWC

Net Working Capital

NWC peg and normalized level. Identifies working capital trends and normalizations that directly impact the purchase price mechanism.

Verification

Source-Level Testing

Client billings to contract reconciliation Cash to bank statements Revenue to AR Payroll to tax filings Audit workpaper review
Run-rate

Run-rate Considerations

Compensation, technology, and rent normalized under your ownership structure. Synergies and gaps that feed directly into your purchase price.

Wealth Management Intelligence Workflows

Deep-dive AUM and client analysis for Wealth Management and RIA add-on acquisitions. Improve book evaluation, deal structuring, and earnout design.

AUM Flows

AUM Rollforward & Flow Analysis

Organic vs. Inorganic Net flows, and client acquisition/attrition metrics by period. Separates organic growth from market appreciation — critical for defending AUM-based revenue projections at closing.

Key-Person Risk

Advisor Concentration & Departure Risk

Advisor-level AUM concentration, productivity flags, and departure scenario modeling. Quantifies the AUM at risk if a key advisor leaves — directly informs earnout design and retention structures.

Client Book

Client Retention & Concentration

Client-level AUM concentration, tenure cohort analysis, and retention patterns. Identifies top-client dependency and distinguishes sticky from transactional AUM — the quality layer beneath the headline number.

Run-Rate

Run-Rate Revenue Build

Current AUM × fee tier waterfall to a defensible run-rate revenue figure. Accounts for fee schedule breakpoints, blended rates, and AUM mix shifts — the foundation of any RIA valuation model.

Senior judgment should be applied to analysis, not reconciliation and data cleanup.

Data-first Approach

We reconcile and normalize data before analysis begins. No conclusions built on faulty assumptions. Every output is traceable to the source file.

AI-assisted Analysis

Internally developed workflows identify non-recurring items, normalize P&Ls, and accelerate QoE building — flagging irregularities and structuring outputs in a fraction of manual time.

Senior-led

Not just automation. Senior professionals validate every output, go deep on complex items, and take full ownership of the work product.

Fixed-fee Model

No hourly billing surprises. A flat retainer sized for lower middle-market deal economics — aligned incentives, no scope creep.

Accelerated Deal Cycles

Compress weeks of diligence into days. Move from LOI to Close faster and with more conviction than your competition.

Under development

Integrated Output

One platform with all Deal Intelligence in one place. Findings translate directly into modeling decisions, legal implications and deal term considerations — dynamically.

Designed for confidential financial diligence workflows.

Encrypted File Storage

All client files are encrypted at rest and in transit. No raw financial data is stored beyond the engagement lifecycle.

AWS-Native Infrastructure

Built on AWS with controlled access, structured auditability, and isolated environments per engagement.

No Model Training on Client Data

Client financial data is never used to train or fine-tune any AI model. Your deal information stays yours.

Engagement-level access controls and document audit trails under development.

Thomas Schmitt
Founder, diledge.ai
Former Transaction Advisory Director, PwC
Wharton MBA

10 years at PwC leading financial due diligence on M&A transactions.

Deal timelines weren't compressed by analysis — they were compressed by data preparation. Weeks lost reconciling exports, tracing balances, and normalizing messy trial balances before any real analysis could begin.

diledge.ai uses internally developed workflows to eliminate that layer, accelerate deal execution, and apply senior judgment where it actually matters: understanding the business, calling the adjustments, and telling you the truth about what you're buying.

Independent sponsors Raising deal-by-deal capital who need a credible QoE report for LPs and lenders — without spending $80k on a $15M deal.
Corporate development
teams
Handling multiple active processes with lean internal resources and no capacity for six-week diligence timelines.
Search funds and
ETA candidates
Running focused acquisition searches with defined criteria who need rapid, cost-efficient diligence on high-conviction targets.
Mid-market PE firms Evaluating deal flow at speed and needing a fast, reliable first read before committing to full diligence.

Discuss Your Deal

Currently onboarding a limited number of pilot engagements. If you have a deal in diligence or heading toward LOI, I'd like to hear about it.

Or email directly: thomas@diledge.ai