Leaders Roundtable: Preparing Startups for Investment & Exit from Day One
Due Diligence as a Growth Discipline: Preparing Startups for Investment & Exit from Day One
How founders can build investor confidence and accelerate deals in 2025
Turn due diligence from a painful hurdle into a strategic advantage.
Founders often see due diligence as a time-consuming, investor-driven hurdle. But seasoned CFO and serial entrepreneur Mark Bernstein (Gameplay plc, GeoCities $4.3B sale, 30+ acquisitions and exits) believes due diligence can, and should, become a growth discipline.
We’ll Explore
How to build investor confidence from day one.
The most common mistakes that stall or kill deals.
Practical steps to be exit-ready long before acquisition.
How investors evaluate “investment readiness” beyond the data room.
Where AI/tech can streamline transaction readiness.
Key Takeaways
Embed “exit-ready” practices early.
Spot (and avoid) the red flags that turn investors away.
Learn what best-in-class readiness looks like.
Tools for de-risking fundraising and scaling faster.
Who Should Join
Founders preparing for Seed, Series A, or growth rounds.
Investors seeking sharper visibility into startup readiness and deal-flow quality.
🔒 Limited seats. RSVP required. Our Leaders Roundtables are curated for high-impact, actionable discussions.
Speaker
Mark Bernstein – Co-founder, Diligentsia
Former CFO, co-founder, and executive with decades of experience across listed, VC-backed, and exited companies. Career highlights include:
Co-founding Gameplay plc, briefly valued at $1B.
Initiating the $4.3B sale of GeoCities Inc. to Yahoo.
Overseeing 30+ acquisitions, disposals, and fundraises globally.
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Sclr Labs in collaboration with Landmark