Platform · Due diligence
Request lists, a data room and questions in one place, with a record of who did what.
Send diligence requests, collect documents in a virtual data room and answer questions without chasing email threads. Every upload, view and answer is logged, so both sides know where things stand.
The problem
Diligence slips in the follow up
The first request list is easy to send. The trouble starts a week later. The seller's accountant uploads GST returns to one shared drive, the plant manager emails photos of fixed asset registers, the lawyer asks the same question about a lease twice, and nobody can say which of the 150 requests are still open. Sellers feel they have answered everything. Buyers feel they have received nothing. Both are partly right, and the deal timetable slips while people compare spreadsheets.
What it gives you
Inside due diligence, feature by feature.
Diligence request tracking
Each request has an owner, a due date and a status, across internal teams and external advisers such as the buyer's CA firm and lawyers.
Virtual data room
Folders for financial, legal, operational and technical documents, with versions kept when a document is replaced.
Questions and answers
Questions are raised against a request or document, routed to the right person on the other side, and closed only when answered.
Role based access
Decide who sees which folders. The buyer's tax adviser can see tax files without seeing employee contracts.
Audit trail
A record of who uploaded, opened and answered what, and when. Useful when someone later says a document was never shared.
Workflow automation and Excel import
Import a request list from Excel, and set conditional triggers, for example a reminder to the owner when a request passes its due date.
How it works
A typical run through due diligence
- Step 1Agree the request listStart from a checklist in Playbooks and templates or import your own from Excel. Trim it to what matters for this deal and this sector.
- Step 2Assign owners on both sidesEach request gets an owner on the seller's side and a reviewer on the buyer's side, with a due date.
- Step 3Collect documents in the data roomThe seller uploads into the agreed folders. Access is set per folder, so each adviser sees only what they need.
- Step 4Raise and close questionsReviewers raise questions against documents. Answers are logged against the question, so nothing is answered twice.
- Step 5Report open itemsBefore each weekly call, pull a list of open and overdue requests by owner.
In motion
The data room fills while questions get answered
Documents land in the folder for their area, and each open question in the log gets an owner, an answer and a link to the file behind it.
An example
A Gujarat packaging maker buying a Maharashtra competitor
A corrugated packaging company in Gujarat agrees terms to buy a smaller competitor near Nashik. The buyer's team, its CA firm and its lawyer share one request list of about 150 items across finance, tax, legal, plant and HR. The seller's finance head uploads three years of audited accounts and GST returns, the plant manager adds machine lists and pollution control consents, and the lawyer reviews the factory lease. When the lawyer asks whether the lease can be assigned on a change of control, the question goes to the seller's company secretary and the answer is logged against the lease. Each Friday both sides see the same open list. The decision on price adjustments and indemnities stays with the buyer and its advisers.
Illustrative example. Screens and data are samples.
Q&A: Factory lease, Nashik
Buyer's counsel: Does the lease need the landlord's consent on a change in shareholding?
Question routed to the seller's company secretary. Due 14 Oct 2026.
Company secretary: Yes, clause 14 needs written consent. Draft consent letter uploaded to Legal / Leases.
Answer logged. Question marked answered by buyer's counsel on 09 Oct 2026.
Questions
About due diligence
Can the seller's advisers and our advisers work in the same data room?
Yes. Each person gets a role and folder access suited to their part of the work, and the audit trail shows what each of them opened.
Diligence documents include employee records. Is that a problem?
It needs care. Personal data in employee and customer files falls under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Share only what the review needs, restrict those folders, and confirm the approach with your lawyer.
Does Synerger write the diligence report?
No. The platform tracks requests, documents and answers. Findings and the report are written by your advisers, or by our advisory team if you engage us.
For this stage
Free tools and templates that go with it
Free tools · 2
- Tool · 3 minDiligence checklist builderPick your deal type and the areas you care about, and get a starting request list you can copy, download or email.
- Tool · 3 minDeal timeline plannerPick your deal type, how ready you are and a start date, and see a dated plan of the eight stages from first call to Day 100.
From the templates library · 3
Further reading
Related platform parts and guides
- PlatformDeal pipelineEvery target, mandate and investor conversation on one board, with an owner.
- PlatformSecurity and accessDecide who sees each deal and folder, and see who opened what.
- GuideWhat a due diligence request list containsA buyer's first diligence list can run to several hundred lines. Each section tests a specific risk, and a seller who knows which one can organise the answers with its advisers far more easily.
Ways to start
Use due diligence with an adviser, or with your own team
Work with an adviser
A confidential first call with the Code Colonies consulting team. We agree a written scope, then run the mandate in a Synerger workspace you can open at any time.
Use the platform with your own team
For deal teams, funds and advisory firms running their own mandates. Request access, or log in if your team already has an account.
Next step
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