OSINT for Due Diligence & M&A
Counterparty screening at the speed of an API call. Surface UBOs, sanctions, breach exposure, and reputational risk in minutes — not weeks.
Overview
Due-diligence work — pre-deal M&A, vendor onboarding, partner-screening — has historically meant slow lawyer-driven workflows: weeks of LexisNexis searches, paid corporate-records subscriptions, manual sanctions-list checks. Skopio compresses the OSINT-discoverable surface into seconds: business records, UBO data, sanctions across major lists, reputational signals from news and forums, and breach exposure of key principals.
Skopio is API-first and built for both ad-hoc deal screening and high-volume vendor onboarding. Findings are source-cited and exportable for compliance memos. Use it standalone, as a layer above traditional vendors (Refinitiv, Dun & Bradstreet), or both.
4 concrete due diligence & m&a workflows
Real scenarios, real outcomes.
Pre-LOI counterparty screening
Strategic acquisition target — need preliminary risk read in 48 hours, before NDA-protected deeper data.
Skopio surfaces 2 sanctions-list hits on minority shareholders, 1 active litigation in target jurisdiction, founder's prior LLC dissolved after $3M default judgment. LOI re-priced; deal proceeds with risk-adjusted terms.
UBO-chain discovery
Counterparty is a Cayman entity; need to identify ultimate beneficial owners to AMLD6 standard.
Skopio business-records cross-checks across 4 corporate registries, identifies 3 intermediate holding companies, surfaces 2 individual UBOs (one previously undisclosed). Compliance memo references 5 source URLs.
Sanctions across major lists
Onboarding new commercial supplier with operations in 6 countries.
Skopio runs entity + 4 directors against OFAC, EU, UK HMT, UN, Canadian, Australian sanctions. Returns clean. Compliance log timestamps the screening + retains 7 years for audit.
Reputational-risk scan
PE firm considering investment in consumer-brand startup; founder has thin LinkedIn.
Skopio surfaces founder's prior founder pseudonyms, dissolved company with consumer-protection action, related forum posts criticizing prior product. Discovery brief delivered to PE partners pre-IC.
Most useful Skopio categories
For due diligence & m&a workflows.
Skopio supports CDD/EDD workflows under AMLD6 (EU), MLR 2017 (UK), BSA (US). Outputs are source-cited for audit. Skopio is not a credit-reporting agency; in jurisdictions where adverse decisions trigger formal-process requirements (FCRA in US for consumer reports), Skopio findings should be paired with appropriate verification.
Frequently asked questions
How does Skopio compare to Refinitiv World-Check or LexisNexis Bridger?+
Skopio is complementary. Traditional vendors excel at curated PEP lists and structured corporate data. Skopio adds breach-exposure, social-presence verification, and broader open-source signals — at significantly lower per-query cost.
Can we use Skopio for GDPR-compliant EU due diligence?+
Yes. Skopio is GDPR-aligned, sources public information and disclosed breach corpora. For EU CDD, the legal basis is typically AMLD6 obligations (legal-obligation grounds under GDPR Art. 6.1.c).
Pricing for high-volume vendor onboarding?+
Enterprise plan starts at 100K queries/mo with batch upload (10K rows per batch) and API rate limits suitable for onboarding pipelines. Custom pricing on request.
Do you offer scheduled re-screening?+
Yes — automated re-screening at configurable cadence (daily, weekly, monthly). Webhook alerts on new findings.
Can Skopio findings be used in litigation discovery?+
Findings are public information with source citations. They're admissible context, not primary evidence. Pair with subpoena-driven discovery for primary evidence.
Skopio pour due diligence & m&a
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