IV Consulting · Independent Deal Diligence

Read the deal before you write the check.

Independent, AI-powered due diligence for angel investors, syndicate leads, and family offices. Send the deal. Get a clear proceed, pass, or renegotiate verdict — with every red flag documented — in 48 hours.

Screen my deal — $1,000 → PAY, SEND THE DOCUMENTS, VERDICT IN 48 HOURS. QUESTIONS FIRST? LOUIS@LOUISTILLMAN.COM
The Problem

Everyone is pitching you. That's the problem.

When capital shows up, deals find you — and the deals that find new investors are not a random sample.

52%
of angel deals return less than the capital invested.
33%
of angels are first-time investors — evaluating alone.
$10K+
where boutique diligence firms start. Built for funds, not your check.
"I have the capital. I cannot tell the real deals from the scams, and I cannot afford to lose fifty grand learning the difference."

The institutions have diligence desks. You have a beautiful deck, a persuasive founder, and a closing date that's always this Friday. This is the desk you were missing.

How It Works

Forward the deal. Get the verdict.

01
Send everything

Deck, terms, financials, cap table — whatever the founder gave you. What they can't produce is a finding too.

02
The machine pass

An AI-powered methodology cross-checks every document and flags every inconsistency — the rigor of a $15K engagement, without the $15K.

03
The human read

Then judgment the machine can't supply: a clinically trained read on the people behind the deal, built over five units of clinical pastoral education and years of capital advisory.

04
Verdict in 48 hours

Risk scorecard, red flags with sources, the questions to demand in writing, and one clear call: proceed, pass, or renegotiate. With a recorded walkthrough.

Engagements

Three ways to work together

Deal Screen

$1,000 · one deal · 48 hours

The fast go/no-go read on the deal in front of you right now.

  • 8-dimension risk scorecard
  • Red flags, sourced to the document
  • The questions to get answered in writing
  • Proceed / pass / renegotiate verdict
  • Fee credits toward a full report

Diligence Partner

from $7,500 / month

Your outsourced diligence desk. Every deal in your flow gets read before you wire — plus portfolio strategy and sourcing input on tap.

  • All deal flow screened, standing 48-hour SLA
  • Quarterly portfolio risk review
  • Direct line, first call on any live deal

Engagements begin when payment clears. The fee is for the diligence — it is never contingent on whether you invest, which is exactly why you can trust the verdict.

Why This Desk

Judgment a tool can't fake. Rigor a freelancer won't bring.

I'm Louis Tillman. I've spent my career on every side of the capital cycle — writing the grants, building the programs, auditing the decks, advising the raises — through IV Consulting, for both for-profit and nonprofit ventures.

Before capital advisory, I trained through five units of Clinical Pastoral Education working with veterans in crisis. That training does one thing relevant to your money: it taught me to hear what people are avoiding. Founders don't lie in their spreadsheets first. They lie in the story around them.

Independent, always.

I don't take fees from founders, don't broker deals, and don't carry upside in anything I screen. The only client in the room is you.

Analysis, not fortune-telling.

Like your lawyer, I'm paid for the work, not the outcome. I tell you what's true about the deal today — proceed, pass, or renegotiate — and show every source.

AI-powered, human-judged.

The machine does the exhaustive part: every document, every cross-check. I do the part machines can't: deciding what it means and reading who you're dealing with.

Before You Wire

The wire is irreversible. The screen takes 48 hours.

If a deal is in front of you and something feels off but you can't name it — that's the moment this desk exists for.

Screen my deal — $1,000 → OR EMAIL LOUIS@LOUISTILLMAN.COM WITH THE DECK ATTACHED

IV CONSULTING · LOUIS "LOU" TILLMAN

Deal screens and diligence reports are independent professional analyses of deal documents. They are not investment advice, securities recommendations, or predictions of investment performance. Statistics: coinlaw.io Angel Investor Statistics 2026 (ACA / Kauffman).