Claim labels and review states
What Founder reported, Corroborated, Disputed and Unresolved mean, how AI suggestions become accepted claims, and how labels affect a deal's evidence quality.
Each claim carries two things: an evidence label, which says how well the claim is backed up, and a review state, which says whether a person on your team has looked at it. Both are always shown in words, never by colour alone. You work with them on a deal's Claims tab. See Track and verify claims.
Evidence labels
| Label | Meaning | How it gets there |
|---|---|---|
| Founder reported | Only the founder's own material says this so far | Every new claim starts here |
| Corroborated | An independent source backs this up | A person sets it, with a supporting source that isn't the deck or the founder's interview, or with a reason |
| Disputed | Two sources disagree. Both are kept until someone verifies it | A person sets it, or a contradicting source is added |
| Unresolved | Checked, but no source settles it yet | A person sets it |
Change a label in the claim's side sheet under Evidence label, from the row's menu, or with Set label on right-click. You can add a reason, which is kept in the claim's history. Every change comes with Undo, except a change to Disputed that opens a new verification task.
Disputed always comes with a verification task, assigned to the claim's owner (or the deal's owner) and due in 3 days, unless one is already open for that claim.
Moving a claim out of Disputed to Corroborated or Founder reported resolves the dispute, and its verification task is marked done. Undo reopens the same task. Moving it to Unresolved keeps the task open.
What counts as an independent source
| Source | Counts for Corroborated |
|---|---|
| Deck slide | No, it's the founder's pitch |
| The founder's interview | No, it's the founder speaking |
| Data room document | Yes |
| A founder's request answer recorded on the claim | Yes |
| Research finding | Yes |
| Your team's note, link or file reference | Yes |
Without one of these, write a reason (for example "Checked against the signed contracts"). It is kept in the claim's history.
Review states
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AI suggestion | Found by the deck analysis. Accept, edit or dismiss it. Shown in lilac |
| Accepted | A person on your team accepted this claim, edited it, or added it by hand |
| Dismissed | Not material, or wrong. Hidden from the list and kept in the history |
Accepting a claim doesn't make it true. It means your team has reviewed it. The label says whether it holds up.
How labels affect the fit report
A deal's Evidence quality on the Fit tab is lowered for each claim that is Disputed or Unresolved. Only the latest version of an edited claim counts, and a claim your team dismissed doesn't count, whatever its label. The count is taken when the screening runs, so after you relabel claims, click Run again on the Fit tab to update it. See Read a deal's fit report.
Who sees labels
Admins, Partners and the Analyst who owns the deal see every claim's label and review state. Committee members see only accepted claims of deals at the Committee, Terms or Closed stage. Founders never see claims or labels.
Frequently asked questions
Can a claim be Corroborated automatically?
No. A supporting source never changes the label on its own. A person decides when a claim is corroborated, and needs an independent source or a reason to do it.
What's the difference between Disputed and Unresolved?
Disputed means sources disagree. Unresolved means someone checked and nothing settles it either way.
What happens to the label when I edit a claim?
The new version keeps the label, the owner and the sources. The earlier statement keeps its own label as it was.
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