How founder requests work

During diligence you need the same things from most companies: revenue by month, customer counts, the cap table, legal and security basics. Founder requests turn those into questions with a due date, answered on your portal.

1. Build the questions in a template, with amounts, dates, rows and follow-ups. See Build a request form.
2. Send from the deal, with a due date and reminders. A person always sends. See Send a request to a founder.
3. The founder answers on your portal. They can ask a teammate to answer a section, and send answers in parts if you allowed it.
4. Review each answer: accept it or send it back with a note. See Review a founder's answers.
5. Record on the deal: an accepted answer can support or contradict a claim, or become a company fact. The deck's value stays beside it.

For what each state means, see Request states and reminders.