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DiligenceSquared

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Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

DiligenceSquared delivers AI-powered market due diligence for investment decisions - like the $500k McKinsey reports, but automated, auditable, and at a fraction of the cost.

When Private Equity funds evaluate deals, they pay firms like McKinsey, BCG, and Bain $500K-$1M for market due diligence. The process takes weeks, and the output is a static PowerPoint that's impossible to audit. A single large-cap PE fund can spend >$30M annually on this and the total market is $10B per year.

Our AI agents conduct expert interviews and synthesize insights with every claim linked to source transcripts. No black box, no "trust me" slides, and no 10x mark-up for human labor.

Frederik bought these reports as a Principal at Blackstone. Soren sold them as a Principal at BCG. Harshil is a repeat founder and former Software Engineer at Google. We've seen both sides and know what matters in due diligence - and now we automate it.

Our clients already include 8 leading private equity funds with over $2.4 trillion in combined AUM.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously DiligenceSquared Inc.

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Frederik Hansen

Founder/CEO

Frederik is the CEO and Co-founder of DiligenceSquared. Before DiligenceSquared, Frederik was a Principal in Blackstone's Private Equity team across San Francisco, New York, and London, doing multi-billion dollar buyout deals. He was a key decision-maker on the buy-side of commercial due diligence projects, commissioning dozens of $500K+ reports from firms like McKinsey and BCG. He knows what makes diligence credible to investors - and where traditional consulting wastes time and money.

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Soren Biltoft-Knudsen

Founder/President

Soren is the COO and Co-founder of DiligenceSquared. Before DiligenceSquared, Soren was a Principal at BCG's Private Equity team in New York, focusing on commercial due diligence for some of the world's largest private equity, growth equity, and hedge funds. He led 40+ commercial due diligence projects and knows the workflows intricately - what insights investors actually need and how AI can deliver them faster and better.

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