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Commercial Due Diligence

Also known as CDD, Market Due Diligence

Definition

Commercial due diligence tests whether the revenue story in a transaction is durable. It reviews market position, customer concentration, pipeline quality, pricing power, retention, competitive dynamics, sales process, channel health, and expansion potential.

Good commercial diligence does not stop at market size. It asks whether the company can keep winning without founder heroics, channel luck, or a few accounts masking churn.

For technology middle-market deals, commercial diligence needs to connect to finance and delivery. A revenue plan that the delivery system cannot support is not a growth thesis; it is margin compression waiting to happen.

Where this connects

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Cohort Retention
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Customer Concentration
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Pipeline Coverage
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Revenue Architecture
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GTM Execution
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Exit Readiness

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