You are about to sign a term sheet.
The background check is clean. The expert network calls were glowing. The P&L looks solid.
But you have a nagging feeling. You know you’ve heard this founder’s name before.
In the standard due diligence process, you will never find it. Background checks only scan Public Signal (criminal records, news, public filings).
But the reason you shouldn't do the deal isn't public. It's Proprietary Signal.
It’s a casual comment a trusted LP made to you in a forwarded email three years ago: "Smart guy, but he buried a liquidation preference in a side letter that completely washed out the angels."
That email is buried in your archive. You won't find it. And that missed signal could cost you millions.
At ExecLabs, we don't build chatbots. We build Context Retrieval Systems. Here is exactly how we engineer a system to catch that "whisper."
1. The Ingestion (Safe & Private)
We connect to your historical data—Email, CRM, Drive. But we don't just dump it into a model (that would be a security nightmare).
We create an automated redaction pipeline.
Pattern Detection: We strip SSNs, credit card numbers, and API keys immediately.
Blocklisting: We redact sensitive keywords specific to your firm.
Isolation: Your data is vectorized in a private environment. It is never used to train public models like GPT-4.
2. The Vectorization (Meaning, Not Keywords)
Most search bars look for keywords. If you search "Bad Founder," you won't find the email that says "He folded under pressure." We turn your history into mathematical concepts.
When the system looks at the new term sheet, it queries your history for concepts like "risk," "character concerns," or "prior interactions," even if the keywords don't match.
3. The Retrieval (The "Gmail Overlay")
Look at the image above. This is the ExecLabs interface.
You are writing an email to the founder. On the right, the Company Brain has silently analyzed the recipient and the subject line.
It surfaces:
The deal memo from 2022.
That "whisper" email from your LP three years ago.
The conflict of interest note from your legal team.
You didn't have to search for it. The infrastructure brought the judgment to you.
This is not magic. It is architecture.
Stop relying on your memory to protect your portfolio. Build a system that can't forget.