The diligence layer for sell-side M&A.
Linchpin runs diligence at deal speed so the win that matters — the close — actually lands.
Mandates aren't fees. Closings are.
You win the mandate. The clock starts. Four buyers send 600 questions. Fifty to ninety percent are variations of questions you've already answered. Your team answers each one from scratch. The deal slows. Momentum dies. The fee follows.
Answer once. Reuse everywhere. Stay in control.
One tracker, every buyer.
Ingest any buyer's diligence request in any format. Linchpin parses Excel, PDF, email — turns each one into a structured tracker without re-keying.
Answer once, reuse everywhere.
Linchpin matches semantically similar questions across buyer groups. Approved answers from Buyer 1 carry forward to Buyers 2 through 5 automatically.
Every answer goes through you.
Nothing reaches a buyer without banker approval. Drafts, citations, and source paths — but the final word stays where it belongs.
Your clock. Your judgment. Your deal.
Bankers work on the client's clock. Linchpin gives that clock back. It's where you put your strategic work to play — not where you lose your evenings to triage.
Unlike VDR-side Q&A tools, Linchpin doesn't ask buyers or clients to change behavior. It sits on your side of the table — the side that wins fees by closing.
Built for MNPI from day one.
VDR stays in OneDrive.
Linchpin reads from your existing data room. Documents don't move.
Single-tenant deployment available.
Each firm gets its own infrastructure. No shared model training, no cross-firm data.
SOC 2 in process.
Architecture-first. Certifications follow.
“Banks won't win the next decade on AI performance. They'll win on expertise. The trouble is expertise doesn't compound today.”
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Ryan Choi
Founding tech analyst at SVB Securities. M&A at Moelis. First business hire at Artie (YC S23) through Series A.
Pressure-tested Linchpin's wedge across 25 bankers at 12 banks before writing a line of product code.
Currently working with design partners on live deals.
If you're running sell-sides at a boutique or mid-market M&A firm, request access.