Every Corporate Failure Leaves Behind a Pattern.
Compare live opportunities against 140 documented forensic cases — frauds, governance failures, restructurings and corporate collapses — before capital is committed. Runs 100% offline: no cloud, no install beyond opening an HTML file in your browser, nothing sent anywhere. Built for investors, lenders and deal teams operating under real-world time pressure.
Not For Reading. For Screening.
FFL transforms documented corporate failures into practical investment risk frameworks. Identify recurring collapse patterns, governance weaknesses, financial red flags, management incentive problems and structural risks — before a transaction closes.
Three Products. One Methodology. Zero Cloud.
140 Documented Forensic Cases. All Offline.
FFL Trial
Run a real deal through the full screening engine — Deal Intake, Additional Context, Forensic Screening — matched against a 20-case sample library. See exactly how Tools works before you buy it.
Limited trial dataset of 20 cases. Export and print are disabled in this version.
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FFL Case Index
The full 140-case forensic database, searchable by sector, geography, mechanism, axis, and fraud hexagon vertex. Runs 100% offline — no cloud, no subscriptions, no one knows what you're investigating.
FFL Tools
The full engine — Deal Intake, Additional Context, Forensic Screening — scored against all 140 documented cases across 11 forensic dimensions and 55 questions. Generates a complete Investment Committee Memo, ready to bring into a real IC meeting.
Offline first. Runs locally. No internet required. No account required. No confidential deal data ever leaves your machine — which matters when your firm's data policies don't allow uploading anything. A 10-minute sanity check for an MD or analyst, without the compliance risk of a cloud tool.
Provisioning notice · Each copy of Tools is provisioned individually and the billing/order data is embedded inside the encrypted tool file itself. Any redistributed copy can be traced back to the original purchaser.
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Calibrated To How You Actually Invest.
Available today in FFL Tools: 11 forensic dimensions, 55 questions, calibrated per asset class. Choose the module that matches the deal and get an IC-ready memo, offline.
Private Equity
55 unique questions calibrated for buyout, growth equity and control transactions
- ▸GP governance structure and conflict of interest exposure
- ▸Management team incentive alignment and equity rollover
- ▸Investment Committee reporting and red flag documentation
- ▸Leverage structure, covenant package and TRS exposure
- ▸Related-party transactions and fee extraction risk
- ▸Exit readiness and comparables analysis
- ▸Fund-level concentration and LP reporting obligations
Private Credit
55 unique questions calibrated for direct lending, mezzanine and preferred equity
- ▸Security interest perfection and lien priority verification
- ▸Credit deterioration patterns and early warning indicators
- ▸Covenant package stress testing under adverse scenarios
- ▸Borrower entity verification and sanctions screening
- ▸Default indicators matched against FFL historical cases
- ▸Collateral valuation independence and control rights
- ▸Cross-jurisdictional enforceability and legal opinion coverage
Venture Capital
55 unique questions calibrated for early stage and growth rounds
- ▸Founder background verification and reference assessment
- ▸Cap table structure and dilution risk analysis
- ▸Governance rights, information rights and board composition
- ▸Revenue quality and growth sustainability assessment
- ▸Related-party exposure and investor conflict mapping
- ▸IP ownership, employment contracts and key-person risk
- ▸Down-round protection and liquidation preference stack
Real Estate
55 unique questions calibrated for development, repositioning and income assets
- ▸Sponsor track record verification and reference checks
- ▸Equity commitment confirmation and skin-in-the-game assessment
- ▸Leverage review and debt service coverage stress testing
- ▸Permit status, entitlement risk and construction contract review
- ▸Asset-level cash flow quality and occupancy sustainability
- ▸Related-party contractor and fee extraction exposure
- ▸Exit strategy validation and comparable transaction analysis
140 Cases. Every Collapse Documented.
Search and filter by sector, geography, collapse mechanism and fraud vector. This is a live preview of 8 cases from the full library of 140.
Every one of the 140 cases includes two independent analyses — the forensic breakdown of what happened, and a first-person due diligence account of how the red flags would have surfaced in real time. 280 analyses total, not 140 summaries.
Showing 8 of 140 cases. The full library includes cases from 1929 to 2024 across 30+ sectors and 40+ countries.
Access Full Case Library →This Is What Gets Generated.
Up to 11 forensic dimensions per asset class (9 for Private Equity, as shown here). One IC-ready memo — produced offline, never transmitted. No FFL branding on the export. Clean enough to print and put your own name on for a real IC meeting.
Meridian Industrial Holdings is being evaluated as a Private Equity opportunity with an expected request of $18,000,000, an ownership target of 35%, a valuation of $52,000,000, and an instrument profile of Preferred Equity with Board Seat. Proposed target returns are 22% net IRR; stated closing deadline is September 30, 2026.
Regional industrial components manufacturer with stable long-term supply contracts and an underleveraged balance sheet. Thesis: consolidate two adjacent product lines through a bolt-on acquisition, expand EBITDA margin from 14% to ~19% over a three-year hold, and exit via strategic sale to a larger platform or secondary buyout.
Legal & Regulatory Risk — 5 Questions.
One of 11 forensic dimensions in the full tool. Answer all five and see which historical failure patterns match your deal.
Want to try the full engine — Deal Intake, Additional Context, and all 11 dimensions — end to end? Run FFL Trial free: it's the same engine, matched against a 20-case sample library instead of the full 140.
It even generates a complete IC Memo so you can see exactly what the output looks like — watermarked and locked from printing/export in this version, but otherwise the real thing.
Run the Full Trial →Research-driven methodology based on 140 documented forensic cases from global markets, spanning 1929 to 2024 across 30+ sectors and 40+ countries. New cases added continuously.
Financial Forensics Labs
FFL was built by a capital markets professional with 15 years in GP/LP relations, due diligence and cross-border finance. Every case in the library is documented from primary records — not theory, not secondary sources.
Read the full story →Every collapse has a pattern. We dissect it. Layer by layer.
Questions, answered.
Does it require internet?
No. Tools runs 100% offline in your browser. You can disconnect and it still works.
What happens to my deal data?
It never leaves your machine. Nothing is stored, uploaded or transmitted — no servers, no accounts, no telemetry.
How is Tools delivered?
As an individually provisioned build linked to your purchase, delivered after checkout. Each copy is traceable to its buyer.
What's the difference between Trial, Case Index and Tools?
Trial: one free dimension to test the method. Case Index: the full library of 140 documented forensic cases. Tools: the complete screening engine — all dimensions, scoring, IC memo output and the case library included.
Can I get it in another language?
Yes. Send a message and we build a localized version of the tool for you.