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But did you expect them to do such background checks in the first place?



Yes, those weren't a surprise.


Good. Incidentally, the number of things popping up during such background checks that scuttle a possible deal is quite substantial.

It's not so much that there is stuff that was eye-brow raising, it is mostly a breach of trust in terms of disclosure. Sometimes founders are not honest with each other from the get-go, it wouldn't hurt for founders that feel they are in a position to hit one out of the park to have a 'full disclosure' session with each other so they know at least what if any skeletons there are in the various cupboards rather than to have a surprise late stage rejection. Those are generally bad for business.




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