Write the memo with the evidence beside you.

Bring the current case, relevant precedent, and supporting sources into the same review. Make assumptions easier to challenge before the memo reaches investment committee.

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Project Atlas

The investment case

A vertical software business with established customer relationships and a new chapter of growth.

Customer quality

The diligence supports stability in the latest cohort. The composition of that result matters.

Growth assumption

Test the evidence across customer groups before carrying the assumption into the plan.

Investment committee · working draft

The investment memo

Make the argument easier to examine.

A memo should show more than the conclusion. Bring the assumptions, evidence, and precedent behind the case into review.

  1. 01

    Trace the claim.

    Follow a statement in the memo to the evidence behind it, keeping the source and its original context in view.

  2. 02

    Challenge the assumption.

    Examine what supports a key assumption, what contradicts it, and which questions remain open before committee review.

  3. 03

    Bring the right precedent forward.

    Compare the current argument with a prior investment, including the outcome that tested it and the differences that limit the analogy.

A session around your work

Start with a question behind the memo.

Describe an assumption your team regularly needs to challenge. We’ll focus the session on the evidence and precedent a useful review needs.

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