BizSugar.com › Startups › 7 Ways Due Diligence Helps Before Final Commitment

Most entrepreneurs work long and hard to get a handshake agreement from an investor, and then tend to relax and wait for the check to clear. What they don’t realize is that about half the investment deals fail to close at this stage, including mergers and acquisitions, during the due-diligence process. The same is true of Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank investments you see on TV.