For ICs & Decision Owners

Defensible decisions — before capital deploys.

Your external Operator Desk — IC-ready decision framing in 5 days.

Defensible Decisions

Clear evidence. Clear decisions.

Truly Independent

Not your advisor. Not your deal team.

IC-Ready Framing

Go · Fix · Pass — inside the IC window.

Execution Risk Firewall

Stop capital entering paths that break.

Comparable Scores

Layered diagnosis. Comparable across deals.

Conditional Upside

Fixable gaps = opportunity. Turn "almost" into investable.

Defensible Decisions

Clear evidence.
Clear descisions.

Truly Independent

Not your advisor. Not your deal team.

IC-Ready Conviction

Verdicts, not opinions. Go / Fix / Pass in 5 days.

Execution Risk Firewall

Stop capital entering paths that break.

Comparable Scores

350+ signals. One score. Comparable across deals.

Conditional Upside

Fixable gaps = opportunity. Turn "almost" into investable.

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“Where hardware meets software meets scale — that's where execution breaks. We've been there. We know what to look for.”
Robert Kellner
CEO & Co-Founder

Execution Intelligence — built for IC decisions. Decide before capital moves. Re-qualify before it scales.

ClimeNow DD⁺

Capital Deployment Gate

Supports the initial capital decision.

Baseline: Traditional DD (market, financials, strategy, operations)
Execution test: DNA (archetypes), maturity, constraints under scale
Outcome: Execution-risk verdict — Go · Fix · Pass

Delivered pre-deployment, inside the IC decision window (≤ 5 days).

ClimeNow DD⁺ Pulse

Capital Transition Gate

Governs follow-on and scale capital.

Baseline: Original DD⁺ execution-risk classification held constant
Execution test: Real behavior under load (post-deployment, portfolio-comparable)
Outcome: Execution-risk verdict
Go · Hold · Stop

Used after deployment, before reserve capital is committed.

FAQ section

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ClimeNow DD⁺?

ClimeNow DD⁺ is a capital deployment gate. It conducts traditional DD as baseline and classifies execution risk before capital deploys — resulting in a Go · Fix · Pass execution risk framing.

How is this different from consulting?

ClimeNow is not consulting.

We do not design strategies, recommend execution plans, or advise management teams.

ClimeNow conducts traditional due diligence as a baseline and adds Execution Intelligence:
a deterministic classification of execution risk under scale.

The output is not recommendations — it is a capital decision framing:
- Go · Fix · Pass (pre-deployment)
- Go · Hold · Stop (post-deployment)

Consulting produces opinions and action plans.
ClimeNow produces comparable, operator-validated execution risk classifications to govern capital decisions.

ClimeNow serves the Investment Committee — not the operating team.

How does the DD⁺ process work?

DD⁺ follows a fixed, layered execution diagnosis designed for the IC decision window.

Day 1 — Structured input (≈ 2 hours)

Financial, commercial, operational, and team data captured as facts only.
No interpretation, no scoring.

Day 2 — Leadership deep dive (≈ 2 hours)
Focused session to validate execution reality, constraints, and decision behavior.

Day 3 — Layered system analysis
Inputs move through a deterministic sequence:
- Validation — completeness, consistency, admissibility
- Execution DNA — archetypes and structural identity
- Readiness & Stress — contradictions under load
- Scaling Constraints — non-negotiable limits capital cannot override

Day 4 — Operator validation

Independent operators validate evidence integrity, not strategy or solutions.

Result:
An execution risk verdict — Go · Fix · Pass,
delivered within ≤ 5 days, pre-deployment.

What is the ClimeNow System?

The ClimeNow System is an execution intelligence engine. It analyses 350+ signals across leadership, GTM, and operations. System finds it. Operators prove it.
Traditional DD validates the business. ClimeNow validates the ability to execute and scale.

How does ClimeNow DD⁺ Pulse work?

DD⁺ Pulse is a capital transition gate.

It re-classifies execution risk after capital deployment and before follow-on or scale capital is committed.

It works by:
- Holding the original DD⁺ baseline constant
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Re-testing execution under real operating load
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Applying the same execution constraints used pre-deployment

The output is an execution risk classification:
Go · Hold · Stop

DD⁺ Pulse is not monitoring or advisory.
It exists only to govern whether capital is allowed to progress.

Who is DD⁺ built for?

ClimeNow DD⁺ is built for ICs and decision owners who allocate capital.

It is designed for investors whose primary risk is not opportunity loss, but capital impairment driven by execution failure under scale .

It is used by investors backing execution-heavy hardware, software, and IoT scale-ups, including:

Growth Funds & Climate Investors
Execution-risk clarity before initial deployment or follow-on capital.

Corporate Investors
De-risking innovation investments and scale-up partnerships.

Family Offices
Capital discipline in concentrated, long-duration growth investments.

Is this replacing DD?

For most growth-stage investments, ClimeNow DD⁺ functions as the complete decision DD.
It covers execution, commercial, operational, financial, and team risk at IC decision depth.

What traditional DD does not provide — and ClimeNow adds — is a deterministic classification of execution-under-scale risk.

Legal and technical DD remain required
to confirm assumptions, compliance, and system integrity.

15 pilots · System validated · Europe's validation network

Execution risk.
Go · Fix · Pass.