Institutional · Capital Partners · Retainer
You don't have a deal flow problem. You have a verification problem.
A GCC family office that receives 200 deals a year spends significant internal resources determining what is real before a single meeting is worth taking. TrustChain pre-screens your incoming deal flow so your team evaluates opportunities, not documents.
The cost of unverified deal flow
Every unverified deal costs
more than you think.
more than you think.
The volume problem
Your team is reading files that should never reach them
A significant portion of inbound deal flow at any GCC family office contains false customer claims, inflated operational numbers, undisclosed ownership structures, or commercial models that cannot be underwritten in the GCC context. Your investment team is spending time on these files — time that should be spent on opportunities that are real.
The reputation problem
Every introduction from an unverified intermediary is a liability
When a deal introduced to your institution turns out to be misrepresented — overstated revenue, undisclosed litigation, false references — the damage is not only financial. The intermediary relationship, the internal time spent, the reputational exposure to the deal principal — these costs are real and rarely quantified until after the fact.
80%
of inbound deals contain at least one material misrepresentation at the pre-screening stage
0
of these misrepresentations are flagged before they reach the investment team — without a systematic pre-screening layer
The retainer model
TrustChain as your
institutional pre-screening layer.
institutional pre-screening layer.
Institutional Retainer · Monthly · GCC–Asia
Every deal that enters your process
pre-verified before it reaches your team.
pre-verified before it reaches your team.
TrustChain operates as an external pre-screening layer on your inbound deal flow. Every deal submitted to your institution passes through the TrustChain protocol before your investment team sees it. False claims flagged. Structure documented. Commercial model assessed for GCC viability. Verdict delivered. Your team starts from a verified baseline.
48h
Turnaround per deal from submission
44
Forensic markers per evaluation
∞
Deals per month within retainer scope
From $3,000
Per month · Retainer · GCC–Asia corridor
Scoped per institution · Volume pricing available
Scoped per institution · Volume pricing available
How it works
Four steps.
Zero friction on your side.
Zero friction on your side.
01
Deal submitted to TrustChain
Deals are submitted directly to TrustChain via a dedicated intake channel. Your team forwards incoming deal materials. No workflow change required on your end.
02
Pre-screening evaluation runs
TrustChain evaluates the deal across the 44-marker forensic protocol. Customer claims, ownership structure, commercial model viability, regulatory exposure, mandate alignment. 48-hour turnaround standard.
03
Verdict delivered
GO, CONDITIONAL GO, or NO-GO. Full findings report. Every gap documented. Every consequence mapped. Your team receives a verified baseline — not raw deal materials.
04
Your team engages from verification
First meetings begin with confidence, not questions about whether the numbers are real. Time is spent on the opportunity, not the documents. Relationships are protected because the verification happened before the introduction.
What the retainer includes
Everything your team needs.
Nothing they don't.
Nothing they don't.
Unlimited pre-screening within scope
Every inbound deal submitted to TrustChain is evaluated within the retainer. No per-deal fees. No volume caps on standard deal flow.
48-hour standard turnaround
Standard deals evaluated and returned within 48 hours of submission. Expedited 24-hour turnaround available for time-sensitive mandates.
Structured findings report per deal
Every evaluation delivers a formatted findings document — verdict, all identified gaps, consequences, and a closing assessment. Filed against your deal reference.
Monthly deal flow intelligence briefing
A monthly summary of patterns across your inbound deal flow — sector concentration, common misrepresentation types, mandate alignment rates. Institutional intelligence, not just individual verdicts.
On-ground verification for material deals
For deals above a defined ticket threshold, physical on-site verification is available — facility checks, team confirmation, operational capacity validation. Scoped per mandate.
Direct access to Ahmed Malik
Every retainer client has direct access. No account manager. No support queue. The person who runs the evaluations is the person who answers the phone.
The return on verification
The cost of one bad deal
dwarfs the cost of verification.
dwarfs the cost of verification.
$3K
Monthly retainer cost · Base tier
200+
Hours of investment team time saved per year on unviable deal screening
$0
Cost of a misrepresented deal that reaches term sheet without verification
100%
Of verified deals have documented ownership, mapped commercial model, and addressed regulatory exposure before your team sees them
Who this is for
Built for institutions
with a real deal flow problem.
with a real deal flow problem.
GCC Family Offices
Receiving cross-border deal flow from Asia, Europe, and North America
You receive deals from founders and intermediaries you cannot verify through your standard channels. The deal materials look credible. The meetings are taken. The verification happens too late. TrustChain runs it before the meeting.
Sovereign & Institutional Funds
Running structured deployment mandates in the GCC–Asia corridor
Investment mandates with defined parameters for sector, ticket size, and geography. Deal flow that doesn't match the mandate costs time. Deal flow that misrepresents itself costs more. Pre-screening against mandate criteria before your team engages.
Investment Banks & Placement Agents
Intermediating between capital and deal flow across the corridor
Every deal you introduce to a capital partner carries your reputation. TrustChain verification before introduction protects that reputation — and gives your capital partners a reason to prioritise introductions from you over unverified alternatives.
Frequently asked
Questions from
institutional counterparties.
institutional counterparties.
How is this different from our existing due diligence process?
TrustChain is a pre-screening layer — it runs before your due diligence process, not instead of it. Its purpose is to determine whether a deal is worth the cost of a full DD process. Deals that fail pre-screening are flagged before your team commits time. Deals that pass come with a documented verification baseline that accelerates your process.
How is deal information handled?
Every deal evaluation is treated as a confidential mandate under a standard NDA. Deal materials are not shared with any third party, used in any marketing or intelligence product, or cross-referenced with other client mandates. TrustChain operates as an extension of your institution's internal review process — with the same confidentiality obligations.
What if a deal is borderline — not clearly GO or NO-GO?
Most deals return CONDITIONAL GO — real opportunity with structural gaps that need resolution. The findings report maps every gap and its consequence precisely. Your team can decide whether the gaps are addressable before committing to engagement, or set conditions for the founder to resolve before a meeting is taken.
Can the retainer be scoped to specific deal types?
Yes. Retainers are scoped per institution. If your mandate focuses on specific sectors, geographies, or ticket sizes, the pre-screening protocol is calibrated accordingly. Deals outside mandate scope are flagged at pre-screening without consuming full evaluation resources.
Who runs the evaluations?
Ahmed Malik runs every evaluation personally. Ahmed brings a background in Experian fraud analytics and institutional deal assessment across the GCC–Asia corridor. Retainer clients have direct access — no account management layer, no junior analysts on primary evaluations.
What does the onboarding process look like?
A single scoping call to define mandate parameters, deal flow volume, turnaround requirements, and reporting format. Retainer begins within five business days of agreement. No complex implementation. No workflow integration required on your end — a dedicated intake channel is set up and that's the entire process change for your team.
One conversation.
Before the next bad deal reaches your team.
Before the next bad deal reaches your team.
The retainer is scoped to your institution. Volume, turnaround, and reporting format defined on the call.