booq

Normalising FDD.
Full control, no compromises.

Financial Due Diligence is defined by fractured data and endless rework.

Now redefined by booq. Your judgement leads. Your process works.

See how it works
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
BooqFull P&L
'k EURReportedStatutoryEntity xyz
SET-UP
Deal Team
Data Sources
BACKOFFICE
Raw Data
Mapping
OUTPUT
P&L ▾
Balance Sheet
Cashflow
DEAL SUPPORT
Q&A
Request List
Entity xyz (in 'k EUR)FY '24FY '25Jan '24Feb '24Mar '24
Revenue2,4004,800200200200
COGS(600)(1,200)(50)(50)(50)
Gross Profit1,8003,600150150150
OpEx(600)(1,200)(50)(50)(50)
EBITDA1,2002,400100100100
Net Income1,2002,400100100100
DEAL Q&A
BooqQ&A
Deal Q&A
Why did EBITDA drop in Q3?Answered
One-off restructuring charge of €120k
Confirm revenue recognition policyPending
Breakdown of deferred revenue?Answered
Deferred contracts: 18 months avg.
NORMALISATION SUGGESTIONS
BooqNormalisation
EBITDA Adjustments
3 suggestions detected
One-off legal fees (FY'24)+€84k
Add-backHigh
Owner salary above market+€120k
Add-backHigh
Non-recurring IT migration+€37k
Add-backMedium
Adjusted EBITDA€ 1,441k

Normalising FDD.
Full control,
no compromises.

Financial Due Diligence is defined by fractured data and endless rework.

Now redefined by booq. Your judgement leads. Your process works.

See how it works
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
BooqFull P&L
'k EURReportedStatutoryEntity xyz
SET-UP
Deal Team
Data Sources
BACKOFFICE
Raw Data
Mapping
OUTPUT
P&L ▾
Balance Sheet
Cashflow
DEAL SUPPORT
Q&A
Request List
Entity xyz (in 'k EUR)FY '24FY '25Jan '24Feb '24
Revenue2,4004,800200200
COGS(600)(1,200)(50)(50)
Gross Profit1,8003,600150150
OpEx(600)(1,200)(50)(50)
EBITDA1,2002,400100100
Net Income1,2002,400100100
DEAL Q&A
BooqQ&A
Deal Q&A
Why did EBITDA drop in Q3?Answered
One-off restructuring charge of €120k
Confirm revenue recognition policyPending
Breakdown of deferred revenue?Answered
Deferred contracts: 18 months avg.
NORMALISATION SUGGESTIONS
BooqNormalisation
EBITDA Adjustments
3 suggestions detected
One-off legal fees (FY'24)+€84k
Add-backHigh
Owner salary above market+€120k
Add-backHigh
Non-recurring IT migration+€37k
Add-backMedium
Adjusted EBITDA€ 1,441k
The
Booq
effect
Every step of the FDD process, simplified.
booq removes the manual work. You make every call.
Time saved per deal
on average
+0%
Every resolved step
saves your team hours
Pre-project & Setup
~25% of pre-project time
Data Processing
~40% of data processing time
Management Q&A
~50% of Q&A time
Analysis & Adjustments
~35% of analysis time
01
01 · Pre-project & Setup
Manual IRL + chasing target for data
Easy IRL generation, efficient delivery tracking
booq generates a draft Information Request List based on deal scope, target industry and size, ready for your review and adjustment. It tracks document delivery in real time, and sends automatic reminders — so you spend zero time chasing.
BooqInformation Request List
IRL — Software Co.
Transaction perimeterReceived
Audited annual accounts FY22-FY24Received
Overview of key accounting policiesReceived
Customer revenue breakdownPending
Employee contracts + org chartRequested
5 items · 2 outstandingSend reminder (incl. Excel list) →
02
02 · Data Processing
Manual GL processing & tedious mapping
Automated data delivery, easy mapping
General ledgers are automatically ingested and structured. GLs are easily mapped, also allowing multiple mapping layers (Management, buyer, Statutory) for different financial statement views.
BooqGL Mapping
Multi-layer mapping
ManagementFDDStatutory
GL AccountDescriptionMapping 1Mapping 2
4000Product revenueRevenueSaaS Revenue
4100Service revenueRevenueProfessional Svcs
5000Cost of goodsCOGSDirect Costs
6100Salary expensesPersonnelStaff Costs
6900One-off chargesOther OpExExceptional Items
03
03 · Management Q&A
Low-level Q&A consuming senior time
Routine questions automatically prepared
booq sets up a basic Q&A depending on deal scope and target industry. It also cross-references the data in the platform to auto-answer routine questions. Your senior team makes the final call on every escalated item.
BooqDeal Q&A
Management Q&A
Why did revenue dip in Q3 FY24?Auto-answered
Seasonal pattern confirmed across 3 prior years
Confirm deferred revenue accounting policyEscalated
Requires management confirmation
What drove the COGS increase in FY23?Auto-answered
Raw material price increase — cross-referenced GL
Is the €84k legal fee truly one-off?Auto-answered
No recurrence in prior 3 years detected
04
04 · Analysis & Adjustments
Manual hunt for anomalies across EBITDA, NFD & NWC
Automatic anomaly detection & adjustment suggestions
booq scans the financials for anomalies (e.g., unusual expense spikes and structural NWC movements) and proactively suggests EBITDA add-backs, NFD adjustments and NWC normalisation items for your review.
BooqAnomaly Detection
Suggested adjustments
EBITDANFDNWC
One-off legal fees (FY24)+€84k
Add-backHigh
Owner salary above market rate+€120k
Add-backHigh
Spike in sundry expenses (Q2)€37k
AnomalyReview
The
Booq
effect
Every step of the FDD process, simplified.
Old-school FDD
01 · Pre-project & Setup
Manual IRL + chasing target for data
Easy IRL generation, efficient delivery tracking
booq generates a draft Information Request List based on deal scope, target industry and size, ready for your review and adjustment. It tracks document delivery in real time, and sends automatic reminders — so you spend zero time chasing.
BooqInformation Request List
IRL — Software Co.
Transaction perimeterReceived
Audited annual accounts FY22-FY24Received
Overview of key accounting policiesReceived
Customer revenue breakdownPending
Employee contracts + org chartRequested
5 items · 2 outstandingSend reminder (incl. Excel list) →
02 · Data Processing
Manual GL processing & tedious mapping
Automated data delivery, easy mapping
General ledgers are automatically ingested and structured. GLs are easily mapped, also allowing multiple mapping layers (Management, buyer, Statutory) for different financial statement views.
BooqGL Mapping
Multi-layer mapping
ManagementFDDStatutory
GL AccountDescriptionMapping 1Mapping 2
4000Product revenueRevenueSaaS Revenue
4100Service revenueRevenueProfessional Svcs
5000Cost of goodsCOGSDirect Costs
6100Salary expensesPersonnelStaff Costs
6900One-off chargesOther OpExExceptional Items
03 · Management Q&A
Low-level Q&A consuming senior time
Routine questions automatically prepared
booq sets up a basic Q&A depending on deal scope and target industry. It also cross-references the data in the platform to auto-answer routine questions. Your senior team makes the final call on every escalated item.
BooqDeal Q&A
Management Q&A
Why did revenue dip in Q3 FY24?Auto-answered
Seasonal pattern confirmed across 3 prior years
Confirm deferred revenue accounting policyEscalated
Requires management confirmation
What drove the COGS increase in FY23?Auto-answered
Raw material price increase — cross-referenced GL
Is the €84k legal fee truly one-off?Auto-answered
No recurrence in prior 3 years detected
04 · Analysis & Adjustments
Manual hunt for anomalies across EBITDA, NFD & NWC
Automatic anomaly detection & adjustment suggestions
booq scans the financials for anomalies (e.g., unusual expense spikes and structural NWC movements) and proactively suggests EBITDA add-backs, NFD adjustments and NWC normalisation items for your review.
BooqAnomaly Detection
Suggested adjustments
EBITDANFDNWC
One-off legal fees (FY24)+€84k
Add-backHigh
Owner salary above market rate+€120k
Add-backHigh
Spike in sundry expenses (Q2)€37k
AnomalyReview
FDD better
withBooq
Time saved per deal
on average
+0%
Every resolved step
saves your team hours
Pre-project & Setup
~25% of pre-project time
Data Processing
~40% of data processing time
Management Q&A
~50% of Q&A time
Analysis & Adjustments
~35% of analysis time
What people say

What the market is telling us.

"

FDD professionals should spend more time analysing than cleaning. booq makes that happen.

"

This will save us at least one to two weeks per FDD track.

"

In many aspects of our day-to-day, booq would save us a lot of time.

"

Is it ready? I want to test it right away.

"

FDD professionals should spend more time analysing than cleaning. booq makes that happen.

"

This will save us at least one to two weeks per FDD track.

"

In many aspects of our day-to-day, booq would save us a lot of time.

"

Is it ready? I want to test it right away.

"

FDD professionals should spend more time analysing than cleaning. booq makes that happen.

"

This will save us at least one to two weeks per FDD track.

"

In many aspects of our day-to-day, booq would save us a lot of time.

"

Is it ready? I want to test it right away.

What people say

What the market is telling us.

"

FDD professionals should spend more time analysing than cleaning. booq makes that happen.

"

This will save us at least one to two weeks per FDD track.

"

In many aspects of our day-to-day, booq would save us a lot of time.

"

Is it ready? I want to test it right away.

Faster Deals Done better.

About us

Built by people who've
lived the frustration.

The booq team

We didn't build Booq from a whiteboard. Between us, we've spent +15 years on both sides of the FDD table – as practitioners and as the private equity teams waiting on them. The inefficiency was painful from every angle.

We stopped complaining and started building. Booq is the platform we wish we'd had – one that actually understands how financial due diligence should work.

Gijs Kriger
the FDD guy
Stephen Huang
the coder & PE veteran
Jules Uyttenbroeck
the boss
About us

Built by people who've
lived the frustration.

The booq team

We didn't build Booq from a whiteboard. Between us, we've spent +15 years on both sides of the FDD table – as practitioners and as the private equity teams waiting on them. The inefficiency was painful from every angle.

We stopped complaining and started building. Booq is the platform we wish we'd had – one that actually understands how financial due diligence should work.

Gijs Kriger
the FDD guy
Stephen Huang
the coder & PE veteran
Jules Uyttenbroeck
the boss
Booq

Faster deals,
done better.

©2026 booq. All rights reserved.

Faster deals, done better.

©2026 booq. All rights reserved.