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Investment committee memo and vote

The deal reaches its IC with a cited memo filed on it, every member’s vote on record and the decision noted on the company.

PlanInvestment committee memo and vote

  1. Screen for conflicts

    Held

    Operator reads the deal and its diligence room, and screens the company and its founder for conflicts of interest.

    OperatorWaits until the deal reaches IC
  2. Draft the IC memo

    Held

    Operator drafts the memo from the deal, the data room and your LPA: thesis, terms, risks, ownership and fund fit, citing every source.

    Operator
  3. Review the memo

    Held

    The deal lead edits and accepts the memo. If Operator stalls on a missing source, they take the draft over.

    PersonDeal lead approves
  4. File the memo on the deal

    Held

    Files the accepted memo in the deal’s documents.

    API actionGP confirms
  5. Collect the votes

    Held

    Each IC member votes on their own step and adds a note. No one can vote for someone else.

    Personper IC memberIC member approves
  6. Record the decision

    Held

    Once every vote is in, you move the deal to IC approved or passed.

    PersonWaits until the IC meeting endsGP approves
  7. Note the decision on the company

    Held

    Operator writes a note with the outcome and the vote count, and adds it to the company’s record.

    API actionGP confirms

The plan as it runs: each step waits for the one before it, and stops at its gate until the owner approves.

At a glance

Who runs it, and when

Who runs it
GP
What starts it
Your deal team moves a deal to the IC stage.
How often
Per deal
Vehicle
Fund

Ask Operator

Start it in a sentence

Ask Operator in chat. It drafts the plan for your fund, and nothing runs until you release it.

  • You

    Write the IC memo for this deal and collect the partners’ votes before Thursday’s IC.

  • You

    Prep this deal for IC.

  • You

    Draft the memo and get the IC to vote.

The outcome

The cited memo is filed on the deal, every member’s vote and note is on record, and the decision is noted on the company.

What it proves

  • Starts on its own when the deal reaches the IC stage.
  • Drafts the memo from your records and cites every number.
  • Flags a conflict of interest before the memo reaches the committee.
  • Lets each member close only their own vote.
  • Hands a stalled draft to the deal lead without losing its place.
  • Shows analysts the vote count, and partners every vote and note.

Run it on your fund

Talk to the team about running this playbook on your own fund.