# VC Diligence AI

Light-weight open-source tool for parsing PDF statements from portfolio companies.

- Website: https://github.com/baran-cicek/vc-diligence-ai
- Categories: [Portfolio Monitoring](https://www.vcsoftware.vc/portfolio-monitoring)

## Pros

- Open-source
- Easy to build on top of

## Cons

- Missing much of the AI parsing functionality leading tools have
- Only collects a couple metrics
- UX for interacting with data is lacking

## Analyst Review

I stumbled upon this tool in a Reddit thread. It's a nice light-weight example implementation of parsing startup financials, but it's nowhere near as robust as it needs to be at this time for serious usage. 

Would be fun to play around with and take some inspiration from if you're building internally, but the AI parsing at a company like Standard Metrics is leaps and bounds more sophisticated.

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