Project Finance Workflow

Produce diligence-ready data rooms and compliance packets — with traceable assertions.

(On roadmap)

Due diligence and compliance reporting require organized data rooms with traceable provenance for every claim. Investors and auditors need to verify technical specs, financial projections, regulatory compliance, and operational history. Gridline assembles data rooms, validates document completeness, generates compliance reports, and maintains an assertion ledger that links every claim to its source document.

Inputs

What you provide to build a data room or compliance packet:

Project financials — Cap tables, financial models, revenue projections, expense ledgers
Technical documents — Engineering reports, system specs, commissioning data, O&M records
Legal documents — PPAs, interconnection agreements, leases, permits, insurance policies
Regulatory filings — Tax equity docs, ITC forms, depreciation schedules, compliance certs
Operational data — Production data, outage logs, maintenance records, subscriber ledgers
Assertion templates — Investment memo templates, compliance report formats

All inputs are immutably stored with cryptographic hashes to prove document integrity at time of submission.

Controls

The guardrails that ensure diligence integrity:

Assertion provenance

Every claim in a compliance report or investment memo must link to a source document. If you state “System produces 1,200 MWh/year,” Gridline requires the production data file that supports that assertion.

Document completeness

Data rooms have required sections (legal, technical, financial, regulatory). Gridline flags missing categories and incomplete sections before you share the data room.

Version immutability

Once a data room is shared with an investor or auditor, that snapshot is frozen. Any updates create a new version with a clear diff showing what changed.

Audit trail

Track who accessed which documents when. Know if a diligence team reviewed your financial model or skipped the O&M section.

These controls prevent the most common diligence failures: unsupported claims, missing documents, and inability to prove what was shared when.

Pipeline

The workflow from project files to diligence-ready data room:

1. Ingest

Upload project documents across all categories (legal, technical, financial, regulatory, operational). Files are hashed and stored immutably.

Project files → categorized + hashed → stored with metadata

2. Extract structured data

Pull key data points from documents: system size, PPA rate, ITC eligibility, insurance coverage limits, subscriber count. Validate consistency across documents.

Documents → extracted assertions → consistency checks

3. Build data room structure

Organize documents into investor-standard folder structure. Generate table of contents with document summaries. Add section dividers and navigation aids.

Categorized docs → organized into data room folders → TOC generated

4. Validate completeness

Check that all required sections are present. Flag missing documents (e.g., “Insurance policy not found” or “Interconnection agreement missing”).

Data room → completeness check → missing items flagged

5. Generate compliance report

Populate compliance report template with extracted data. Link every assertion to source document. Flag any claims that lack supporting documentation.

Extracted data + template → compliance report with assertion links

6. Create assertion ledger

Build a traceable map: each claim in the report links to the specific document + page number that supports it. Auditors can verify any assertion.

Compliance report → assertion ledger (claim → source document + page)

Generate secure data room link (time-limited, access-controlled). Log who accessed which documents and when. Track download activity.

Data room link → shared with investor/auditor → access logged

8. Archive snapshot

When diligence closes, archive the exact data room version that was shared. Freeze the snapshot so you can prove what was provided at that time.

Data room snapshot → frozen + archived with access logs

Artifacts

Every financing/compliance run produces 8-12 auditable outputs:

Core artifacts (always generated):

data_room.zip — Complete organized data room with all project documents
table_of_contents.pdf — Section-by-section guide with document summaries
compliance_report.pdf — Generated report with all required assertions
assertion_ledger.json — Map linking every claim to source document + page
completeness_checklist — Required documents marked present or missing
access_log — Who viewed which documents when
data_room_snapshot — Frozen version of what was shared

Optional artifacts (depending on workflow):

investment_memo.pdf — Generated from assertion ledger + templates
diligence_qa.pdf — Answers to investor questions with source links
version_diff — What changed between data room versions
document_hashes — Cryptographic proof of document integrity
regulatory_checklist — ITC, depreciation, tax equity compliance verified

All artifacts are timestamped and cryptographically signed to prove authenticity.

Demo

Financing workflow is on the roadmap. If you need this capability now, let’s talk about your requirements.

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What’s different from manual diligence

Before Gridline:

Weeks organizing scattered project files into data rooms
Manual compliance report writing (claims may lack source links)
No systematic way to verify assertion provenance
Hard to track what investors reviewed
Difficult to prove what was shared in a specific data room version
Compliance reports become stale when project data changes

With Gridline:

Data room assembled in hours (automated categorization)
Compliance reports auto-generated with assertion ledger
Every claim links to source document + page
Full access tracking (who viewed what when)
Immutable snapshots of shared data rooms
Re-run workflow with updated data, old versions archived

Why this matters

Investors pass on deals when they can’t verify key assertions. “Where did this revenue projection come from?” If you can’t immediately point to the financial model + assumptions, the deal stalls.

Auditors flag compliance issues when claims lack traceable support. “How do you know the system is ITC-eligible?” If you can’t show the commissioning date and interconnection approval, you’re exposed to clawback risk.

Gridline makes diligence and compliance provable. Every assertion traces to a source document. Every data room version is archived. Every claim is defensible.

Use cases

Tax equity diligence

Investors need to verify ITC eligibility, depreciation schedules, basis calculations. Gridline links every tax assertion to commissioning docs, cost ledgers, and IRS forms.

Acquisition due diligence

Buyers need organized data rooms covering legal, technical, financial, and operational history. Gridline assembles the full packet with verified assertions.

Regulatory compliance reporting

Annual compliance reports for state renewable energy programs require verified production data, subscriber counts, and system specs. Gridline generates reports with traceable claims.

Lender diligence

Debt providers need revenue projections, O&M records, insurance coverage proof. Gridline organizes the data room with assertion links for fast verification.

Roadmap details

Phase 1 (2025): Data room assembly + completeness validation

Phase 2 (2025): Assertion ledger + compliance report generation

Phase 3 (2026): Access tracking + snapshot archiving

Phase 4 (2026): Continuous compliance monitoring (auto-update reports when project data changes)

Financing workflow is on the roadmap. If this is critical for your operations, let’s discuss prioritization.