TrendCap · Analyst-Checked AI Research
Research for your next investment, operating or defence decision.
Choose commercial diligence, working capital benchmarking, supply-chain intelligence or a defence opportunity assessment. AI research, analyst-checked, delivered as a sourced brief and editable workbook.
A scoped research service. We agree the question, fee and delivery schedule before work starts.
Multi-source ingestion
- · Audited filings & footnote schedules
- · Import/export & bill-of-lading logs
- · AS9100, NADCAP, API & ISO registries
- · Public procurement & permit records
Reconciled & challenged
- · LIFO/FIFO & freight basis normalized
- · Seller CIM claims tested vs. peers
- · Tier 1–4 shared bottlenecks isolated
- · Unverified assumptions flagged
Brief + unlocked workbook
- · 15–25 pp. source-cited executive brief
- · Bottom-up TAM & target screen (140→12)
- · DIO / DSO / DPO cash-release model
- · Parametric BOM should-cost calculator
- · Defence capability fit & entry routes
Line-by-line audit trail
Scoped Research Briefing
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Scoped from public or redacted material first. Mutual NDA available before sharing confidential data.
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- research deliveries
- 300+
- sectors covered worldwide
- 20+
Coverage across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific
Used by a global advisory firm, a Canadian pension investor, corporate strategy teams, and mid-market operators across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
01 · Verified Evidence
Every figure and claim links to its primary source
02 · Analyst Audit
Accounting basis reconciled and unverified claims flagged
03 · Editable Workbooks
Written executive brief plus unlocked Excel model
04 · Scoped Delivery
One defined business question with zero platform lock-in
Four specialized research programs
Start from the decision in front of your team.
Explore our research services and see example deliverables.
Commercial Due Diligence
Know which market and growth assumptions you can rely on.
Source-cited commercial research and bottom-up market models for corporate development, strategy and investment teams testing market-entry, expansion and acquisition assumptions.
- ·Defensible TAM, SAM, and SOM built from primary filings
- ·Separate seller growth narratives from verified reality
- ·Score the landscape down to a ranked acquisition shortlist
- ·Sourced executive brief plus unlocked Excel scoring model
Working Capital
Find where to investigate cash-cycle and margin gaps.
We reconcile accounting footnotes to compare cash cycles and margins for finance and operations teams. Inventory analysis suits manufacturers, distributors and retailers; service businesses can focus on receivables, terms and margins.
- ·Model potential cash release across inventory, receivables and payables
- ·Compare gross margin, COGS, and SG&A on a common basis
- ·Tie financial gaps to SKU velocity, markdowns, and terms
- ·Outside-in baseline from summary financials before ERP extracts
Multi-Tier Supply Chain
See supplier dependencies, compare alternatives and test costs.
Research supplier dependencies, alternative sources and reachable opportunities for manufacturing, procurement and strategy teams, with evidence gaps and cost-model assumptions made explicit.
- ·Investigate sub-tier dependencies to the depth supported by evidence
- ·Separate raw material and machining cost from vendor markup
- ·Screen alternatives against agreed capability and certification criteria
- ·A dated view of potential bottlenecks; refresh frequency agreed in scope
Defence Opportunity Assessment
Prioritize where your capabilities could fit in defence.
Assess the defence opportunities your business could pursue, the evidence behind each route and the requirements to investigate before you commit. Research for manufacturers and industrial suppliers entering or growing in defence.
- ·Connect your existing strengths to potential applications
- ·Compare buyer and supply-chain entry routes
- ·See dated sources and questions to validate
- ·Decision brief and editable research workbook
What you receive
Every engagement delivers a sourced brief and an editable spreadsheet model.
Our AI agents gather and structure primary filings and market disclosures; our analysts verify the numbers, reconcile differences in reporting basis, and flag any gap that could not be verified.
| Workstream | What you receive | Evidence base | Illustrative coverage | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial due diligence | Market map, TAM/SAM/SOM & ranked target shortlist | Filings, trade data, procurement & customer disclosures | 140 → 12 targets | high |
| Working capital & margin diagnostic | Normalized DIO/DSO/DPO & EBITDA bridge vs. peers | Audited peer financials & accounting-basis reconciliation | 8–15 peer cohort | high |
| Supply-chain & should-cost map | Tier 1–4 vendor registry, chokepoints & cost breakdown | Import/export logs, certifications & commodity indices | Tier 1 to Tier 4 | high |
| Defence opportunity assessment | Capability map, entry routes & requirements checklist | Published requirements, program records & company evidence | One agreed company or capability | Evidence and gaps recorded |
Anonymized track record
What we delivered, and what our research found.
Anonymized examples from our 300+ delivered research reports across 20+ sectors worldwide.
140 → 12
An advisory firm
- The question
- Which of roughly 140 organizations in one market should our partners pursue first?
- Scope
- Every organization in the market, scored against the practice’s own service lines.
- What we delivered
- A scan of the market, a ranked shortlist of about 12 priority targets, and an opportunity matrix showing where the value sits at each.
- What happened next
- Partners used it to decide which organizations to approach first.
Peer-benchmarked
A leading life & health insurer
- The question
- How does the business compare against an agreed peer set?
- What we delivered
- A leading life & health insurer's benchmarking, delivered against a defensible peer set — every comparison source-linked.
Scope and commercial terms
How to commission a first study, and common questions.
How to start
One question, a fixed fee, a first read in days.
- Your question
- One live question, with the decision it serves.
- What comes back
- A reviewed answer with a point of view (a ranked shortlist, a diagnostic or a plan), with every source and anything unverified flagged.
- The fee
- The fee is fixed and agreed before work starts.
- The timing
- A first read in days, not weeks, then the reviewed brief on the date we agree.
We can provide regular research updates after the first project.
Frequently asked questions
Is TrendCap a self-serve software subscription or a managed research delivery?
You do not have to learn another software tool or spend hours prompting a chatbot. Our AI research platform gathers and structures the evidence, and our human analysts verify the sources, normalize the accounting basis, and write the final brief and spreadsheet model for your team.
How do we scope a live deal or operational question?
We scope the engagement in a 15-minute call and confirm the peer set, target criteria, and deliverables in a one-page scope note before work begins.
How do you protect confidentiality when we are evaluating an acquisition target or our own cost structure?
We never train public models on client material, and we never disclose client identities or target names. Most first engagements are scoped entirely from public or redacted information, and we execute a mutual NDA before receiving any internal data.
Can we adjust the scoring weights or peer group after delivery?
Yes. Every quantitative benchmark, target screen, and should-cost model is delivered as an unlocked spreadsheet alongside the written brief so your team can adjust weights, filter peers, and run sensitivity cases directly.
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