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Advanced Corporate Integrity & Risk Intelligence

Screening tells you about the counterparty. Risk Intelligence tells you about its whole network.

We protect companies from financial crime, fraud and hidden relationships that threaten business integrity, financial security and long-term growth.

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Advanced Corporate Integrity & Risk Intelligence

Screening tells you about the counterparty. Risk Intelligence tells you about its whole network.

We protect companies from financial crime, fraud and hidden relationships that threaten business integrity, financial security and long-term growth.

01 / 05 · The file

The screening came back clean. That was the problem.

Registry, sanctions, politically-exposed-person and adverse-media checks describe the company in front of you. They do not show who stands behind it.

02 / 05 · Behind the file

Ownership is on paper. Control isn’t.

It sits in nominees, intermediaries and the money between them. We follow ownership, control and payments past the first tier and across jurisdictions.

03 / 05 · The question

Would your diligence have seen it, before the money moved?

04 / 05 · Who it answers to

D-Shield finds who really

Owns. Controls. Finances. Benefits.

05 / 05 · The investigation

Technology finds the connections. Our expert analysts confirm the findings.

Our platform resolves names, filings and payments into one map. Analysts test each link against its sources and reject the coincidences.

Each one referenced to the original source.

Who we work with

Before you invest, insure, fund or partner.

Investors, Lenders & Family Offices

Verify counterparties before you commit capital.

On a direct deal there is no fund manager’s diligence to lean on. We look at the sponsor, the co-investors and the people paid around the deal, before your capital moves.

  • Pre-investment due diligenceONE SPONSOR OR TARGET
  • Co-investment and JV reviewPARTNERS AND THEIR BACKERS
  • Transaction integrity reviewUSE OF PROCEEDS AND PAYEES
  • Portfolio counterparty reviewHOLDINGS YOU ALREADY OWN
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What we investigate

Where we come in.

  • Counterparty Due Diligence

    Beneficial ownership, effective control and who is really in charge.

  • Financial & Network Mapping

    Ownership, control and money flows across the wider network, resolved into one map you can read.

  • Investment & Project Risk Analysis

    Pre-deal reviews of JV partners, contractors, local agents and the people who introduced them.

  • Supply Chain & Third-Party Integrity

    Suppliers, vendors, grantees, implementing partners and the parties they pay.

How we report

Every finding confirmed, and tied to its source.

An analyst confirms each finding before it reaches you, and every one points to the primary source it stands on, so your own team can check it.

Appearing in a network is not wrongdoing. We separate the people who sit near a risk from the people behind it.

CP-0417 · FindingsEach with its source
  • Source E1Netherlands company register, extract of 2016

  • Source E3Civil claim naming the trust’s settlor, 2021

  • Source E2Directorships across three registries, 2024

  • Source E5Award notice and payment schedule, 2023

  • Source E4Contractor payments in the project accounts, 2023

How an engagement runs

From the first question to a written answer.

  1. 01

    Define

    The details of your operations: the decision, the parties and the questions it turns on.

  2. 02

    Discover

    Corporate, legal, financial and public records in every jurisdiction involved.

  3. 03

    Map

    Ownership, control, intermediaries and money flows.

  4. 04

    Assess

    Each finding checked against its source and confirmed by an analyst.

  5. 05

    Deliver

    A written assessment, the network map and what to do next.

Integrity and Risk Intelligence.

The technology behind the work

Our platform sorts the records. Experienced analysts confirm the findings.

Our analysts work in two platforms built by VALOP Group, D-Shield’s parent company.

EmBrain

Investigative workspace

Collect. Connect. Conclude.

EmBrain is the workspace our analysts use on every engagement. It takes in registry filings, court records, archives and open sources, resolves the people and companies in them, and keeps each connection tied to the record it came from.

  • Profiles of people and companiesAliases, roles, addresses, ownership and filings in one profile per entity.
  • A connection graphWho owns, directs, pays or shares an address with whom, each link tied to its source.
  • Timelines and locationsEvents and places laid out so patterns across years and borders show up.
  • Questions with cited answersAsk the case file a question and get an answer that points to its evidence.
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Vetrix

Institutional vetting

Turn a name into a defensible report.

Vetrix is a casefile for one organization or one person. Your team picks the modules, Vetrix assembles the record, and the report comes back with a risk tier, the main findings up front and a numbered source behind every line.

  • Modules you chooseCore profile, structure and people, financial and legal, connections.
  • A risk tier with reasonsLow, medium or high, with the reasoning written out beside it.
  • A source for every lineNumbered citations in the report and in the PDF your committee reads.
How to engage us

Start with one counterparty or a full portfolio.

01

Focused Integrity Review

One counterparty, entity or relationship, assessed before you commit.

02

Enhanced Network Due Diligence

The wider structure: owners, affiliates, intermediaries and the money between them.

03

Complex Investigations

Several entities or jurisdictions behind one transaction, project or exposure.

04

Ongoing Integrity Support

Recurring reassessments and research capacity on a defined portfolio.

Before you invest, insure, finance or partner, know the network.