Startup Due Diligence

{
  "data_room_structure": [
    {
      "documents": [
        "Certificate of Incorporation",
        "Cap table (fully diluted)",
        "Board minutes"
      ],
      "folder": "Corporate",
      "priority": "must_have"
    }
  ],
  "dd_overview": "Series A DD typically takes 6-10 weeks with a dedicated associate doing deep financial, legal, and technical diligence",
  "red_flags_that_kill_deals": [
    "Cap table with undocumented side letters",
    "IP not assigned from founders to company",
    "Unresolved co-founder dispute"
  ],
  "stage": "series-a",
  "tools": [
    {
      "cost": "$45/mo",
      "name": "Docsend",
      "purpose": "Secure data room with document tracking",
      "url": "docsend.com"
    }
  ]
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://venturepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/startup/due-diligence?focus=all&lang=en&region=global&sector=any&stage=seed'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://venturepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/startup/due-diligence?focus=all&lang=en&region=global&sector=any&stage=seed' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.15 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.15" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.15 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fventurepulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Fstartup%2Fdue-diligence
const res = await pay("https://venturepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/startup/due-diligence?focus=all&lang=en&region=global&sector=any&stage=seed");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.15 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.15"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://venturepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/startup/due-diligence?focus=all&lang=en&region=global&sector=any&stage=seed")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)