Home Industries Private Equity & VC

Conflict Detection
for Private Equity & VC

Where capital allocators must be scrupulously independent — but often are not.

Start Free Trial How It Works
Common Conflict Patterns in Private Equity & VC
The Side Pocket Conflict
A GP makes a direct investment in a company outside the fund vehicle, then later routes a fund investment into…
High Risk
The Vendor Network
An operating partner receives consulting fees from vendors they recommend to all portfolio companies, creating…
Medium Risk
The LP Referral Fee
A placement agent receives undisclosed fees for directing LP commitments, violating placement agent disclosure…
Watch
10
Party Types Tracked
3
Conflict Scenarios
Annual
Disclosure Required
AI
Detection Engine
180
Day Free Trial
Visual Examples

How conflicts actually happen
in Private Equity & VC

These diagrams show the relationship patterns ConflictCheck is designed to detect — before they become legal or financial crises.

The Kickback Triangle
A manager routes contracts to a secretly owned vendor, who pays kickbacks back. The owner pays inflated prices and never knows.
Pays feesAwards contractsKickback $$$Never disclosedOwner / PrincipalManager!Vendor (secretly owned)
Normal relationship
Kickback / fraud
Hidden / undisclosed
Financial payment
The Dual Role Conflict
One individual serves two parties whose interests are directly opposed — a textbook undisclosed conflict of interest.
RepresentsAlso servesUndisclosed benefitParty ASame Person!Party BPersonal Gain
Normal relationship
Kickback / fraud
Hidden / undisclosed
Financial payment
🚨 Real Scenario: The Side Pocket Conflict
A GP makes a direct investment in a company outside the fund vehicle, then later routes a fund investment into the same company at terms that benefit the GP's personal position.
What ConflictCheck would flag
Shared entity or address detected between parties
Financial transaction with unregistered recipient
Annual disclosure not completed by key party
Who ConflictCheck Monitors

Every party. Every role.
All mapped automatically.

ConflictCheck tracks all 10 key party types in Private Equity & VC — cross-referencing relationships and public records continuously.

🏦
General Partners
Side deals, co-investment conflicts, management fee waivers benefiting insiders
Conflict Risk
💰
Limited Partners
Undisclosed interests in competing funds, preferential terms
Conflict Risk
👔
Portfolio Company CEOs
Self-dealing in vendor contracts, related-party transactions
Conflict Risk
📊
Investment Advisors
Undisclosed compensation from deal sources or management teams
Conflict Risk
🔗
Placement Agents
Undisclosed finder fees, pay-to-play arrangements
Conflict Risk
⚖️
Legal Counsel
Representing fund and portfolio companies with opposing interests
Conflict Risk
📋
Auditors
Non-audit relationships that compromise independence
Conflict Risk
🤝
Co-investors
Information asymmetry, preferential co-investment rights
Conflict Risk
🏢
Operating Partners
Hidden equity in vendors recommended to portfolio companies
Conflict Risk
📰
Board Members
Serving on competing boards without disclosure
Conflict Risk
Documented Scenarios

These aren't hypotheticals.
They happen every day.

🚨
The Side Pocket Conflict
A GP makes a direct investment in a company outside the fund vehicle, then later routes a fund investment into the same company at terms that benefit the GP's personal position.
🚨
The Vendor Network
An operating partner receives consulting fees from vendors they recommend to all portfolio companies, creating a financial incentive that overrides the fiduciary obligation to optimize value.
🚨
The LP Referral Fee
A placement agent receives undisclosed fees for directing LP commitments, violating placement agent disclosure requirements.
How It Works

Systematic protection,
not one-time audits.

🗺️

Map Every Party

Import parties via spreadsheet, document upload, or manual entry. ConflictCheck deduplicates, maps beneficial ownership, and cross-references public records automatically.

🤖

AI Conflict Detection

Our engine finds the connections manual reviews miss — shared addresses, overlapping ownership, dual roles, and transaction patterns that indicate fraud.

📋

Annual Disclosures

Every party certifies annually. Overdue disclosures escalate automatically. Everything stored immutably — timestamped, signed, legally defensible.

Other Industries

ConflictCheck covers 20 industries.

Ready to map your Private Equity & VC
conflict exposure?

Start your free 180-day trial. Add your parties in minutes. ConflictCheck does the rest.