Castro, JoãoBrankamp, Maximilian Klaus2025-01-242025-01-242024-06-062024-05-17http://hdl.handle.net/10362/177866This thesis explores AI's potential in financial due diligence for capital providers evaluating start ups. Interviews with AI and due diligence experts revealed AI's potential to improve specific due diligence tasks. These tasks are research-intensive, require extensive analysis, or follow set steps. Despite challenges like limited data availability and the need for nuanced judgment, the findings advocate for a hybrid approach where AI supports human expertise, beginning with simpler tasks and gradually expanding to more complex ones. This could lower costs and streamline due diligence, allowing more focus on tasks needing human expertise, thereby improving investment decision quality.engFinancial due diligenceArtificial intelligenceStartupDigital transformationInnovationTechnology adoptionmaster thesis203724348