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Sell-side quality of earnings

An EBITDA bridge that shows its work.

DealForge builds the quality-of-earnings bridge from the general ledger itself: operating income, depreciation and amortisation, reported EBITDA, then every add-back you itemise, through to adjusted EBITDA. Each figure traces back to the mapped ledger accounts it came from, and each controller sign-off is stamped with a SHA-256 fingerprint of the exact evidence it approved.

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Reported → adjusted EBITDA

The bridge, line by line

Operating income

EBIT

Add back

D&A

Reported

EBITDA

Normalised

Adjusted

Every bridge line traces to ledger accountsTraceable
Rule-based review prompts, never conclusionsFlagged
Sign-off carries a SHA-256 evidence fingerprintAttested

The DealForge standard

Traceable to the line.
Attested at the version.

Every figure traces to the ledger accounts behind it
Every sign-off carries a SHA-256 fingerprint of the evidence it approved; change the evidence and it goes stale
Deterministic throughout: the same ledger and the same add-backs always produce the same bridge

Ledger in, defensible bridge out

From general ledger to an EBITDA bridge a buyer can audit.

01

Map the ledger, build the bridge

Upload one annual general-ledger export per fiscal year and confirm the column mapping. DealForge classifies the accounts and computes the bridge: operating income, depreciation and amortisation held out as its own add-back line, reported EBITDA, then your itemised normalisations through to adjusted EBITDA.

02

Itemise the normalisations

Record owner compensation, related-party, non-recurring, and pro-forma adjustments as separate lines with their own notes, so a buyer can accept or challenge each one instead of arguing with a single number.

03

Sign off, then publish

A controller or CFO signs off the evidence pack, and the sign-off is stamped with a SHA-256 fingerprint of that exact evidence state. Change a source, a mapping, or a schedule and the sign-off goes stale on its own. Publishing to a buyer is a separate, time-limited, revocable link with an access log.

Start where the deal is

A workspace for the first record—and the next one.

Choose a focused deal room or shape a repeatable diligence workflow with your team.

Single deal

Start with the source record.

Set up a transaction workspace for a focused review of the company record and open diligence requests.

Open a deal room

Portfolio workflow

Build for repeat diligence.

For advisers, investors, and acquirers that need a reusable way to structure the work.

Discuss your workflow

Questions before upload

Clarity belongs in the process.

Build readiness before the buyer asks

Turn the data room into a deal advantage.

Start organizing the source record, expose gaps early, and give reviewers a cleaner path to the evidence.

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