🔬 Generate AI-powered investment due diligence PDF reports with OpenAI, LlamaParse and Decodo

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Description

Turn pitch decks into investment-grade PDFs. This workflow parses raw investment memorandums and financial decks with LlamaParse, enriches them with real-time web intelligence from Decodo, and has an AI Agent synthesize structured financial analysis, risk assessments, and investment theses into a professional Due Diligence report.

Last updated: September 2026.

Why Use This Workflow?

• Time Savings: Initial deal screening and report generation drop from 6–8 hours of manual analysis to under 5 minutes.
• Accuracy & Depth: Multi-query RAG cross-references internal deal documents with verified external web evidence.
• Cost Reduction: No expensive junior analyst hours for preliminary data gathering and summarization.
• Scalability: Multiple deals processed simultaneously with one consistent reporting standard across your pipeline.

Ideal For

• Venture Capital & Private Equity: Rapidly assessing incoming pitch decks and CIMs (Confidential Information Memorandums).
• M&A Advisory Teams: Standardized target company profiles and risk summaries, automated.
• Investment Analysts: Structured data from unstructured PDFs feeding internal valuation models.

How It Works

1. Trigger: A webhook receives document uploads (PDF, DOCX, PPTX) via a custom portal or API.
2. Data Collection: LlamaParse converts complex document layouts into clean Markdown, preserving tables and financial structures.
3. Processing: The workflow generates a unique “Deal ID” based on filenames to ensure data isolation and implements a caching layer via Pinecone to avoid redundant parsing.
4. Intelligence Layer:
   • Web Enrichment: The workflow derives the target company name and uses Decodo to scrape official websites for “About” and “Commercial Risk” data.
   • Multi-Query RAG: An OpenAI-powered agent executes six specific retrieval queries (Financials, Risks, Business Model, etc.) to gather evidence from all sources.
5. Output & Delivery: Analysis is mapped to a structured template, rendered into a professional HTML report, and converted to a high-quality PDF using Puppeteer.
6. Storage & Logging: The final report is uploaded to Cloudflare R2, and a public, secure URL is returned to the user instantly.

Setup Guide

Prerequisites

Installation Steps

1. Import the JSON file to your n8n instance.
2. Configure credentials:
   • OpenAI: Add your API key for embeddings and the Chat Model.
   • Pinecone: Enter your API Key and Index name (default: poc).
   • LlamaIndex: Add your API key under Header Auth (Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY).
   • Decodo: Set up your Decodo API credentials for web search and scraping.
   • AWS S3: Configure your bucket name and access keys.
3. Update environment-specific values:
   • In the “Build Public Report URL” node, update the baseUrl to match your S3 bucket’s public endpoint or CDN.
4. Test execution:
   • Send a POST request to the webhook URL with a binary file (e.g., a Pitch Deck) to verify the end-to-end generation.

Technical Details

Core Nodes

Workflow Logic

The workflow uses a Multi-Query Retrieval strategy. Instead of one generic question, the AI Agent runs six distinct searches against the vector database (Revenue History, Key Risks, etc.). Even a 100-page document cannot hide critical financial tables or risk disclosures buried in the text.

Customization Options

Basic Adjustments

• Report Styling: Edit the “Render DD Report HTML” node to match your firm’s branding (logo, colors, fonts).
• Analysis Scope: Modify the AI Agent’s prompt to include specific metrics (e.g., “ESG Score” or “Technical Debt Assessment”).

Advanced Enhancements

• Slack/Email Integration: Instead of just an S3 link, have n8n send the PDF directly to a #new-deals Slack channel.
• CRM Sync: Automatically create a new record in HubSpot or Salesforce with the structured JSON output attached.

Troubleshooting

Use Case Examples

Scenario 1: Venture Capital Deal Screening

Challenge: A VC associate receives 20 pitch decks a day and spends hours manually summarizing company profiles.

Solution: This workflow parses the deck and web-scrapes the startup’s site to verify claims.

Result: The associate receives a 3-page PDF summary for every deck, allowing them to reject or move forward in seconds.

Scenario 2: Private Equity Due Diligence

Challenge: Analyzing a 150-page CIM (Information Memorandum) for specific financial “red flags.”

Solution: The AI Agent is programmed to specifically hunt for customer concentration and margin fluctuations.

Result: Consistent risk identification across all deals, regardless of which analyst is assigned to the project.

Quick Answers

What documents can it read?
PDF, DOCX, and PPTX uploads via webhook, parsed by LlamaParse into clean Markdown.
Where does the finished PDF go?
Cloudflare R2. You instantly get back a public, secure URL.
How is each deal kept separate?
A unique Deal ID plus Pinecone namespaces isolate every deal’s data.

Made by: khmuhtadin Category: Business Intelligence | Tags: Decodo, AI, RAG, Due Diligence, LlamaIndex, Pinecone

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Additional info

Built with n8n. Need an assessment on your business? Feel free to reach out at https://khmuhtadin.com/consultation/

🔗 Nodes Used

HTTP Request, Webhook, S3, AI Agent, Embeddings OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup