How to answer an LP due diligence questionnaire

Answer the question, support the answer and keep it current. A maintained DDQ is easier to adapt when a new LP request arrives.

A due diligence questionnaire, or DDQ, brings together the fund’s facts, terms and practices. A useful response answers the question asked and points to supporting evidence. Check it against the current data room before sharing, especially where figures or policies have changed.

Agree on the deadline and check what is ready

An LP may ask for a response in five days or set a different timetable. Confirm the request, review the current answers and identify what needs updating. Maintaining a core response helps, but the new questionnaire may ask for different evidence or a different reporting period.

Where answers lose credibility

Attribution written as narrative instead of evidence. LPs expect a structured record of who made each investment call and how the company performed, not a summary paragraph. Treat attribution as a maintained ledger, not a story told once per fundraise.
Factual differences between the DDQ and supporting documents. Reconcile the same measure and date, and explain legitimate differences such as target size versus hard cap.
Answering the question that was not asked. A DDQ section on governance wants the actual documented policy, not a description of the GP's general approach to governance.

Make each important answer traceable to a source, a responsible person or a clearly identified open item.

Building toward the standard structure

Blueprint’s Master DDQ organizes its own response around twenty topic sections and eight appendices. Use that structure to prepare, then follow the actual LP’s request. A familiar topic map does not mean every institution asks the same questions or accepts the same form.

See how your answer holds up

Upload one document containing your draft DDQ response, your pitch deck, or your key terms sheet. No signup required for your first result.

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In the productConsistency AuditThe Consistency Audit checks a draft DDQ answer against the rest of your materials for exactly this kind of drift.

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Where answers lose credibility

Attribution written as narrative instead of evidence. LPs expect a structured record of who made each investment call and how the company performed, not a summary paragraph. Treat attribution as a maintained ledger, not a story told once per fundraise.

Factual differences between the DDQ and supporting documents. Reconcile the same measure and date, and explain legitimate differences such as target size versus hard cap.

Answering the question that was not asked. A DDQ section on governance wants the actual documented policy, not a description of the GP's general approach to governance.

Make each important answer traceable to a source, a responsible person or a clearly identified open item.

How to answer an LP due diligence questionnaire

Agree on the deadline and check what is ready

Where answers lose credibility

Building toward the standard structure

One answer like this every week

Turn the questionnaire into a first draft.

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How to answer an LP due diligence questionnaire

Agree on the deadline and check what is ready

Where answers lose credibility

Building toward the standard structure

One answer like this every week

Turn the questionnaire into a first draft.