Sports Due Diligence (SDD), a due diligence service created specifically for the global sports industry, has officially launched today, powered by Xapien.
SDD combines automated background research from Xapien, the AI-native due diligence platform built by risk and compliance experts, with SDD’s decades of experience in risk intelligence and due diligence. Sports organisations can now fully understand any counterparty in minutes, replacing manual background checks with comprehensive, source-linked intelligence designed for the realities of sport.
As scrutiny across sport intensifies, clubs, leagues, governing bodies, investors, agents and players are navigating increasingly complex regulatory, governance and integrity challenges, often across multiple jurisdictions and under significant commercial pressure. Sports Due Diligence is designed to make due diligence easier to access, understand and use.
The team behind SDD has extensive experience, having been at the forefront of the industry developing global risk intelligence and due diligence solutions for some of the largest organisations globally. Now, that experience is being applied to sport.
Using Xapien, SDD analyses open-source information across 35 trillion webpages and more than 200 languages, resolves identities to filter out false positives, and brings the relevant intelligence together into a comprehensive report in minutes. Every finding is linked to its source, so professionals across sport can act on clear risk signals immediately and evidence their decisions when the regulator, a board or an investor asks.
“With the new regulations in football, the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) requirements and the EU’s 6th Money Laundering Directive, it was time the sports industry had access to meaningful intelligence at their fingertips, without the need for expensive subscription solutions.
Sports Due Diligence was born to help clubs and the broader sports community comply with the new regulations, improve governance and ethics, whilst ensuring they have access to the most cutting-edge technology.
The partnership with Xapien is just that – access to the most advanced solution not seen before in the sports due diligence marketplace. SDD is Xapien’s go to market partner for the global sports industry.” – Rob Mitchell, Founder of Sports Due Diligence
“Every organisation should know who it’s working with, and sport is no exception. Deals move fast, money crosses borders, and reputations are the whole business. With SDD bringing Xapien to clubs, leagues and governing bodies, thorough due diligence stops being a luxury for the biggest players and becomes standard practice for the industry. – Zach Rothstein, Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer at Xapien
SDD’s aim is simple: to make due diligence practical and accessible for sport, backed by people who understand how it should be done.
Find out more: https://sportsduediligence.com
About Xapien
Xapien has established a new standard in enterprise due diligence in today’s evolving risk landscape. With unparalleled accuracy and performance, Xapien’s AI-native platform provides complete visibility of third-party risk across any business’s ecosystem without sacrificing commercial speed.
The firm, founded by technology experts with decades of experience in intelligence and financial crime, is trusted by the world’s largest companies. Xapien serves 350 clients across multinational corporations, law firms, private banks, and leading universities and nonprofits, as well as powering automation for leading professional services firms.
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