Market intelligence / Commercial diligence

Research that stands up to scrutiny.

Focused market, product and commercial analysis for investors, lenders and operators making consequential decisions.

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Acquisition diligence · Financing support · Strategic review

Good research does more than describe a market. It tests the claims behind a decision.

We start with the decision, establish the evidence required to make it, and separate what is known from what is asserted or inferred.

Decision-focused work.

01

Market assessment

Market definition, segmentation, sizing and structural analysis grounded in the actual decision—not a broad category total.

02

Product & competition

Evidence-led comparison of product depth, positioning, pricing, customer fit and the practical basis of differentiation.

03

Commercial diligence

A clear bridge from market and product evidence to underwriting assumptions, risks and the value-creation plan.

Evidence, not theatre.

Each material conclusion is expressed through the same four-part discipline: evidence, inference, remaining gap and decision impact.

01

Establish the source hierarchy

Prioritise transaction data, primary evidence and credible independent sources. Label management and vendor claims clearly.

02

Test the important claims

Triangulate market, customer, product and commercial evidence. Make contradictions and missing proof visible.

03

Translate evidence into consequence

Connect the findings to valuation, financing assumptions, deal protections and the operating plan.

Transparent by design.

Thirty Three Research is a research imprint of Stara 33 LLC. Engagements are commissioned; conclusions are independently formed and supported by cited evidence. Scope, limitations and potential conflicts are disclosed in each report.

Principal: Sergey Medved