A startup investigation produces company-specific material and potentially reusable public background. We propose keeping founders’ statements and documents, investor criteria, findings and the recommendation in a deal record governed by agreed access permissions. Public background, such as how a technology is tested, could help later readers; only material permitted for public reuse and free of deal details would be proposed to the shared graph through review. A private notebook or view does not by itself establish those protections. Before handling confidential deals, verify access controls and agreement terms, including what web queries could disclose. Use public or fictional material while those requirements remain unresolved.