A modern virtual data room that works for US founders too.

Why US founders pick a non-US virtual data room

Three reasons US founders consistently raise when they evaluate Beamprobe alongside DocSend, Onehub, iDeals or Datasite:

• Pricing transparency. US enterprise VDRs use sales-led pricing scoped per deal. A US seed-stage founder asked to sit through a 45-minute demo before getting a quote is the rule, not the exception. Beamprobe is $35 flat on Pro, published.
• Residency choice. Cloud-stack acquirers are increasingly asking about data residency in their due diligence questionnaires. A vendor that offers US or EU region as an explicit choice in the DPA is easier to clear than one that hand-waves "multi-region."
• Modern stack. The viewer is fast (sub-one-second first page), mobile works, the UI was rebuilt in 2025. Most US enterprise VDRs are 2010-era products with a 2018 visual refresh.

What works the same for US deals

The eight-folder diligence structure used in UK M&A maps directly to US M&A. The buyer's counsel reads the same categories in the same order:

1. Corporate. Delaware Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws, stockholder agreements, board minutes, 83(b) elections, cap table including SAFEs and convertible notes.
2. Financial. Audited or reviewed financials (GAAP), monthly management accounts, cash flow, MRR/ARR bridge, financial model.
3. Commercial. Top customer contracts, partnership agreements, any contract with a change-of-control provision flagged.
4. IP. US trademark registrations and applications, patents, IP assignment agreements (founders, contractors, agencies), open-source license audit.
5. Employees. Org chart, key employee agreements, option grants (Section 422 ISO vs NSO), confidentiality and IP assignment agreements.
6. Property. Office leases, equipment leases.
7. Legal. Privacy policy, CCPA/CPRA posture, US state-level data breach history, insurance certificates (cyber, D&O, professional liability).
8. Tax. Federal and state income tax returns, sales tax (Wayfair compliance), R&D tax credits, 409A valuations, IRC Section 280G calculations if applicable.

What's different for US founders

• Currency. Pricing displays in USD by default. Stripe charges in USD or GBP at checkout. No UK VAT applied to US customers.
• Data region. Pick US (Cloudflare R2 US) or EU (Cloudflare R2 EU) at workspace setup. Specified in your DPA.
• Compliance posture. We provide HIPAA-aware handling for healthcare deals. CCPA/CPRA notice template available on Business and Enterprise.
• Buyer expectations. US M&A counsel typically expect a Q&A module on deals above $50m. Beamprobe ships an email-based Q&A workflow today with a structured Q&A widget in 2026.
• Time zones. Support coverage is UK hours (3am-11am PT). Self-serve documentation covers most setup issues without ticketing.

Side-by-side: Beamprobe for US use cases

When Beamprobe is the right fit for a US founder

• Seed or Series A fundraise with 10-30 investors and pricing transparency mattering
• SaaS M&A under $100m where the buyer is a strategic acquirer or mid-market PE
• SAFE or convertible note rounds that need a real audit trail rather than email PDFs
• Outbound diligence on a target company where you're the buyer
• Investor-update sharing with cap table and financial model attached
• Regulated client onboarding for US RIAs, accounting practices or law firms

When a different tool is the better pick

• $500m+ syndicate M&A with a Tier 1 bank on the buy side. Use Datasite.
• Hundred-bidder auction with mature structured Q&A required. Use iDeals.
• Deal counsel mandates current SOC 2 Type 2 audited evidence. Use iDeals or Datasite.
• You only need to send one pitch deck with view tracking. DocSend.

How to get started as a US founder

1. Sign up at /signup using a US email. Currency defaults to USD.
2. At workspace setup, choose US or EU data region. Default is EU; switch to US for Delaware C-Corp diligence with a US-region buyer.
3. Create your first deal room. Name it after the deal, for example Project Acme - Series A.
4. Upload the eight diligence categories. Use US labels (Form 10-K equivalents, 83(b) election proof, etc.).
5. Configure the NDA gate. Use your standard US mutual NDA.
6. Generate per-recipient tracked links for each investor or counsel.

For deeper background on the diligence framework: The Data Room Guide walks the eight-folder structure end-to-end. The US-specific deltas are in this page.