Public accountability database for business executives

C5/10March 9, 2026
WhatA searchable, verified database of executive misconduct combining court records, regulatory actions, and structured peer reviews to help investors, partners, and employees evaluate business leaders before entering agreements.
SignalPeople are frustrated that unethical business leaders face no lasting reputational consequences because misconduct happens behind closed doors and public memory is short — they want a centralized way to check someone's track record before doing business with them.
Why NowCourt records are increasingly digitized and searchable, corporate transparency regulations are expanding globally, and the post-2020 wave of corporate accountability movements has created cultural demand for executive-level reputation tracking.
MarketB2B due diligence buyers (investors, partners, board members); adjacent to background check market (~$5B TAM); competes with Dun & Bradstreet, Glassdoor executive reviews, and manual due diligence but none aggregate executive-specific misconduct data.
MoatData network effect — the more verified reports and court records aggregated, the harder to replicate; first-mover in structured executive reputation data creates switching costs for due diligence workflows.
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