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Counterparty intelligence

Global due diligence at your fingertips.

Know who you're really dealing with.

Brif is your Due Diligence AI that tells compliance teams whether a client can be trusted, and tells dealmakers whether they're talking to the person who actually decides.

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  • APAC countries
  • Companies & people
  • Connects to your AI

How it works after connecting to your AI

Ask in plain language. Know who really holds the power.

Deal Executives

CEOs & founders walking into a partnership, raise, or negotiation.

01 · Ask

“Using Brif, tell me who really makes the decisions at Golden Harbor Logistics (Vietnam) — I'm meeting their MD, Trần Minh Quân, tomorrow.”

02 · Resolve

  • The person verified
  • Their role and authority mapped
  • The owners and directors behind them named
  • Track record and local-language press swept

03 · Deliver

You walk in knowing who really holds the power — not just who's in the room.

No new portal. Brif runs inside the tools and AI assistants your team already uses.

The capabilities

Six checks. One question. No portal.

Ask in plain language and Brif runs the work an analyst would take days to do.

  1. 01

    Individual background

    Verify the person, not just the logo — identity, career, board seats, business and family ties, and press coverage on the individual.

  2. 02

    Company verification

    Confirm an entity exists, is active, and is what it says it is — registry identity, filings, directors, financial summary. Sourced and dated, every line.

  3. 03

    Beneficial ownership

    Trace the UBO chain through holding companies, trusts and offshore layers until a real person is named. When a shareholder is itself a company, Brif keeps going.

  4. 04

    Sanctions & PEP screening

    Screen individuals and entities against global sanctions, watchlists and politically exposed person records — automatically, with the match evidence attached.

  5. 05

    Adverse media

    Sweep press in the language it was published in. The story that never appeared in English is the one that matters.

  6. 06

    Decision-makers

    Map who actually holds control — the board, the family, the shareholder behind the shareholder, and the person who will really decide.

Same engine. Different trigger.

Counterparty due diligence for eight kinds of teams — from KYB and client onboarding to pre-deal background checks.

Because you want to

Intelligence-motivated

No one is forcing you. But walking in knowing less than the other side is a choice — and it costs deals. Brif gives you the edge.

  • Deal Executives

    CEOs & founders walking into a partnership, raise, or negotiation.

  • Bankers

    IB, wealth & private bankers vetting clients and deals.

  • Procurement

    Supply-chain & BD leads vetting suppliers, distributors, and JV partners.

  • Consultants

    Advisory & consulting firms researching a client, target, or partner.

Use cases

  • Pre-meeting background checks
  • Decision-maker mapping
  • Investor & LP checks
  • Supplier & JV vetting
  • Acquisition target research
  • Local-language media
For dealmakers

Because you have to

Compliance-mandated

Your firm was made a regulated entity, but never given the infrastructure of one. Brif removes the liability without adding headcount.

  • Corporate Services

    Company secretaries & CSPs keeping every incorporation compliant.

  • Legal & Accounting

    Solicitors & accountants who can't take on a client without CDD.

  • High-Value Dealers

    Real estate, gold, jewellery & luxury sellers newly captured by AML rules.

  • Fund Advisors

    Fund managers & advisors onboarding and diligencing counterparties.

Use cases

  • KYB & client onboarding
  • CDD & EDD
  • UBO verification
  • Sanctions & PEP screening
  • Adverse media screening
  • Audit-ready records
For compliance teams

The output

One question in. A full brief back.

This is a sample of the report Brif renders right inside your AI chat. Switch between an individual and a business, then open any section to see what comes back.

Report preview
brif · eKYB MCP · connected to Claude● Live

Brif · eKYB MCP via Claude

Here's the deep-research report for Ms. Clara Tan Wei Ling.

Ms. Clara Tan Wei Ling

陈慧玲 · SGP · Individual

Managing DirectorStraits Harbour Capital Pte. Ltd.18+ years experienceVerified registry match

Biography

Professional snapshot

Clara Tan is the Managing Director and co-founder of Straits Harbour Capital Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based private-credit and trade-finance manager focused on mid-market borrowers across Southeast Asia. A CFA charterholder with a BBA from the National University of Singapore, she spent twelve years in structured trade finance at two international banks before founding the firm in 2017. She sits on the firm’s investment committee and chairs its risk committee, and holds two independent board seats in the Singapore logistics sector.

Full name
Ms. Clara Tan Wei Ling
Current title
Managing Director · Co-founder
Current company
Straits Harbour Capital Pte. Ltd.
Total experience
18+ years · since 2007
Career seniority
C-Suite / Founder
Education
BBA Finance, National University of Singapore
Credentials
CFA Charterholder · SID Directors Programme

Sample report. Entities shown are fictional.

Enterprise-grade diligence, without the enterprise price tag.

How Brif compares with the two ways most firms run due diligence today.

The usual wayEnterprise portalThe usual wayDoing it by handThe Brif wayBrif
Price
Priced and staffed for institutionsAnalyst hours, or $1K–$3K per check in external feesA subscription a small firm can absorb
Setup
Procurement, onboarding, trainingManual, no system to set upConnect once
Ownership tracing
Yes, if you know how to drive itManual registry chasing across jurisdictionsTraced to a named person, automatically
Local-language media
Varies by providerOnly if someone on the team reads the languageScreened in the source language
Where it lives
Another portal, another loginSpreadsheets and emailInside the tools you already use
What you get
Raw data to interpretA file you assembledA sourced report, ready for audit prep

Common questions about Brif

Brif is a global counterparty intelligence and due diligence platform. It verifies companies and people against official registries across APAC, with coverage expanding to over 100 countries, traces beneficial ownership through layered structures, screens sanctions, PEP and adverse media, and maps decision-makers — returning a sourced, audit-ready brief in minutes.

Know them before you meet them

Your next counterparty, briefed in minutes.

Verify the company, trace the owners, screen the risk and map the people who decide — inside the AI you already use.

  • Company & individual briefs
  • APAC registries
  • Works in ChatGPT & Claude
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