Information memorandum
Also called: IM, offering memorandum
ELI5
A long document giving investors or buyers detailed deal information.
Used in conversation
“The information memorandum should not contradict the management deck.”
Definition
A detailed document presenting a business, transaction, risks and financial information to potential investors or buyers.
Here “Information memorandum” means: A detailed document presenting a business, transaction, risks and financial information to potential investors or buyers.
Pitch context
You will see “Information memorandum” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches business deck types.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business deck types without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Connected terms
- Offering circularThe search label “offering memorandum” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- U.S. Small Business Administration — Write your business planSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- Y Combinator — YC Startup Library — fundraising and pitching resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Small Business Capital Formation GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16