Tech Due Diligence
Independent technical assessment for M&A - architecture, debt, security, the Team, and the risks that move a valuation. Findings in commercial language, in time for the deal.
We assess a technology asset before you close: the full stack, the Team behind it, and the gap between what exists today and what the business plan requires.
We translate technical findings into commercial language, so deal Teams can negotiate with confidence. Independent, fixed in scope, and delivered to the deal timeline. The person who reads the code is the person who briefs your investment committee.
Investors and acquirers who need to know what they are buying.
Private equity and venture capital funds running M&A due diligence. Corporate development Teams evaluating an acquisition. Target Companies preparing for an investment process who want no surprises in the data room. And Companies that suspect their technology is holding the business back, and want an honest, independent read before someone else delivers one.
A clear view of the risk, priced.
An executive report covering architecture, technical debt, security, scalability and Engineering Team maturity. A prioritised remediation plan with effort estimates. Risk identified and framed in commercial terms. Technical input that holds up in the boardroom and in the negotiation.
What the assessment covers.
Architecture, scalability and performance
System design, data model, and whether the platform supports the growth the business plan assumes, or quietly caps it.
Codebase, quality and technical debt
Code quality, maintainability, organization and test coverage, plus the debt that has accumulated and what it costs to carry.
Security, reliability and compliance
Threat surface, resilience, posture against SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR, and the exposures that become the acquirer's problem on day one.
Engineering and Product Teams
Team quality, seniority, ownership, tooling and ways of working, and the key-person dependencies that can walk out of the door once a deal closes.
Delivery and throughput
Delivery flow, CI/CD, testing, cadence, and the DORA signals that show whether the Teams can ship what the plan requires.
IP, licensing and third parties
Code ownership, open-source and licence exposure, vendor lock-in, and the contracts that quietly affect the valuation.
Plan-versus-reality gap
The distance between the technology that exists and the technology the business plan depends on, named and quantified.
What lands on the deal Team's desk.
How a diligence engagement runs.
Fixed scope and fixed fee, agreed up front against your deal timeline. A typical engagement runs two to three weeks from access to debrief, and compresses when a deal moves faster. We scope to the size of the asset and the questions that decide the deal, not to a standard checklist.
Closing a deal? Know what you are buying.
Tell us the asset, the thesis, and the timeline. We will come back with a scoped engagement and a delivery date that fits the deal.
