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Technical Due Diligence Consulting

You are about to make a significant investment. You need to know what you are actually buying.

Independent technical assessment of a software business or product — codebase quality, architecture fitness, team capability, delivery system, and technical risk — before an acquisition, investment, or major commercial commitment.

The situation

The pitch deck says the technology is solid. You need to know if the codebase agrees.

Founders believe in their product. Investors need to evaluate the technology independently — the actual state of the codebase, the architecture decisions that will constrain or enable growth, and the technical debt that will require investment that is not in the current model.

You are dealing with

A technology investment decision where the risk is in what you cannot see — the technical debt, the architectural constraints, the key-person dependencies, and the security posture that a product demo does not reveal.

What you need

An independent technical assessment that gives you decision-quality information before the investment closes — the actual state of the codebase, the risks that will affect future development cost, and the technical capabilities of the team you are acquiring.

What you cannot afford

Discovering post-acquisition that the technology requires a significant rebuild. A security vulnerability that becomes a liability. A key-person dependency where the person leaves after the deal closes and takes the architectural knowledge with them.

What this assessment delivers

A written technical assessment that quantifies the risk — technical debt estimate, architecture scalability, team capability, security posture — so you can factor the real technical cost into the investment decision, not the presented one.

Approach

Three phases. Codebase, team, and written findings with an investment briefing.

We assess the technology independently from the founding team narrative. Codebase and architecture reviewed from read-only access. Team capability assessed through structured interviews. Findings delivered in writing with an executive summary the investment team can act on directly.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Phase 01

Codebase and architecture review

Independent access to the codebase, infrastructure configuration, and architecture documentation. We assess code quality, architecture fitness, scalability, security posture, and the debt load that will affect future development cost.

3–5 days · Remote access

Phase 02

Team and delivery assessment

Structured interviews with technical leadership and key engineers. Assessment of team capability, key-person dependencies, delivery system maturity, and the engineering culture that will determine how quickly the team integrates or scales post-transaction.

1–2 days · Structured interviews

Phase 03

Report and investment briefing

Written technical due diligence report with an executive summary for non-technical decision-makers. Findings mapped to investment risk — what affects the valuation, what affects the integration cost, and what requires immediate attention post-close.

1–2 days · Written + briefing

What you receive

Concrete outputs, not a slide deck.

  1. 01 / 04

    Executive summary

    A two to three page summary of findings and risk assessment — written for non-technical decision-makers, with the investment implications of each finding stated explicitly.

  2. 02 / 04

    Technical assessment report

    Full technical findings — codebase quality, architecture fitness, security posture, delivery system maturity, and team capability — with the evidence supporting each assessment.

  3. 03 / 04

    Technical debt quantification

    An estimate of the technical debt load — categorised by type, ranked by remediation cost, and mapped to the business impact of leaving each category unaddressed. Not a precise figure; a range with confidence levels.

  4. 04 / 04

    Post-close risk register

    The technical risks that will materialise post-acquisition — the architectural constraints that will affect roadmap execution, the security issues that require immediate remediation, and the team dependencies that need to be managed before the deal closes.

What if the findings affect the deal?

That is the point of the assessment. Technical due diligence that confirms the pitch deck adds no value to the transaction. Findings that reveal material risk — a security vulnerability, a scalability constraint, a rebuild requirement — give the investor information to renegotiate terms, require remediation as a close condition, or walk away from a deal that does not make commercial sense at the stated technical cost.

Case studies

Case 1

Identified up to $220k/month in delivery-related revenue leakage

A software client had active development, ongoing releases, and a long-term product relationship, but delivery problems were starting to threaten the commercial value of the account.

Critical bugs, piecemeal releases, and work not tied to business objectives were creating a growing cost of poor quality. We built a business case around what poor delivery was costing and what fixing it could unlock.

Impact:

  • Estimated delivery-related revenue leakage: $50k-$220k/month
  • Broader potential monthly impact modeled around $315k
Read the full case study
Case 2

Turned a small efficiency request into a $4.19M self-funding roadmap

A modest time-saving ask uncovered a far larger structural constraint sitting underneath the day-to-day work.

We mapped the real opportunity and built a phased roadmap that pays for itself as it is delivered, rather than a single large bet.

Impact:

  • Modeled value of the phased roadmap: $4.19M
  • Each phase funds the next
Read the full case study
Case 3

Turned a routine review into a €1.05M resilience business case

A German funding intermediary with a well-built stack and a lean 24-person team had one systemic constraint: no tested recovery layer across eight interconnected systems — one WordPress database as the single source of truth for all of them.

A modest environment review uncovered €508K–€1.05M in modelled annual risk, unpriced and invisible until the numbers landed on paper. Reliability had quietly become the product.

Impact:

  • Modelled expected annual loss, quantified and phased out: €508K–€1.05M
  • Designed recovery time, from no tested restore: < 4 hrs
Read the full case study

Common questions

What executives ask before engaging.

What is technical due diligence in software?+

Technical due diligence is an independent assessment of a software company's technology assets conducted before an acquisition, investment, or significant partnership. It evaluates architecture quality, codebase health, technical debt, security posture, team capability, and the gap between what the company claims about its technology and what the technology actually is.

What is included in a technical due diligence report?+

A technical due diligence report covers: architecture assessment (scalability, coupling, critical dependencies), codebase analysis (quality, coverage, technical debt severity), security review (vulnerability posture, compliance exposure), team assessment (key-person risk, capability gaps), infrastructure review, and a summary risk rating with acquisition or investment implications.

How long does technical due diligence take?+

A standard technical due diligence engagement takes 7–10 business days for a focused assessment of a single product. Multi-product companies or complex enterprise systems take 15–20 days. The timeline can compress to 5 days for the initial risk layer if the investment timeline requires it — with documented scope limitations.

What are the key areas of technical due diligence?+

Six key areas: architecture and scalability, codebase quality and technical debt, security and compliance, team capability and key-person risk, infrastructure and operational maturity, and development process performance. The weight of each area depends on the investment type and the buyer's risk priorities.

We are not acquiring — we are making a significant partnership or licensing commitment. Is this relevant?+

Yes. Any commercial commitment where the technology's fitness for purpose or longevity is a material factor — an OEM partnership, a multi-year licensing deal, a platform integration — benefits from technical due diligence before the commitment is made.

Can the report be used in negotiations?+

Yes. The report is structured to support commercial negotiation — findings are stated in business terms, risk is quantified where possible, and the investment implications of each finding are made explicit. It has been used to support valuation adjustments, close conditions, and escrow structures in acquisition transactions.

Fixed-scope engagement

Technical Due Diligence

Seven to ten business days. A written technical assessment with executive summary — codebase, architecture, team, delivery, and risk — ready for use in investment decision-making.

The assessment covers

  • Codebase quality — structure, maintainability, test coverage, and dependency health
  • Architecture fitness — scalability, security posture, and technical debt quantification
  • Team capability — seniority, key-person risk, and delivery system maturity
  • Security assessment — critical vulnerabilities, data handling, compliance posture
  • Written report with executive summary and post-close risk register

7–10 business days · Remote access · Fixed fee

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