Technical Due Diligence

With experience from 250+ technical due diligence engagements, our expertise spans SaaS platforms, cloud-native architectures, advanced technologies such as AI and machine learning, as well as on-premise and legacy systems of varying complexity.

We can assist with a wide range of technical due diligence engagements—from focused assessments of single entities to complex evaluations involving multiple companies acquired in one transaction or loosely integrated groups. We frequently conduct technical due diligence on groups comprising multiple, largely independent entities, each with distinct technology stacks, teams, and processes.

Carrying out technical due diligence when investing in or acquiring a technology company is of paramount importance as it provides invaluable insights into the target company's technological assets, risks and overall health. A thorough examination of the company's technical infrastructure, software architecture, AI/ML, technology and product processes, team structure and skills, and code quality, helps to understand the true value of the investment or acquisition as well as potential challenges that lie ahead. Identifying potential technological pitfalls can prevent costly surprises.

One of our USPs is that we  also routinely look at source code. We employ experts in most programming languages and have developed a unique approach to reviewing code that allows us to verify technical and architectural points by investigating the source code in hours, not days. Several of our customers have fed back that our approach gives them more confidence that information provided by a target company's engineers is matched by the reality of source code. Without confirming some of the findings in source code many traditional technical due diligence exercises rely too much only on the word of target company's CTO or engineers. That source code verification forms an integral part of our technical due diligence work for PE firms, but we are also regularly asked to carry out a lighter level of source code review by VC firms and other customers.

In the case of acquisitions, target companies are often also more comfortable talking to us, as a third party, about details of their technology and their source code. But we are also able to work in and experienced in working in clean team scenarios.