Diligence by operators.
Pre-investment, M&A and partnership diligence delivered by engineers who have actually shipped what they're evaluating. Honest assessment, written down, defensible in front of an investment committee.
The problem we solve
Most technical due diligence reports are checklists run by people who haven't operated a production system in years. We deliver the report we wish we'd had on past investments: the architecture honestly assessed, the team realistically evaluated, the risks named — and the strengths credited.
What we evaluate
- 01Codebase: architecture, code health, technical debt, key-person risk
- 02Infrastructure: cloud setup, costs, scalability, single points of failure
- 03Security: audit findings, compliance posture, supply-chain risk
- 04Data: ownership, quality, retention, privacy posture
- 05Team: capability, key-person risk, hiring plan, attrition risk
- 06Roadmap: realism vs evidence, technical feasibility, dependencies
- 07Vendor risk: dependencies, lock-in, cost trajectory
- 08AI / ML assets: model risk, training data provenance, eval rigour
- 09IP and licensing audit
What you receive
- Written diligence report with executive summary and detailed findings
- Risk register with severity, likelihood and mitigation
- Q&A session with investment committee
- Optional post-investment remediation plan
Areas we cover
Ideal for
- → VCs and PE firms evaluating Series A — D investments
- → Strategic acquirers performing pre-M&A diligence
- → Boards conducting independent technical reviews
- → Founders wanting independent assurance before raising
How an engagement runs
- 01
Scope
Agree what's in scope, what level of access is granted, and what the investment thesis requires us to test.
- 02
Review
Code, infrastructure, interviews with key engineers, data on the team and roadmap.
- 03
Report
Written findings with severity and confidence. Risks named. Strengths credited.
- 04
Defend
Investment-committee Q&A. We answer the hard questions ourselves.
How to engage
Light-Touch Diligence
Codebase and infrastructure review with executive report.
Full Diligence
End-to-end technical, organizational and product diligence with detailed report.
Pre-acquisition Diligence
Detailed assessment for strategic acquisitions, including integration analysis.
Frequently asked.
01How fast can you turn this around?
Light-touch in a week, full diligence in two to four weeks. We can compress for time-sensitive deals — call us and we'll size it.
02Will you give an investment recommendation?
No — we provide the technical facts and our judgment on them. The investment call is yours.
Have a problem worth solving well?
Tell us the outcome you want. We'll tell you what it takes — honestly, within a week, in writing.
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