An independent reading of what a buyer’s technology due diligence will actually find — before they find it — so you control the narrative instead of reacting to theirs.
You’re preparing for a sale, or you’re already in a process. A buyer’s technology due diligence is coming, and it will surface whatever’s actually there — technical debt, vendor concentration, undocumented architecture decisions, key-person dependency. Finding out what they’ll find, and having a credible answer ready, is the difference between a red flag that kills momentum and a known issue with a plan already attached.
That is what this engagement is.
€15,000. Three to four weeks. Delivered in writing, with a presentation to whoever needs to hear it.
Fixed fee. No implementation work. No commissions. Independent of your own investment bankers or corporate finance advisors.
Why sellers commission this before going to market
- A sale process is starting, and the board wants to know what a buyer’s due diligence will surface before it’s surfaced in front of the buyer.
- Technical debt or vendor concentration is a known internal concern, and the board wants an independent, external read on how material it actually is to a buyer.
- There’s time before the process starts to actually fix or mitigate specific red flags, not just disclose them.
- The company wants a credible, independently prepared technology narrative to hand to advisors and, eventually, buyers — rather than an internally written summary a buyer will discount.
Who this is for
Owners and boards preparing a business for sale, whether a process is imminent or still months away.
PE-backed management teams preparing a portfolio company for exit who want the technology story controlled well ahead of buyer due diligence.
Who this is not for
Buyers evaluating a target — that’s Technology Due Diligence or the Pre-LOI Red Flag Review, the buy-side equivalents.
Businesses wanting technical debt actually remediated. We identify and recommend what’s material to a buyer; remediation, where you choose to pursue it, is separate work.
What you receive
The Review tells you three things in writing: what a buyer’s technology due diligence will actually find, what’s genuinely material to valuation or deal terms, and what to fix or prepare an answer for before the process starts. Five artefacts, delivered together, in plain language.
A buyer’s-eye technology assessment. Your technology read the way an acquirer’s due diligence team would read it — architecture, technical debt, vendor concentration, key-person dependency.
A materiality-ranked red flag list. Every issue identified, ranked by how likely it is to affect valuation, deal terms, or buyer confidence specifically.
A remediation-or-narrative decision for each flag. For each material item, whether it’s genuinely fixable before a process starts, or better handled with a prepared, credible explanation.
A written technology narrative. A credible, independently prepared summary your advisors and eventual buyers can be given directly.
A board presentation. A one-hour session with your board or deal committee, findings presented, challenged, and discussed in the room.
How the Review runs
Three to four weeks, in four phases: scoping and inventory, interviews and evidence gathering across technology, finance, and operations, synthesis and writing, then presentation and revisions ahead of your process timeline.
Everything is written before it is said. Nothing is presented to your board that you have not read first.
What this is not
Investment banking or corporate finance advisory. We assess the technology; your financial and legal advisors run the transaction itself.
A remediation engagement. We identify what’s material and recommend a path; implementing fixes is separate work, on your timeline.
Proof
References available on request. Anonymised excerpts from prior reviews available on request.
What happens next
Start a ConversationThirty minutes. We confirm fit, scope, and timing against your process timeline. The earlier this happens before a process starts, the more of what’s found is genuinely fixable.