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Technical Due Diligence that goes beyond the data room.

We don't review documents — we review technology. Every engagement is led by senior engineers with decades of experience in regulated, high-stakes environments.

What we pressure-test before you commit capital.

Not a generic checklist and not a slide exported from an internal SOW. We organize the work around the decisions an investor, acquirer, or board actually needs to make: is the product real, is the stack durable, where are the hidden liabilities, and what will this cost after close?

What changes in the room

You leave with a clear technical position: what is solid, what is fragile, what is overpriced, and what needs to be negotiated, remediated, or walked away from.

Architecture credibility Security exposure Execution risk Technical debt Integration complexity Post-close investment load
01 · Product & Architecture Integrity
Is the technology real, coherent, and built to survive scale?
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We verify whether the product story matches the actual system underneath it. That means architecture walkthroughs, data-flow analysis, API and integration review, and a hard look at where complexity is being hidden.

  • System topology, data movement, integration dependencies, and ownership boundaries
  • Architecture decisions that create scaling friction, brittle coupling, or rewrite risk
  • Signals that the roadmap is outrunning the platform underneath it
02 · Security & Operational Resilience
Where can this break, leak, fail audit, or fail under pressure?
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We assess how exposed the target really is across security, compliance, infrastructure, continuity, and day-two operations. This is where expensive surprises often hide.

  • Access controls, encryption posture, auditability, and compliance maturity
  • Cloud architecture, failover gaps, observability, incident response, and support readiness
  • Vendor concentration, middleware fragility, and infrastructure decisions that create lock-in
03 · Engineering Execution
Can this team reliably ship, maintain, and evolve the system?
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We look beyond code quality in isolation and assess whether the engineering organization can sustain the business. That includes interviews, codebase review, CI/CD maturity, and key-person risk.

  • Team depth, undocumented tribal knowledge, and dependency on specific individuals
  • Code maintainability, duplication, testing posture, and security anti-patterns
  • Release discipline, deployment reliability, and whether engineering velocity is real or cosmetic
04 · Economics, Debt & Post-Close Load
What will it cost to keep, fix, integrate, or replace?
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We quantify the technical liabilities that translate directly into future cash burn, slower integration, or management drag after the deal closes.

  • Technical debt, end-of-life components, and migration feasibility
  • Infrastructure efficiency, capex requirements, and cost-of-engineering versus output
  • Build-vs-buy implications and the real integration burden of acquired technology
05 · Decision Support
What should you do with the deal?
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The output is designed for decisions, not archival comfort. We synthesize the work into a position that can influence price, terms, integration planning, or a no-go call.

  • Clear red flags, risk heatmap, and severity-ranked findings
  • Executive-ready narrative for boards, investment committees, and operating partners
  • Actionable recommendations for negotiation, remediation, or post-close execution

Executive-ready outputs
built for decisions.

Every engagement produces a structured set of deliverables designed to be understood by boards, not just engineers.

Executive Summary

Decision-oriented brief covering key findings, risk rating, and a clear go/no-go technical perspective. Designed for boards and investment committees.

Architecture & System Overview

Full system topology diagrams with data flows, integration maps, and component dependency chains — documented to a standard that supports post-close integration planning.

Security & Compliance Assessment

Detailed findings across PCI DSS, SOC 2, HSM/encryption posture, and fraud control architecture — with remediation priority ranking.

Risk Heatmap

Visual risk matrix across all 13 TDD domains — from critical deal-breakers to manageable post-close items — with ownership and timeline recommendations.

Build vs. Buy Analysis

Structured analysis of whether acquired technology should be preserved, integrated, or replaced — with cost modelling for each path.

Roadmap & Integration Plan

Prioritized technical roadmap addressing gaps identified — mapped to business milestones, capex requirements, and near-term risk deadlines.

We are not consultants who learned to code.
We are engineers who learned business.

The difference is what we find — and what we know to be consequential.

Architecture & Systems
Senior practitioners only

Every engagement is led by engineers with 20+ years of real production experience — not analysts with checklists. We've built the systems we're now evaluating.

Regulated Industries
Payments, finance & enterprise

PCI DSS, SOC 2, HSM infrastructure, and financial-grade compliance aren't foreign territory for us — they're our primary domain.

Completely Independent
No conflicts, no hedging

We have no implementation revenue to protect and no vendor relationships to preserve. Our only incentive is the accuracy of our assessment.

Every day of uncertainty in an acquisition has a cost.

Tell us what you're evaluating. We'll tell you what's actually there.

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