Technical Due Diligence
Technical due diligence is an independent assessment of a company’s software, architecture, security posture and engineering practice, carried out to inform an investment, acquisition or major partnership decision.
An independent read on what you are actually buying, before the money moves.
Why teams bring us this work.
A demo shows what a product does. It shows nothing about whether the code can be extended, whether one person holds all the knowledge, whether the infrastructure bill scales linearly with users, or whether a licence buried in the dependency tree obliges you to publish your source. Those are the findings that change a valuation.
We assess code quality, architecture, security posture, infrastructure cost, licensing exposure, delivery practice and key-person risk, then report in terms of commercial consequence: what it would cost to fix, how long it would take, and what it means for the deal. Findings are ranked by impact on the transaction rather than by technical severity.
You likely need this if
- An investment or acquisition where the technology is the asset
- A valuation resting on claims nobody independent has checked
- A codebase you have inherited and need an honest baseline for
- A partnership that will depend on someone else’s platform holding up
What we deliver.
- Code quality & maintainability review
- Architecture & scalability assessment
- Security posture review
- Infrastructure & cost analysis
- Licensing & dependency risk
- Delivery process & team capability
- Key-person and documentation risk
- Remediation roadmap & costing
Our Due Diligence process.
Scope & access
Repositories, infrastructure, documentation and interview access agreed under NDA before any work begins.
Code & architecture review
Maintainability, test coverage, architectural coherence, and the real cost of the changes already on the roadmap.
Security & compliance
Vulnerability review, dependency and licensing exposure, data handling and regulatory obligations.
Infrastructure & cost
Scalability, resilience, and whether the cloud bill grows linearly with usage or worse.
Team & process
Delivery practice, documentation quality and key-person risk — the findings that most often surprise buyers.
Report
Findings ranked by commercial impact, each with remediation cost and timeline, written for an investment committee rather than for engineers.
What we build it with.
- Static analysis
- Semgrep
- Trivy
- Licence scanning
- Cloud cost analysis
- Architecture review
- Structured interviews
Sectors we do this for.
Fintech & Banking
Payments, lending, risk and regulated financial infrastructure.
Startups & Founders
MVPs, technical co-founding and the path from prototype to scale.
E-commerce & Retail
Storefronts, marketplaces, fulfilment and customer data platforms.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Clinical systems, patient platforms and privacy-critical data handling.
Wherever your users are.
We deliver Technical Due Diligence work for clients in India, United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, and worldwide. Engagements run with a defined daily overlap against your working hours, under NDA by default.
- India
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Sri Lanka
- Vietnam
- Thailand
Due Diligence — common questions.
What is technical due diligence?
Technical due diligence is an independent assessment of a company’s software, architecture, security posture and engineering practice, carried out to inform an investment, acquisition or major partnership. It establishes what the technology can actually support and what it would cost to fix.
How long does technical due diligence take?
A focused review typically takes one to three weeks, depending on codebase size and how quickly access is granted. Transaction timetables are usually the binding constraint, and scope is set to fit them without reducing the assessment to a checklist.
What does the report cover?
Code quality and maintainability, architecture and scalability, security posture, infrastructure and cost trajectory, licensing and dependency risk, delivery process, and key-person risk. Each finding carries an estimated remediation cost and timeline so it can be priced into the deal.
Will the target company know we are assessing them?
Yes. Diligence requires access to repositories, infrastructure and people, so it is conducted with their cooperation under NDA. We work to keep the process light on their team while still reaching evidence-based conclusions rather than impressions.
Can you assess our own systems before we raise?
Yes, and it is often worth doing. A review before a raise or sale surfaces the findings an acquirer will reach anyway, while there is still time to fix them or prepare an answer. Surprises discovered during diligence cost far more than they do beforehand.
Thinking about Technical Due Diligence?
Send the brief or the half-formed idea. We reply within 24 hours, and the first conversation is with an engineer rather than a salesperson.