Senior-only technology due diligence for investors and M&A teams. Scoped from your thesis, not a checklist. Written for the operator on day one - not filed after signing. And uniquely: the same team that assesses the target stays involved through post-close execution.
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We conduct software due diligence for PE firms, venture capital investors, and corporate M&A teams evaluating software-led acquisition targets. We also support founders preparing for technical due diligence for startups - where incoming investor scrutiny can make or break a round. The situations we are most often called into: a target whose technology platform is central to the commercial thesis; a deal where the CTO is a flight risk post-close; a pre-investment tech assessment where AI or proprietary data claims have not been independently verified; and acquisitions requiring post-close platform integration where understanding the architecture before signing saves months afterwards.
48 hrs
Time to scoped engagement from first conversation
2-4 wks
Typical engagement duration - compressible to 10 days for time-critical processes
500+
Senior engineers in our network - no junior analysts running a checklist
Code review due diligence - four steps, deal-speed execution
Most engagements are scoped and started within 48 hours of first contact. Here is what happens between that call and the report on your desk.
We start by understanding your commercial case: what the technology platform needs to prove, what you are most concerned about, and which risks would be dealbreakers versus acceptable. Every software architecture assessment we run flows from this conversation - not from a standard checklist. This 30-minute call eliminates scope misalignment and ensures the output is useful from day one.
Architecture, codebase, infrastructure, security, team, AI claims, integrations - assessed by senior engineers with commercial judgement, not junior analysts running a template. We request appropriate access and move fast. Standard engagements run two to four weeks. For compressed processes, we can deliver a focused technical risk assessment in ten days.
A risk register tied to the thesis. A first-hundred-days stabilisation outline. A live debrief where the deal team can pressure-test every finding. The deliverable is designed to hand to a portfolio company operator on day one - not to be filed and forgotten after signing. Ours is written to be used, not to protect the deal team.
If you want the same senior team to carry findings into post-close execution - stabilisation, team augmentation, platform modernisation - we structure that before signing. No rebid. No new vendor. No months of rediscovery. The pre-investment tech assessment becomes the first stage of the value-creation plan.
Whether you are in active technology due diligence for investors, evaluating a target pre-LOI, or supporting a portfolio company preparing for exit - we scope and start tech assessment for M&A at deal speed. Most engagements begin within 48 hours.
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Four differences that matter when the deal is live and the clock is running.
Before we assess anything, we agree with the deal team on what the technology workstream needs to prove or disprove. IT infrastructure evaluation is not a question. 'Can this infrastructure support the geographic expansion in years two and three at the margin levels in the model' is. Every finding maps back to the commercial case.
Large DD firms deploy senior partners to pitch and debrief, with the actual work done by junior staff running a codebase audit services checklist. We do not. Every engagement is led and executed by senior engineers with experience building, scaling, or acquiring comparable businesses. The judgement calls are made by people qualified to make them.
The people who spend three weeks understanding a target's architecture, team, and risks are the best-positioned people to lead execution after close. We preserve that continuity by design. For due diligence for venture capital and PE alike, this eliminates the rediscovery period that silently destroys the first 60-90 days of value creation.
We scope and start within 48 hours of first contact. Standard engagements run two to four weeks. For time-constrained processes, we deliver a focused technology stack evaluation and risk register in ten days without reducing the seniority of the team doing the work. We move at the pace your process requires.
Whether you need senior developers embedded in your team, a Fractional CTO, or a technology assessment before a deal — most engagements start within 2–4 weeks.
Or email us directly at post@devspace.no to get a free consultation.