Technically ready for the next due diligence.
We prepare tech stack, team, and documentation for the buyer's due diligence, before it begins.
The situation
Ahead of an exit, the portfolio company itself faces a due diligence, this time from the seller's side. Unclear architecture, missing documentation, or a team with high key-person risk turn into price discounts or delays during the buyer's DD.
We review, from a buyer's perspective, which points would stand out in a tech DD, and fix the most critical ones in time, before the process starts: catching up on documentation, justifying architecture decisions, reducing dependence on individual people.
The goal is a company whose tech stack and team tell a clear, positive story in the data room, instead of prompting follow-up questions.
Deliverables
Simulated buyer DD
A review of your own technology from the perspective of an external due-diligence team.
Closing documentation gaps
Catching up on missing architecture and process documentation expected in the data room.
Reducing key-person risk
Actions to embed critical knowledge held by individuals in the team more broadly.
Prioritized action list
A concrete list of points that should be fixed before the sale process starts.
Data room preparation
Support building the technical section of the data room.
Our approach
- 01
Run a simulated DD
We review architecture, documentation, and team the way a buyer's DD team would.
- 02
Prioritize risks
We rank findings by how strongly they could affect price or process.
- 03
Fix critical points
We fix or document the most important points together with the existing team.
- 04
Prepare the data room
We support putting together the technical documents for the data room.
Typical clients
| Situation | Our approach |
|---|---|
| An exit process is in planning | Timely preparation before the buyer starts its own DD |
| Architecture or process documentation has gaps | Catching up on documentation before building the data room |
| High dependence on individual technical people | Actions to reduce key-person risk |
Our approach: Timely preparation before the buyer starts its own DD
Our approach: Catching up on documentation before building the data room
Our approach: Actions to reduce key-person risk
Outside our scope
We don't polish findings for the sale process. If a risk can't be fixed in time, we recommend disclosing it openly in the data room instead of hiding it.
Frequently asked questions
| Ausgangslage | Umsetzung | Ergebnis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital consultancy, Hamburg | Digital consultancy needed external architecture expertise for three parallel client projects. | Tech DD of an e-commerce architecture, greenfield CMS concept, architecture for a credit platform. | The consultancy could continue all three client projects on a reliable technical foundation. |
| Real estate platform, Berlin | Real estate platform in Berlin, technical risk unclear ahead of a decision. | Tech DD report with a risk picture and a target software architecture. | The decision rested on a documented technical foundation. |
| Enterprise commerce platform, Hamburg | Enterprise commerce provider with a tightly coupled architecture that had grown over time. | Headless architecture with Kafka event streaming and a staged AWS migration. | The platform runs decoupled, with Kafka as the backbone instead of a central monolith. |
Ausgangslage
Digital consultancy needed external architecture expertise for three parallel client projects.
Umsetzung
Tech DD of an e-commerce architecture, greenfield CMS concept, architecture for a credit platform.
Ergebnis
The consultancy could continue all three client projects on a reliable technical foundation.
Ausgangslage
Real estate platform in Berlin, technical risk unclear ahead of a decision.
Umsetzung
Tech DD report with a risk picture and a target software architecture.
Ergebnis
The decision rested on a documented technical foundation.
Enterprise commerce platform, Hamburg
Ausgangslage
Enterprise commerce provider with a tightly coupled architecture that had grown over time.
Umsetzung
Headless architecture with Kafka event streaming and a staged AWS migration.
Ergebnis
The platform runs decoupled, with Kafka as the backbone instead of a central monolith.
Initial call: 30 minutes, concrete.
We check how ready your tech stack is for the next buyer DD.