# PHILIPPS & BYRNE > Tech Advisory for Founders and Investors PHILIPPS & BYRNE is a tech advisory firm based in Berlin, Germany. The company provides technology due diligence ("Tech DD"), AI Benchmark Asssessments, Health Checks, and strategic tech advisory services to venture capital and private equity investors as well as founders, CEOs, and CTOs of technology companies. ## Company Facts - Legal entity: PHILIPPS & BYRNE GmbH - Location: Schwartzkopffstr. 11, 10115 Berlin, Germany - Managing Director: Chris Philipps - Website: https://www.philipps-byrne.com - Email: info@philipps-byrne.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/philipps-byrne/ - Commercial register: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg Berlin, HRB 204884 B - VAT-ID: DE323091588 ## Key Figures - 18B+ Euro of guided funding - 700+ tech assessments completed - 25+ countries served - 20+ years of experience - 90+ NPS (Net Promoter Score) ## Services ### For Investors (Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corporate Investors) - **Tech Due Diligence**: 360-degree assessment of risk and opportunities of potential ventures, aligned with investment hypotheses and guiding questions. - **AI Assessments**: An AI benchmarking and AI readiness assessment for founders and investors and their portfolio companies. - **M&A Tech Due Diligence**: Thorough tech due diligence for mergers and acquisitions — whether startup-to-startup, private equity, or corporate acquisitions. - **Post-Merger Integration**: Support for technical integration after acquisitions. - **Portfolio Support**: Ongoing tech advisory for portfolio companies. ### For Tech Companies (Founders, CEOs, CTOs, VP Engineering) - **Health Check**: In-depth assessment of the status, risk, and potential of tech and product organizations, with actionable recommendations for scaling. - **Tech Advisory**: Strategic and hands-on advisory translating business strategy into technology execution. - **Tech DD Dry Run**: Pre-funding-round assessment to identify and fix critical tech issues ahead of time. - **Vendor Due Diligence**: Pre-exit tech assessment ensuring technology is an asset when selling a company. ## Industries and Expertise - SaaS & Platform - DeepTech & AI - PropTech - ClimateTech - EdTech - Healthcare / InsurTech - Hardware-software integration ## Select Investor Clients - HV Capital - Earlybird - Acton Capital - Notion Capital - UVC Partners - Capnamic - Kompas VC - SymbiaVC - Simon Capital - Round2 Capital Partners - Fortino Capital ## Select Company Clients - Sdui / sevenproducts - STRABAG - MIELE - HYUNDAI - Schüttflix - The Signal Group - HomeToGo - Ottonova - Rencore - RealVNC - SIMCON ## Notable Engagements - Tech Due Diligence for Earlybird's investment in Aleph Alpha (AI) - Tech DD for Round2 Capital's investment in Phyron (AI-powered video, Sweden) - M&A Tech DD for Sdui's acquisition of FoxEducation (EdTech) - M&A Tech DD for Fortino Capital's acquisition of ProMark (Nordics) - Advisory mandate for HomeToGo's post-merger integration - Tech assessment and advisory for Schüttflix (Series B readiness) - Tech advisory for The Signal Group ## Contact To book a consultation: https://calendar.app.google/xLU7avyQdS5BkpCf8