TECH DD DRY RUN
Are you a founder or CEO of a startup or tech company and gearing up for your next funding round? Then make sure your technology is a strength, not a stumbling block. Red flags in your tech stack can derail potential investments or negatively impact your valuation. With our Tech Due Diligence Dry Run, you’ll get an expert evaluation of your tech setup, so you can address issues ahead of time and showcase your technology’s value to investors with confidence.
For whom
Startup Founders and CTOs
Estimated Timeline
5 to 21 days.
Deliverable
A detailed report with actionable insights and recommendations
PREPARE YOUR TECH FOR INVESTOR SCRUTINY
Comprehensive Tech Review
We examine your entire tech landscape — from strategic alignment and team efficiency to infrastructure robustness and innovation capacity.
Established Best Practices
Leveraging our extensive experience with over 650 tech assessments, we help you improve your tech organization to align with investor expectations.
Focused Stakeholder Interviews
We conduct deep-dive interviews with your tech leaders and team members to understand and document the strengths and improvement areas, ensuring your team is ready for investor queries.
Strategic Insights
Assess if your tech strategy supports your business objectives, if your product is market-ready, and if your tech infrastructure can handle scaling.
Transparent Scoring
Receive a clear scoring of key tech domains to identify and prioritize enhancements before you meet potential investors.
Actionable Recommendations
Gain practical recommendations as part of our report, tailored to improve your tech maturity and in preparation for investor due diligence.
Scope
- Overall business context (to determine tech requirements)
- Leadership and tech strategy
- Product management
- Engineering organization and team
- Development process
- Infrastructure and deployment
- Software architecture
- Quality assurance
- Code Reviews
- Metrics and KPIs
- Company and Engineering culture
- BI and Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Business process automation
- Security, compliance, and privacy (GDPR)
- Hardware assessment (if applicable)
When you raise capital, your entire tech company will come under scrutiny. Having your tech and product organization in order can make a huge difference in attracting investors and getting a good valuation. As former founders, CTOs, and tech leaders, our advisors know everything about successfully scaling a tech organization. And working regularly for the investor side, we know what matters during a Tech Due Diligence and what will be expected of you and your team. Our Tech DD Dry Run will provide you with transparency on where your tech stands and put you in a position of confidence when approaching investors.
How a Tech DD Dry Run Helps You to Be Best Prepared
Zero Bullshit Directive
You will get an honest and thorough assessment of your tech readiness, enabling you to fix red flags before they compromise your fund-raising efforts.
Focus on Context
We go beyond just examining technology. We evaluate how your business strategy translates into your tech infrastructure and ensure that your technology aligns with and supports your overall equity story.
Understanding Human Dynamics
We evaluate the effectiveness of your tech leadership and teams and their ability to drive growth, which is crucial for convincing future investors of your team’s capability.
Ready for Investor Eyes
With our dry run report and implementation of the included recommendations, your tech company will be in a good position to withstand the scrutiny of investors and their due diligence.
All the benefits at a glance
Thorough assessment to ensure your readiness for upcoming funding rounds.
Minimize technology-related risks that could deter investors.
Showcase a well-vetted tech environment to potential funders.
Receive comprehensive feedback to facilitate internal improvements.
Enhance your negotiation position by proactively addressing tech strengths and concerns.
You and your entire team are well-prepared for the actual due diligence during the funding round.
