For investors, boards and venture studios
A clean demo can hide a fragile platform.
Technology is often central to the investment thesis and difficult to assess from the outside. A large engineering team can conceal weak throughput. A credible AI story can amount to little more than a vendor API and a presentation.
I help investors, boards and venture studios understand what is real, what is risky and what can create value.
Where this usually starts
- 01An investment decision depends on facts hidden beneath a polished roadmap.
- 02The AI claim in the thesis needs testing before it is underwritten.
- 03A portfolio company's delivery has slowed and the board cannot say why.
- 04Technology risk has reached the board agenda.
- 05A value-creation plan needs an independent assessment before it is funded.
- 06A portfolio CTO would benefit from experienced support rather than replacement.
- 07A venture studio wants every venture held to one technical standard, not judged case by case.
Four ways in
Technical due diligence
A fixed scope at a fixed fee, returned in days rather than weeks. Built for the deal sizes the large firms are not shaped for.
See how this worksBefore investment
Technology and product diligence, architecture and security review, engineering organisation assessment, AI capability and defensibility, cost and technical-debt analysis.
See how this worksAfter investment
A first hundred-day technology plan, CTO coaching, product and engineering performance, platform modernisation and technology leadership search support.
See how this worksPortfolio technical excellence
For venture studios: one technical standard across the portfolio, every venture scored against it, and a 90-day plan to close the gaps before diligence finds them.
See how this worksBring me the technology question behind the thesis.
Whether it is a target you are assessing or a portfolio company that has stalled, the first step is a clear conversation about what you actually need to know.
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