Technical Due Diligence
Know what you’re buying before you commit.
Overview
A pitch deck tells you what a platform is meant to do. We tell you what it actually is.
We get to the real state of the technology quickly: how it’s built, where the risks are, whether the AI is what it claims to be, and what it will take to scale or integrate. You get a clear, independent view to make the call on.
What we assess
Architecture & code
How the platform is built, the state of the codebase, and the technical debt you’d be taking on.
Scalability & reliability
Whether it will hold up under the growth in the plan, and what it would cost to get it there.
Security & data
How customer data is handled and protected, and where the exposure sits.
The AI, examined
Whether the AI claims hold up: what’s proprietary, what’s a wrapper on a third-party model, and how defensible it is.
Team & delivery
How the team ships, where knowledge is concentrated, and the key-person risks.
Integration effort
For acquisitions: what it will realistically take to integrate the platform with yours, and the risks along the way.
What you get
- A written report in plain language, with findings rated by severity.
- A risk register you can take into negotiations.
- An estimate of the remediation or integration effort, where it matters to the deal.
- A briefing with your deal team or board to walk through the findings and answer questions.
Common questions
Who is this for?
Investors assessing a technology business before they commit, acquirers weighing up a platform, and boards that want an independent view of their own technology.
How long does it take?
Usually 1–2 weeks, depending on the size of the platform and access to the team and code. We size the work to your deal timeline.
Is it confidential?
Yes. We work under NDA and share findings only with the people you nominate.
Why Syriant?
We’ve built and scaled software companies ourselves, so we read a platform the way a technical co-founder would: what’s real, what’s fragile, and what it will cost to fix.
In their words
Steve led the technical due diligence when we were assessing a major acquisition. He got to the real state of the platform quickly and gave us a clear view of the risks and what it would take to integrate. Exactly what we needed to make the call.
Assessing a deal?
Tell us about the business and your timeline. Everything you share is treated as confidential.