Technical/Software Due Diligence

Shouldn't you lift the lid before investing?

Are you about to invest in a company? A Technical Due Diligence is an important part of most Merger & Acquisition processes – especially if your target company’s core business is software-related.

Startups and scaleups are often attractive targets, but they can also be challenging. There can be a lot of turmoil in early-stage startups, staff turnover tends to be high, and the technical debt tends to increase as the code base gets more and more complex. These things can all prove costly further down the road.

GET THE INSIGHTS YOU NEED

A Technical Due Diligence is a way to avoid surprises, mitigate risks and gain full insights before you invest. Our service is semi-automated, cost-efficient, unbiased, and quick. The whole process takes about ten working days and the findings are visualized in an easy-to-understand report – and you can be more confident that your investment meets your expectations.

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Our technical due diligence service gives you:

  • An unbiased analysis from Northern Europe’s leading QA company
  • A combination of hands-on human expertise and software powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Valuable insights about the codebase and tech stack of the company you want to invest in
  • Easy-to-read reports visualizing technical, organizational, and social weaknesses
  • A focused review of current and future risks

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Pricing

Starter Starts at 12.000 € (*)

 

  • Un-biased report
  • 1 h walkthrough of report
  • Code Quality – current status
  • Code Quality – trends
  • Code Quality – predicted future
  • Technical Debt analysis
  • Organization, Team Dynamics, Key Personell
  • Technology & Architecture overview
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Professional Starts at 18.000 € (*)

 

  • Un-biased report
  • 1 h walkthrough of report
  • Code Quality – current status
  • Code Quality – trends
  • Code Quality – predicted future
  • Technical Debt analysis
  • Organization, Team Dynamics, Key Personell
  • Technology & Architecture overview
  • Software security analysis
  • Open-source vulnerabilities & dependencies
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Enterprise Starts at 22.000 € (*)

 

  • Un-biased report
  • 1 h walkthrough of report
  • Code Quality – current status
  • Code Quality – trends
  • Code Quality – predicted future
  • Technical Debt analysis
  • Organization, Team Dynamics, Key Personell
  • Technology & Architecture overview
  • Software security analysis
  • Open-source vulnerabilities & dependencies
  • Interviews – to complement the technical analysis, assessing the scalability of organization, technology, and architecture
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* Price depending on the size and complexity of the codebase.

Target groups

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A.

Buyers: Investors (VC/PE) about to acquire a company.

B.

Sellers: companies performing a vendor due diligence to use when approaching investors.

The process

1.

A basic information request list (Basic IRL) is sent to the seller (company which software is to be analyzed).

2.

System Verification presents an initial estimate of scope and a preliminary quote based on the answers to the Basic IRL.

3.

A a technical information request list (Technical IRL) is sent to the seller (company which software is to be analyzed).

4.

“Kick-off” meeting with relevant stakeholders in the sellers organization:

A. Introduction of the System Verification team and the work to be performed

B. Walkthrough of the questions in the Technical IRL.

5.

The scope/quote may now be adjusted, should there be new complexity that we did not expect/foresee given answers to the Basic IRL.

6.

For enterprise level: Remote interviews are scheduled with 3-6 tech team members of the sellers development team, to ask additional questions.

7.

Approximately 10 working days later, our report is delivered. Includes a 1h remote walkthrough of the report.

Differences from a Traditional Technical Due Diligence

Customer case

Technical Due Diligence: Confirming Code Status

“A traditional and full technical due diligence is complicated. It requires a lot of time, meetings and communication going back and forth. System Verification’s process, on the other hand, demanded very little of us. And this kind of ‘lighter version’ of a software due diligence was exactly what we wanted.”

– Thomas Schjerpen, Chief Technology Officer CatalystOne
Customer case

An unbiased audit: Technical Due Diligence for Neqst

“We will definitely use System Verification’s technical due diligence service again. It provided the insights we needed in an extremely smooth and efficient way.”

– Per Lindtorp, Partner Neqst

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