Preparing for tech due diligence
November 24, 2022
Crosslake CEO Barr Blanton shares insights into preparing for technical due diligence as both a buyer and a seller.
Experienced diligence advisory services + tools guided by your investment thesis to sharpen decision-making for any tech investment.
Crosslake tailors the process to deliver the reporting you need, whether it’s a two-page risk analysis or a comprehensive assessment of the target’s technology.
Crosslake delivers tech due diligence at deal speed. Our seasoned practitioners leverage a consistent framework and proprietary TechIndicators® to quickly put findings into context for the investment strategy and audience. Each diligence is highly tailored to reflect the company type, industry, level of access and speed of the deal. Diligence types include:
Software and tech-enabled diligence: Comprehensive tech due diligence. Typical core focus areas include infrastructure, SDLC, information security, organization, business continuity, software architecture, customer support, product management and enterprise systems. Exact mix and depth of topics varies based on industry, target and investment strategy.
IT diligence: Tech due diligence of critical business systems and infrastructure. Focused on infrastructure, information security, organization and enterprise systems.
Product diligence: Strategic product insights to inform growth-stage investments. Focused on maturity of product-market fit, competitiveness, roadmap and organizational maturity.
Security diligence: Fast security insights to support in-house tech diligence. Focused on InfoSec, business continuity and pen testing.
Our best-in-class reports leverage proprietary TechIndicators®, based on data from more than 4,000 prior technology M&A transactions, to benchmark the target against similarly-sized companies within the same industry.
Each report is customized to include tracks specific to the target and your investment strategy. Multiple formats synthesize information into relevant views for the deal partner, operating partner and investment committee.
Private equity investor, Integrity Growth Partners (IGP), was looking for deep technical insights into Eon Health’s patient management software.
Our team leveraged proprietary data from thousands of prior tech investments to assess the performance of Eon’s cloud-based platform against HealthTech benchmarks for information security, business continuity, software architecture and other key areas.
With Crosslake Techindicator® scores of 97 for infrastructure, 97 for information security and 92 for information technology (compared to industry averages in the low 70s) IGP felt confident leading a $16M investment to enable accelerated growth.
Crosslake CEO Barr Blanton shares insights into preparing for technical due diligence as both a buyer and a seller.
Technical due diligence is an essential component of the M&A lifecycle for most businesses today. But what exactly are private equity firms, investment banks and
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