Diligence & Advisory
Five ways to work together.
From a single diligence engagement to an ongoing fractional advisory relationship. Choose the level of engagement that matches your stage and need.
For investors & acquirers
Technology Due Diligence
A complete read on how healthy the technology really is, across seven domains. Agents gather the evidence; I go through every finding and rank it by what it’ll actually cost you. You get a clear red/amber/green report.
What’s included
- Code, architecture and technical debt
- Infrastructure and delivery (cloud, CI/CD)
- Security and data protection
- Reliability and business continuity
- Engineering practice and team
- Dependencies, IP and compliance
- Product, roadmap and technical economics
- Live walkthrough and Q&A session
Best for
Founders preparing to raise. Investors conducting pre-investment technical diligence. Acquirers assessing technology assets.
Timeline & pricing
5 business days. Fixed fee, scaled by codebase size and complexity.
For investors & founders
Product Due Diligence
A pure product read across seven domains: is this a great product with real fit, retention and defensibility. The part most technical diligence skips, and the part I’ve owned as a CTPO. This is a product review, not commercial diligence, so it stays out of sales and marketing.
What’s included
- Customer and problem: personas, problem validation, demand evidence
- Product strategy, roadmap and org structure
- Product experience: onboarding, activation, magic moments
- Product-market fit, engagement and retention
- Data and insight: instrumentation, integrations, data feeds, data moat
- Monetisation and product economics: pricing, packaging, costing
- Differentiation and moat
- Live walkthrough and Q&A session
Best for
Founders refining product strategy ahead of a raise. Investors assessing commercial readiness beyond the pitch deck.
Timeline & pricing
5 business days. Fixed fee.
For investors running full diligence
Full Suite Diligence
Technology and product together, all fourteen domains, but the value is in the connection. I translate technical findings into commercial consequences, and test the product strategy back against what the technology can actually do, across four lenses: cost, capability, speed and ownership. One connected picture, not two reports stapled together.
What’s included
- All seven technology domains
- All seven product domains
- The connections made explicit across four lenses: cost, capability, speed, ownership
- One combined red/amber/green report
- Executive summary written specifically for investment-committee use
Best for
Series A and beyond. VC firms doing full pre-investment diligence. Founders who want to walk into a raise with no surprises.
Timeline & pricing
5 to 7 business days. Fixed fee.
For founders
Fractional CTO / CTPO Retainer
Ongoing technology and product leadership when you need the seniority but not, or not yet, a full-time hire.
What’s included
- Weekly or bi-weekly working sessions
- Technical architecture oversight
- Product roadmap and strategy guidance
- Hiring and team-structure support
- Investor-readiness coaching
- Async availability throughout the month
Best for
Pre-seed to Series A startups. Founders who need senior technology and product leadership before a full-time hire is justified.
Timeline & pricing
Monthly retainer. 3-month minimum commitment.
For founders, before you raise
Investor-Ready Health Check
A fast, focused read on where you stand before you go near investors. Lighter than the full diligence, but enough to tell you what to fix first.
What’s included
- A focused scan of the code and infrastructure (lighter than the full diligence)
- Top-line product strategy review
- Investor-readiness scorecard
- 30-minute walkthrough call
Best for
Early-stage founders 3 to 6 months out from a raise. Founders who want to know what to fix before formal diligence begins.
Timeline & pricing
48-hour turnaround. Fixed entry-level fee.
Pricing approach
Fixed fee, quoted upfront, no surprises.
All engagements are fixed-fee and quoted upfront after a discovery call. Pricing reflects the complexity of the company, the depth of the engagement, and the urgency. There are no hourly rates, no scope creep, and no surprises.
Not sure which engagement is right for you?
A 30-minute discovery call will get you a clear recommendation.