What we do

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Our services

We are business minded technologists, who have each created our own companies using digital technologies to disrupt legacy industries. We bring these experiences to PE/VC investors from the earliest stages of a deal when the investor is formulating their thesis, all of the way through value creation when the company is expected to deliver on its digital promise.

Pre-diligence

Due diligence is only useful if the premises of the investment thesis are sound.  Before a term sheet is issued, it is critical to have a firm understanding of where the value in a target investment resides.  We translate technical jargon into business implications, allowing investors to determine if an offer makes sense and to negotiate equitable terms.

Common scenarios

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You asked a simple question and received impressive sounding acronyms from the tech leaders.

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You received a competitive feature matrix but can’t tell how biased it is, or if the criteria are even the right comparisons.

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A company is advertising future upside from technology improvements that are underway.

Questions we’ll answer

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How credible are the claims in their pitch deck/website/whitepaper?
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What are the latest tools that the company could use to improve revenue and streamline costs?
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What are digital first competitors doing that the company could replicate?

Technology due diligence

Once a term sheet is established, there is a narrow time interval to conduct final diligence. The investor now has access to a myriad of artifacts that need to be evaluated in short order. Given the time constraints, it is critical that the right questions are being asked.

Common scenarios

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The value of the acquisition is highly dependent on the speed at which the target’s products can be integrated into the parent company’s product line.
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The acquisition will result in a dramatic increase in volume for the target, and its unclear if their technology can meet the demand.
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The technical artifacts have little to no documentation, or the target company drags out access to the code repository.

Questions we’ll answer

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What is the quality of the codebase and architecture?
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Where are the single points of failure that could derail the business plan?
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What will be required to maintain and operate the assets?

CTO/CPO advisory

Technology is disrupting every industry, and as such we get called in to address a variety of needs that arise in the day-to-day operations of a business. Reach out if any of the following scenarios happen at one of your companies.

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A product or engineering leader is leaving on short notice and you need a proven set of hands.
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You need an outside opinion on a build vs buy decision.
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The product release dates keep falling behind schedule and no one can explain why.

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