TECHNOLOGY DILIGENCE ASSESSMENT
Technology Due Diligence Services
Not all diligence programs are created equal.
Kickdrum Technology Diligence dives deeper into your product and technology, ensuring enterprise value is safe, defensible, and poised for growth.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Is your investment smart? Is it secure? Are there vulnerabilities or limitations based on processes, architecture, code, or even internal team coverage? Kickdrum offers a range of diligence programs, from expedited verbal readouts to comprehensive reports that review in-depth supporting evidence, all within a matter of days or weeks.
HOW IT WORKS
To kickoff a project, Kickdrum will gather as much information as possible with a Document Request List, individual or small group interviews, product demos, and more. Timelines and topics will be clearly outlined and mutually reviewed, and early findings will be reported within 24 hours of interviews. Report synthesis and delivery timelines will depend on depth of requested diligence, but can happen within a week if necessary.
WHAT YOU LEARN
Whether evaluating deal risk or looking for maturity, trajectory, or security insights that could impact your business, Kickdrum Technology Diligence includes strategic summaries appropriate for executive and board presentations (Kickdrum can present directly if requested), charts and graphs with easy to understand visuals, and detailed reports that cover either a snapshot view or trends, including:
Technology strategy
People, culture, organization, and software development process analyses
Architecture, scalability, performance, and technical debt insights
Cost considerations including serviceability, operational burden, security, compliance and IP
Data room reviews and corresponding research
Additional detailed assessments as requested, including: product strategy, AI/ML, security penetration tests, source code, and more
$20B
Total Transaction Volume
40+
Private Equity Clients
25+
Former CXOs On Our US-Based Team
Which technology diligence assessment is right for you?
Choose from these program options:
Timing / Cost
Expedited Option
Verbal Readout
Fastest option, no formal report
5-10 days
$25-35K
<=5 days
$50-75K
Key Risks Outline
“Just the facts.” Ideal for limited budget, data, or interview time
2-3 weeks
$40-60K
1-2 weeks
$60-80K
Deeper inquiry, focus on red flags and threshold risks
3-4 weeks
$60-80K
1-2 weeks
$80-100K
Deepest inquiry, evaluate maturity relative to industry best practices
3-4 weeks
$80-100K
1-2 weeks
$120-160K
Frequently Asked Questions
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We offer a range of solutions designed to meet your needs—whether you're just getting started or scaling something bigger. Everything is tailored to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
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Technology due diligence timelines can vary based on transaction complexity, target size, and the depth of analysis requested. Pre-LOI diligence can be completed in a matter of days to inform bid strategy, while confirmatory post-LOI engagements can run several weeks to accommodate deeper architecture reviews, code analysis, security reviews, penetration testing, and management team interviews.
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A Kickdrum technology assessment delivers a report with prioritized findings, quantified risks and opportunities, and clear recommendations tied to the investment thesis. Engagements typically include executive readouts for the deal team, supporting detail for operating partners, active participation in underwriting calls, and inputs that shape both deal pricing and post-close value creation planning.
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Big Four practices offer scale, brand recognition, and broad accounting/advisory integration that some PE firms value for portfolio standardization. Kickdrum is a specialist alternative built specifically for software and tech-enabled services deals. With over 30 former CTO’s on staff, Kickdrum’s engagements are led by senior engineers and architects with more than 20 years of experience on average.
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The strongest technical due diligence consultants combine engineering depth with fluency in the deal context. They can evaluate architecture, code, and team with a lens to the thesis, risk, value creation potential, and 100-day priorities. Look for technology due diligence providers with operational build and modernization experience, not just assessment frameworks, so findings translate directly into action.
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Kickdrum’s Code Maturity assessment is often run together with a technology key risks assessment. Through a combination of automated scans and expert human analysis, the Code Maturity Assessment quantifies the health and risk of a codebase and prescribes opportunities to accelerate enterprise value. It also identifies open source dependencies and highlights any security or legal license risks to be addressed.
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Kickdrum’s technology due diligence produces the baseline findings that often drive the 100-day plan and the multi-year value creation roadmap for a portfolio company. Findings around modernization opportunities, AI use cases, cloud cost reduction, and engineering team gaps become the operating playbook to build a stronger, more profitable business over time.
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Kickdrum's technology due diligence is best suited for PE deals where engineering execution will determine whether the investment thesis plays out. That includes software-driven businesses, tech-enabled services businesses, technology carve-outs, SaaS and platform plays, AI-led companies, and any transaction where the post-close value creation roadmap depends on architecture, code, or engineering teams.
See why all Technology Diligence customers have returned to Kickdrum again and again.
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