Technical Due Diligence & Advisory
Technical due diligence (TechDD) is the process of independently assessing the technology underpinning a company or investment target — its software, products, IT systems, physical systems, and other technical assets — to understand how well it works, how scalable it is, and what risks it carries.
Technology is central to a company’s value and competitive position and isn’t always visible or well understood from the outside.
TechDD gives investors an objective view of the opportunity: whether the technology can scale, has hidden risks or costs, and if it will hold up under future growth or a change in ownership. Investors assume the risks of overpaying, inheriting unseen technical liabilities, or missing weaknesses that only surface after a deal closes.
Technology Areas
Areas Covered by Technical Due Diligence
Technical due diligence packages are structured depending on the nature of the target technology to address different opportunities and risks.
HOW Technical Due Diligence CREATES VALUE
Types of Tech Due Diligence and Their Significance
Technical due diligence does not stand alone — it sits at the center of the diligence effort, feeding directly into commercial, financial, and legal workstreams.
Each overlap marks a field no single stream tackles on its own: scalability and technological moat that underpin the commercial growth story; capex needs, technical debt, and R&D spend that flow into financial valuation; while open-source licensing, IP ownership, and data-protection shape the legal risk profile.
Who provides Technical Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence Providers
Technical due diligence services are offered by a range of providers, each with different strengths in scale, depth, and specialization. Understanding these options helps investors choose the right partner for the complexity and technical depth of their deal.
Large Advisory Firms
These firms offer TechDD as part of broader M&A services, often bundled with financial and commercial due diligence — strong on deal process integration, but typically more generalist in technical depth.
Specialized Tech / Engineering Consultancies
They focus specifically on technical and engineering assessments, drawing on in-house experts with hands-on industry experience across software, hardware, and specialized technologies.
Independent Experts
They bring deep expertise in narrow technical niches but generally lack the breadth or methodology to assess a full technology stack for an investment-grade report.
the role of SPECIALIZED TECHNOLOGY / engineering CONSULTANCIES
Specialized technology and engineering consultancies covers not only Software, AI, and IT but Physical Systems and Other Technologies & Solutions too.
INVENSITY is an example of a provider operating in this category.
Industry Networks
Associations
Associations connect investors, companies, and other stakeholders involved in M&A, providing access to knowledge, networks, and resources relevant to transactions and due diligence. The BVK, for example, represents Germany’s private equity and venture capital community.
Expert Spotlight
INVENSITY Experts
Simon Hofmann
Software
Dr. Marc Großerüschkamp
AI Technologies
Mario Musel
Cybersecurity
Volker Lippitz
Physical Systems
Dr. Fabian Ziegler
Optics & Other Technologies
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Matthias Welge
Head of Investor Support
INVENSITY
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