Vessent Consulting | M&A Tech Advisory

Protecting Valuation & Uncovering Tech Risk Before Deal Close.

Independent 10-Day Technical Due Diligence and Pre-Sale Exit Readiness for software founders, search fund operators, and M&A intermediaries.

10-Day
Execution SLA
Independent
No Vendor Conflicts
Buy & Sell-Side
Full Deal Coverage

Engagements

Two sides of the same table.

Whether you are defending a valuation or testing one, the diligence work is the same discipline applied from opposite directions.

For Sellers & Founders (Pre-Sale Exit Readiness)

Identify codebase risks, open-source GPL taints, and cloud debt 6 months before listing. Prevent buyer price-chipping and defend your exit valuation.

  • Pre-Sale Technical VDD Audit
  • VDR Technology Package Assembly
  • Key-Person Dependency Mapping
  • Buyer Q&A Defense

Methodology

The 4-Pillar Diligence Framework.

Every engagement is scored against the same four pillars, so findings are comparable across targets and defensible in negotiation.

01

Architecture & Cloud Scalability

AWS/Azure/GCP topology, single points of failure, and hard limits on 10x capacity growth.

02

Codebase & IP Integrity

Repository health, technical debt, open-source GPL compliance, and proprietary code ownership.

03

Security & Regulatory Posture

IAM access controls, encryption practices, and a SOC 2 / HIPAA readiness snapshot.

04

Team & Operational Maturity

Key-person dependencies, CI/CD deployment pipelines, and vendor cost overhead.

Process

From first call to signed findings in ten business days.

  1. STEP 1

    Free Readiness Call

    Quick fit and scope discussion against your deal timeline.

  2. STEP 2

    Scoping & Flat-Fee Quote

    Tier selected based on deal size and asset complexity.

  3. STEP 3

    10-Day Diligence Sprint

    Audit executed against the 4-pillar framework.

  4. STEP 4

    Report & Defense Support

    Delivery plus buyer- or seller-side Q&A support.

About

Judgment from both sides of the deal.

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Technical Diligence Practice

  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Cloud Modernization
  • AI Evaluation & Governance
  • Security & Compliance
  • Scalability & Performance
  • Data Platforms
  • Engineering Org Design
  • Technical Debt Assessment
  • Accelerator Mentor

Vessent is a specialist technical diligence practice. Our principals bring two decades of enterprise architecture and cloud modernization work across multi-cloud infrastructure, large-scale enterprise applications, and AI governance, alongside startup advisory work mentoring founders through a top-tier university accelerator program.

Having sat on the buy-side of these evaluations, our work is translation: turning technical reality into the specific evidence investors, acquirers, and enterprise buyers actually need to see before they move on price.

Every engagement is staffed with senior practitioners only. No offshore review teams, no junior analysts, no template reports. The people on the diligence call are the people writing the findings.

Contact

Tell us about the deal.

Share the target profile and timeline. We respond within one business day with fit and a flat-fee scope.