Inside the project
Client brief
Eurazeo, through its IdInvest arm, invests in dozens of B2B and B2C European start-ups every year. Pre-investment due diligence windows are short, and the deal teams need an independent technical opinion to complement business and financial analysis.
The client was looking for a partner able to run fast technical audits (< 15 days), packaged as a clear report readable by a non-technical investment committee, and grounded in deep interviews with the target's CTO and lead developers.
Our approach
Each engagement starts with a scoping call with the deal team to align on the priority angles: architecture, scalability, security, tech debt, team and organisation.
Our lead engineers then run 3 to 5 technical interviews with the target, cross-reference them with a selective read of the codebase, infrastructure and backlog, and deliver a 15 - 25 page report: snapshot of the as-is, strengths, ranked risks and a 12 - 18 month remediation plan.
The report is defended at the investment committee and stays alive: we remain available to clarify technical topics throughout the process and post-closing if the asset is acquired.
The project today
Several dozen due diligence reports have been delivered over the years, on targets ranging from early-stage marketplaces to international software scale-ups.
We are proud of the trust Eurazeo / IdInvest has placed in us and continue to back up their deal teams whenever the technical angle weighs on the investment decision.
